Amendments affecting the federal structure, including the distribution of powers, require not only a special majority in Parliament but also ratification by the legislatures of not less than one-half of the States (as per the proviso to Article 368(2)).
A change in distribution of powers between the Centre and the States can be done by
Asked in WBCS Main Paper 5 2019 · Topic: Constitutional Amendments (Federalism and Constitutional Amendments: Role of states and implications for the federal structure)
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