2. INTRODUCTION
According to Finer
“A unitary government is the one in which
all the authority and powers are lodged in
the single centre, whose will and agent are
legally omnipotent over the whole area.”
3. FEATURES OF UNITARY FORM OF
GOVERNMENT
Existence of single govt.
Absence of provisional govt. with
autonomy
Constitution may be written or unwritten
Flexible Government
Single citizenship
No need for independent judiciary
Single legislature
Absence of division of powers
Only national police force
4. MERITS
Strong Government
less Expensive
Efficient Administration
Single Citizenship
Administrative Uniformity
Prompt Decisions
More suitable for small countries
More Flexible
Follows a home and foreign policy more
efficiently
5. DEMERITS
Fear of Central government becoming Despotic
Pressure of overwork on the Central
Government
Lack of Local Autonomy
Government officials influence at the local or
regional level
Not very efficient of the big countries
People lack political education in Unitary
Government
