- Indian judiciary is crying for basic infrastructure. Here’s what Centre & states need to do
The Print, July 20, 2022 - GST 2.0: Next stage of reform in the tax regime requires creating federal institutions
The Indian Express, July 15, 2022 - Five years of GST and the way forward
The New Indian Express, July 13, 2022 - On GST, the problem is trust deficit
The Indian Express, June 27, 2022 - Federalism can also be “uncooperative”: Significance of the Supreme Court’s recent judgment
The Leaflet, June 23, 2022 - What is the Inter-State Council?
The Indian Express, June 17, 2022 - Game theory analysis indicates the benefits of GST cooperation
Livemint, June 13, 2022 - GST Council must uphold fiscal federalism
The Indian Express, June 03, 2022 - Why India’s federal compact is eroding
Hindustan Times, June 02, 2022 - SC has done well to reiterate GST Council’s position
Business Standard, May 19, 2022 - Heading for GST Exit
The Indian Express, May 12, 2022 - Government is conscious of the challenges in the oil and gas sector
The Economic Times, May 11, 2022 - Reviving the spirit of Centre-state alliance
Hindustan Times, May 08, 2022 - Let’s make GST a good and simple tax
The Indian Express, May 06, 2022 - Quasi-federalism
The Hindu, May 03, 2022 - Revisit the seventh schedule to improve centre state relations
Livemint, May 01, 2022 - Centre owes States more than the official figures
The Hindu, April 28, 2022 - Demand for Pulses to Increase from 26.72 MT in 2021-22 to 32.64 MT in 2029-30
Krishi Jagran, March, 24, 2022 - Cooperative federalism can ensure backward States’ dev
The Pioneer, March 18, 2022 - Critical Importance of Cooperative Federalism
Economic & Political Weekly, March 14, 2022 - Niti Aayog to roll out EV battery swapping policy in four months
The Economic Times, February 26, 2022 - The steel frame of cooperative federalism
The Daily Pioneer, February 21, 2022 - Renegotiating India’s Federal Compact
Outlook India, February 18, 2022 - The era of combative federalism
The Hindu, February 13, 2022 - Federalism becoming more coercive
Telangana Today, February 11, 2022 - The question of whether India is first a nation or a union of states is a non sequitur
The Economic Times, February 10, 2022 - Cooperative federalism
The Statesman, February 10, 2022 - Centrally Sponsored Schemes for employment
Indian Education Diary, February 07, 2022 - How GST regime has created cracks in centre-state relations
Outlook India, February 02, 2022 - Why the central scheme for judicial infrastructure needs an urgent overhaul?
Observer Research Foundation, January 29, 2022 - Gadkari calls for cooperation between Central, State Govts for infrastructure development of the country
ANI News, January 19, 2022 - Extending GST compensation as a reform catalyst
The Hindu, January 12, 2022 - Central schemes likely to be rationalized
The Economic Times, December 21, 2022 - Why the actual expenditure on central-sector farm schemes is low
The Hindu Businessline, December 02, 2021 - Success of NEP 2020 hinges on cooperative federalism, states taking ownership of reforms
News18, November 28, 2021 - The ‘war’ between the centre and states has to stop
CNBCTV18, November 20, 2021 - NITI Aayog to undertake study on relevance of export promotion bodies
The Hindu Businessline, November 19, 2021 - Govt grants funds for 157 medical colleges
Livemint, October 24, 2021 - What separates the politics from constitutionality in matters of Centre vs state?
The Financial Express, October 19, 2021 - Is GST and its propulsion of the centre-state relationship into a fiscal war undermining the principles of cooperative federalism?
The Leaflet, October 18, 2021 - Amendment extending the jurisdiction of BSF – An attack on federalism?
