XXIV Congreso Internacional sobre Diversidad en Organizaciones, Comunidades y Naciones

Abstract

Decentralisation in India is facilitated by the 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution. During the pandemic, the federal structure of the country worked tirelessly to provide basic amenities to citizens. Whether it is was the decision to provide free ration to 800 million people or distribution of masks, PPE kits, and low cost/free of cost tests to contain the spread of the virus in rural areas, the federal structure that includes the government at the centre, state, and village level, worked in tandem with each other despite being at the political crossroads. Similarly, the ongoing vaccination process in the country is facilitated by the extensive use of the federal structure. However, experts believe that certain changes are required to improve this structure including. The paper focuses on the analysis of the decentralisation model, the extensive use of the decentralisation model of governance in the country during the pandemic, and the ways in which the structure can be strengthened despite political differences.