1 Gomastha (also spelled Gumastha or Gumasta, Persian: agent[1]) described an Indian agent of

the British East India Company employed in the Company's colonies, to sign bonds, usually
compellingly, by local weavers and artisans to deliver goods to the Company.[2] The prices of the
goods were fixed by the gomasthas. The goods were exported by the Company to Europe and
America.[2] A gomastha may also be described as a paid manager of the private traders concerns,
who claimed hardly any share in the profit and loss of his employers business. [3]

4 A unitary system of government, or unitary state, is a sovereign state governed as a single

entity. The central government is supreme, and the administrative divisions exercise only
powers that the central government has delegated to them.
5 33 per cent of all seats
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Decentralization is the process of redistributing or dispersing functions, powers, people or
things away from a central location or authority.[1][2] While centralization, especially in the
governmental sphere, is widely studied and practiced, there is no common definition or
understanding of decentralization. The meaning of decentralization may vary in part because of the
different ways it is applied.[