<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (March 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (March 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Constitution of India gives a federal structure to the Republic of India, declaring it to be a "Union of States". Part XI of the Indian constitution specifies the distribution of legislative, administrative and executive powers between the Union or Federal or Central government, and the States of India . The legislative powers are categorised under the Union List, a State List and a Concurrent List, representing, respectively, the powers conferred upon the Union government, those conferred upon the State governments and the shared powers . </P> <P> The federalism is asymmetric in that the devolved powers of the constituent units are not all that same . The state of Jammu and Kashmir was accorded a higher degree of autonomy than other States under the Article 370 . The Union Territories are unitary type directly governed by the Union government though Article 1 (1) of the constitution stipulates a two tier - governance with an additional local elected government by the local citizens throughout the country . However, Delhi and Puducherry have been accorded their own legislatures under Article 239AA and 239A respectively . </P>

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