No country in the world, whatever be its political architecture, went unscathed from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus engendered an unprecedented crisis requiring a response unparalleled in scale and complexity. Each country, guided by its own political character and with response examples around the world as well as technical advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO), put up its defence strategy to combat the pandemic. Democratic and federalist strengths that in ordinary times stood in good stead for such countries, found these structures under great stress. Many of these national political constructs underwent a recalibration. This article specifically deals with the Indian experience of battling the pandemic and the impact this experience left on the country’s federal architecture.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on India’s federalism | ORF (orfonline.org)
