Based on the first few articles of Belgian constitution – given below

– explain how federalism is visualised in that country. Try and write a similar Article for the Constitution of India.


Title I: On Federal Belgium, its components and its territory.


Article 1: Belgium is a Federal State made up of communities and regions.


Article 2: Belgium is made up of three communities: The French Community, the Flemish Community and the German Community.


Article 3: Belgium is made up of three regions: The Walloon region, the Flemish region and the Brussels region.


Article 4: Belgium has four linguistic regions: The French speaking region, the Dutch-speaking region, the bilingual region of Brussels Capital and the German speaking region. Each �commune � (county borough) of the Kingdom is part of one of these linguistic regions. ……..


Article 5: The Walloon region is made up of the following provinces: The Walloon Brabant, Hainault, Liege, Luxemburg and Namur. The Flemish region is made up of the following provinces: Antwerp, the Flemish Brabant, West Flanders, East Flanders and Limburg. ……

Article 1: India is a Federal country.


Article 2: India has many religions including Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism etc


Article 3: India is divided into 29 states and 7 union territories.


Article 4: India is diversified in languages. It has several major languages.


Article 5: India has two form of the government one at the center and another in states.


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