<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 a 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>
distributes the powers between union and state government in federation
Part XI of the Indian constitution