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Governor’s Role Controversies: Centre-State Tensions Explained
Federalism & Centre–State Relations

Governor’s Role Controversies: Centre-State Tensions Explained

Few Centre-state disputes have moved as fast, or turned around as sharply, as the recent fight over how long a state Governor can sit on a…

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Special Category Status Debate: States’ Demands Explained
Federalism & Centre–State Relations

Special Category Status Debate: States’ Demands Explained

Some Indian states receive extra financial support from the Centre through a designation called Special Category Status, originally created to help states facing genuine structural disadvantages…

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Finance Commission Devolution: How Funds Are Shared Between Centre and States
Federalism & Centre–State Relations

Finance Commission Devolution: How Funds Are Shared Between Centre and States

Every five years or so, a constitutionally mandated body called the Finance Commission decides exactly what share of India's central tax revenue gets passed on to…

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Delhi vs Centre: Understanding the Lieutenant Governor Powers Debate
Federalism & Centre–State Relations

Delhi vs Centre: Understanding the Lieutenant Governor Powers Debate

Delhi occupies an unusual constitutional position among Indian territories: it has its own elected government and assembly, yet remains a union territory rather than a full…

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Ladakh’s Post-370 Status: Life as a Union Territory Without a Legislature
Federalism & Centre–State Relations

Ladakh’s Post-370 Status: Life as a Union Territory Without a Legislature

Our earlier article covered the Article 370 abrogation decision itself. This article focuses on a distinct, less-covered consequence of that decision: Ladakh's status as a Union…

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GST Council: How Federalism Works in India’s Tax System
Federalism & Centre–State Relations

GST Council: How Federalism Works in India’s Tax System

Our earlier article covered GST's 2017 rollout as India's biggest indirect-tax reform. This article looks specifically at the GST Council, the constitutional body where the Centre…

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Inter-State Council: India’s Formal but Underused Forum for Centre-State Dialogue
Federalism & Centre–State Relations

Inter-State Council: India’s Formal but Underused Forum for Centre-State Dialogue

Most discussions of India's federal machinery focus on the GST Council or NITI Aayog's Governing Council, both covered elsewhere in this series. Far less attention goes…

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Governance Reforms Under Modi: Before 2014 vs After 2014 Comparison
Governance & Reforms

Governance Reforms Under Modi: Before 2014 vs After 2014 Comparison

Having covered nineteen individual governance reforms across this category, from GST to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code to Aadhaar-based welfare delivery, this final article pulls those…

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Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: Building India’s Health ID and Digital Records System
Governance & Reforms

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: Building India’s Health ID and Digital Records System

Distinct from the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme covered in our earlier article on the government's scheme list, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is a separate…

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