The Times of India, October 15, 2021 - Everybody loves decentralisation — but only when convenient
The News Minute, October 11, 2021 - How local governments are undermined by states
The News Minute, October 07, 2021 - Transport Ministry to roll out new Rs 7,270 cr scheme for road safety in 14 states
Business Today, September 26, 2021 - There finally seems to be a path forward for GST
The Indian Express, September 17, 2021 - Spirit of federalism lies in consultation
The Hindu, September 07, 2021 - Fiscal Federalism and Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Hindustan Times, September 06, 2021 - Formulation of NEP live example of cooperative federalism
Hindustan Times, August 25, 2021 - Govt directs all deptts to implement revised procedure of Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Dailyexcelsior, August 20, 2021 - The Indian union and its bedrock of federalism
The Hindu, August 15, 2021 - Deepen federalism, reorient welfare
The Hindu, August 15, 2021 - Rs 1827.80 cr released to states/UTs under ECRP-II package
Livemint, August 13, 2021 - The GST Council is a constitutional crisis in the making
The Wire, August 09, 2021 - A new Ministry for Cooperation
Economic & Political Weekly, July 24, 2021 - Co-operative societies: Supreme Court strikes down parts of a constitutional amendment
The Hindu, July 20, 2021 - Drones in India: a model for cooperative federalism?
World Economic Forum, July 15, 2021 - Will Cooperation Ministry disempower states?
The Hindu Businessline, July 14, 2021 - The recipe to aspirational districts’ steady progress
The Economic Times, July 11, 2021 - GST to remain poster boy of cooperative federalism in India
News18, July 08, 2021 - The grand illusion of Centre-state cooperation
The Tribune India, June 25, 2021 - One nation, many governments: Why India must embrace federalism
The News Minute, June 23, 2021 - An authoritarian regime is assaulting federal principle of Constitution and trampling rights of states
National Herald, June 10, 2021 - Why the distortions built into GST are coming undone
The Indian Express, June 07, 2021 - How to bend the third wave
The Indian Express, June 07, 2021 - GST: End of the road for Cooperative Federalism?
Bloombergquint, June 04, 2021 - Flux in Centre-state ties with breakdown of trust
Deccan Chronicle, May 31, 2021 - Covid has exploited the comorbidities of our federalism
Livemint, May 24, 2021 - Cooperative federalism is panacea for the pandemic
The Pioneer, May 24, 2021 - Work with states unhindered by ego
The New Indian Express, May 23, 2021 - Restoring the spirit of cooperative federalism
Hindustan Times, May 22, 2021 - Listen to the state
The Indian Express, May 22, 2021 - HealthCare Policy needs a booster
Daily Pioneer, May 15, 2021 - Covid shadow over Centre-state equations
The Tribune India, April 28, 2021 - COVID-19 Crisis and the Centre–State Relations
The Economic & Political Weekly, April 24, 2021 - How Modi’s mantra of ‘cooperative federalism’ has unravelled under 2nd Covid wave strain
The Print, April 21, 2021 - A step that enhances cooperative federalism
The Hindu, April 01, 2021 - Centre tightens rules of grant allocation for transparency, efficiency
Business Standard, March 31, 2021 - The future of India’s fiscal federalism
Bloombergquint, March 16, 2021 - Adopt sub-federalism as a means to transform urban governance
Livemint, March 16, 2021 - Threats to secularism, socialism & federalism
The Times of India, March 08, 2021 - PM calls for cooperative federalism
The Hindustan Times, February 21, 2021 - A review of centrally sponsored schemes
The New Indian Express, February 19, 2021 - Navigating Centre-state fiscal ties
Hindustan Times, February 18, 2021 - Finance Commission dips into states’ share for Centre’s expenditure, makes system more discretionary
The Indian Express, February 15, 2021 - Centrally funded plans face the axe
Livemint, February 03, 2021 - Agreement for financial support to STARS project signed between Economic Affairs Dept, World Bank
Businessworld, January 29, 2021 - Govt releases ₹12,351 crore to 18 states to improve rural local bodies
Livemint, January 27, 2021 - Budget and Central sponsoring of public expenditure
The New Indian Express, January 23, 2021 - Finance ministry suggests restructuring of central schemes
The New Indian Express, January 21, 2021 - RERA has placed interests of homebuyers at the heart of the real estate sector
The Indian Express, January 20, 2021 - India’s federal structure, how does it affect agriculture?
