The Cabinet Mission Plan for India envisaged a

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The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 proposed a three-tier structure for India: Provinces, Groups of Provinces, and a Union Centre. This structure, with powers divided between the Union and the provinces (with residuary powers vesting in provinces), is characteristic of a federal system.

The plan aimed to preserve the unity of India while accommodating the demands of the Muslim League for autonomy by allowing provinces to form groups with separate constitutions. The Union was proposed to have minimal powers (Defence, Foreign Affairs, Communications), making it a weak centre within a federal framework.

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