1. UNITARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT

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