How 15th Finance Commission is trying to manage South India’s anger over tax division – and failing
No other country carries within it the diversity that India does. This trite-but-true dictum extends even to taxation, with different…
15th Finance Commission gets extension till October 2020
It will submit an interim report on November 30 Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to extend the term of 15th…
15th Finance Commission seeks say in GST Council amid Centre-states row
The Centre and state governments seem to be on a collision course amid a sharp economic downturn that has eroded…
Finance Commission weighing incentives for states for farm reforms
These are among a plethora of stifling rules and regulations that have long hampered India’s progress in agriculture and, in…
15th Finance Commission terms tilt fiscal scales in favour of the Centre
The challenge has been to achieve this without unduly damaging state government incentives for raising their own revenue, and for…