Businessworld, January 10, 2021 - Centre releases Rs 42,000 cr to states to meet GST compensation shortfall
The Times of India, December 14, 2020 - Strong centre and the politics of federalism
Civil Society Online, November 23, 2020 - How rising Centre-state friction is chipping away at Modi’s ‘cooperative federalism’ mantra
The Print, November 19, 2020 - Saving India needs saving Indian federalism
The Print, November 13, 2020 - Why GST saga is a terrible low point
Livemint, October 12, 2020 - The country’s federal structure has three gaping holes
Livemint, October 11, 2020 - ‘One nation, one tax’ wasn’t an ‘act of God’
Livemint, October 09, 2020 - Spirit of mutuality
The Indian Express, October 07, 2020 - Where reforms and federalism clash
Hindustan Times, October 06, 2020 - Karma of growing divide between centre and states
Livemint, September 28, 2020 - On the GST issue, the Centre holds the baton
The Hindu, September 19, 2020 - India’s response to Covid-19 reflects the power, problems, potential of federalism
The Indian Express, September 18, 2020 - Nationalism and the crisis of federalism
The Hindu, September 17, 2020 - A ‘two-third, one-third’ problem of Indian federalism
Livemint, September 07, 2020 - The very concept of cooperative federalism needs resuscitation
Livemint, September 03, 2020 - The Great GST impasse threatens India’s federal structure
The Wire, August 31, 2020 - Unfair to dump centre’s GST default on states
The New Indian Express, August 29, 2020 - Three cheers for GST – biggest achievement is cooperative federalism, which was unthinkable earlier
The Financial Express, August 08, 2020 - In the name of ‘cooperative federalism’
The Hindu, July 11, 2020 - Do we need a fiscal council?
The Hindu, July 11, 2020 - Uttar Pradesh is India’s broken heartland, break it into 4 or 5 states
The Print, July 11, 2020 - Federalism in a new form
The Times of India, July 01, 2020 - Management of lockdown, its aftermath, will shape balance of power between Centre and states
The Indian Express, April 21, 2020 - Centre and states must work together
The Hindustan Times, April 01, 2020 - We Need a Campaign to Demand the Planning Commission’s Revival
The Wire, March 09, 2020 - The current state of cooperative federalism in India
Livemint, March 04, 2020 - Challenges of ‘competitive federalism’ in India
Asia Times, March 04, 2020 - Why India’s states are antsy about money
Livemint, February 19, 2020 - Now, a green fund
The Pioneer, February 19, 2020 - Centre, state tax officers to share taxpayers information to tighten enforcement
Livemint, February 06, 2020 - When Centre and states don’t see eye to eye
The Statesman, January 31, 2020 - Activate inter-state council
Deccan Herald, January 29, 2020 - Federalism is not a one-way street
Hindustan Times, January 26, 2020 - Governance Index: On study of States on governance
The Hindu, December 30, 2019 - India’s eroding cooperative federalism: Centre’s functioning has curbed states’ operational freedom
The Financial Express, December 30, 2019 - GST: Time for the giant leap forward
Bloombergquint, December 17, 2019 - Why finance panel may ask the govt to overhaul, reduce central schemes
Business Standard, November 27, 2019 - Centre Approves Setting Up 26 Medical Colleges
NDTV, November 23, 2019 - India needs to focus more on quality of govt expenditure than revenues, fiscal gap
Business Today, November 19, 2019 - With the economic centre of gravity shifting to states, India’s growth hinges on cooperative federalism
The Indian Express, November 18, 2019 - Federalism: For better or for worse?
Businessworld, November 18, 2019 - Firm steps to ease the fiscal federalism tension
The Hindu, October 23, 2019 - Why cooperative and competitive federalism is the secret to India’s success
World Economic Forum, October 04, 2019 - Centre must lend an ear to states
The New Indian Express, September 28, 2019 - Global consultants to audit over 125 centrally-sponsored schemes
The Economic Times, September 26, 2019 - Stronger fiscal federalism
Deccan Herald, September 20, 2019 - The Destruction of Fiscal Federalism
The Wire, September 16, 2019
