Explanation:

 Under Indian Constitution various provisions have been provided under which Centre has been given upper hand in legislative, adminsitrative spheres over State.  

For example:  

1.  Article 256 of the Constitution specifies the respective obligations of the Union and the state governments and lays down. “The executive power of every state shall be so exercised as to ensure compliance with the laws made by the Parliament and any existing laws which apply in that state and the executive power of the Union shall extend to the giving of such direction to the state as may appear to the Government of India to be necessary for that purpose.

2.  The administrative relations between Union and state operate in a manner that Centre’s supremacy is more than visible. During emergencies the Indian federal arrangement can be suspended and squeezed into a unitary operation. But even during normal times the Centre can descend upon the state through its powers of delegation, direction and grants in India.