Siddaramaiah vs Modi: The ‘cess-y’ mess in fiscal federalism

Southern states in India are now protesting against “Representation without taxation”! ...

Should States revert to the Old Pension Scheme

The National Pension Scheme (NPS) was launched in 2004. ...

Praveen Chakravarty writes: Schemes like OPS will only exacerbate the gap between richer and poorer states

Duly elected state governments must have the right to frame their own policies but they also need to be able to fund their programmes and be accountable ...

Old Pension Scheme, Congress’ Himachal victory, and federalism

In the recent state election in Himachal Pradesh (HP), the Congress party won a majority. ...

What Savarkar and Prabhakaran teach us about federalism

Fifty-eight people were injured or killed, including former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi ...

Economic fault lines between rich and poor states threaten unity

Praveen Chakravarty October 1, 2022 Last month, I highlighted the wide economic, demographic and political disparity among India’s states and ...