Finance Commission

5 May 2026

NGT Directs Six Southern States to Submit Air Quality Action Plans — NCAP Fund Misuse Flagged

2 May 2026

Disaster Management Act 2005 — Architecture, Three-Tier Structure, and India's Evolving Response

18 April 2026

131st Amendment Defeated in Lok Sabha: A First in 12 Years and the Federal-Equity Question

10 April 2026

Current Affairs Today — April 10, 2026

10 April 2026

Assembly Elections 2026 — Voting Concludes in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry

10 April 2026

16th Finance Commission — ₹4.35 Lakh Crore for Rural Local Bodies (2026–31)

5 April 2026

National Panchayat Awards 2025 — Three Tripura Panchayats Win Top Honours

29 March 2026

India-Japan $75 Billion Currency Swap — Strengthening Financial Stability

14 March 2026

Fiscal Health Index 2026: Assessing State Finances

3 March 2026

Current Affairs Today — March 3, 2026

3 March 2026

16th Finance Commission Submits Report for 2026-31

20 February 2026

Current Affairs Today — February 20, 2026

13 February 2026

Current Affairs Today — February 13, 2026

12 February 2026

Current Affairs Today — February 12, 2026

12 February 2026

India's Aviation Sector — Duopoly Risk, DGCA Gaps, and the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam 2024

3 February 2026

Current Affairs Today — February 3, 2026

2 February 2026

Current Affairs Today — February 2, 2026

1 February 2026

Current Affairs Today — February 1, 2026

1 February 2026

Union Budget 2026-27 — Complete Analysis: Fiscal Architecture, Tax Reforms, New Missions, and Sector-wise Priorities

15 January 2026

78th Army Day 2026 — Jaipur, Digital Transformation, and India's Evolving War Doctrine

3 January 2026

Current Affairs Today — January 3, 2026

30 May 2026 · The Indian Express

How Delimitation Can Enable Both Women's and Urban Representation

28 May 2026 · Business Standard

Decentralisation Deficit: Why India's Panchayats Need Capacity, Not Just Representation

26 May 2026 · The Hindu

Finance Commission Transfers and the Equity Issue

25 May 2026 · Business Standard

RBI Surplus Transfer Will Not Ease Fiscal Pressure

21 May 2026 · The Hindu

Preparing India for a Credible Digital Census

21 May 2026 · The Hindu

Analysing India's Budgets for Justice

19 May 2026 · The Indian Express

Why India's Courts Are Slow — The Case for Professional Court Managers

12 May 2026 · The Hindu

A Decentralised Solution for India's Waste Crisis

7 May 2026 · The Indian Express

For Four New State Governments, Same Old Problem — Mounting Debt and Fiscal Strain

2 May 2026 · Down to Earth

India's Pre-Monsoon Becomes Bipolar — Heat in the West, Floods in the East, Climate in the Middle

2 May 2026 · The Hindu

India's Disaster Architecture After Cell Broadcast — Technology Without Institutional Capacity Solves Half the Problem

24 April 2026 · The Indian Express

After the Delimitation Defeat — South India Must Confront Its Own Inequalities

24 April 2026 · The Indian Express

State Budget Numbers Don't Add Up — Fiscal Federalism Under Stress

23 April 2026 · The Hindu

Ensure That the Voice of the South Is Heard in Parliament

21 April 2026 · The Indian Express

Beyond the Population Arithmetic — Does Expanding the Lok Sabha Guarantee Better Representation?

18 April 2026 · The Hindu

Deservedly Dead: Why the 131st Amendment's Defeat is a Constitutional Achievement, Not a Failure

15 April 2026 · The Hindu

Mapping the Legislative Vacuum in India's Heat Crisis

7 April 2026 · The Indian Express

Sixteenth Finance Commission and the Erosion of Fiscal Federalism

6 April 2026 · The Hindu

Balance is Key — Amaravati Capital and Andhra Pradesh Regional Equity

1 April 2026 · The Hindu

Counting People Is Not Counting Disaster Risk — The 16th Finance Commission's Flawed DRI

31 March 2026 · Down to Earth

SWM Rules 2026: Circular Economy on Paper, Urban Capacity on the Ground

28 March 2026 · The Hindu

Beyond the North-South Rhetoric — Delimitation, Federalism, and India's Democratic Balance

27 March 2026 · The Indian Express

Delimitation 2026 — Expanding Democracy or Deepening North-South Divide?

25 March 2026 · Business Standard

India at 5.9% — The Oil Shock Exposes Structural Fragility in India's Growth Model

23 March 2026 · The Hindu

Double Engine Sarkar — A Threat to Constitutional Federalism?

20 March 2026 · Business Standard

India's Urban Crisis — Why Smart Cities Need Stronger Civic Governance First

2 March 2026 · The Hindu

Finance Commission and Fiscal Federalism — The Southern States' Equity Dilemma

12 February 2026 · Business Standard

High-Risk Skies — India's Aviation Duopoly, Regulatory Deficit, and the Reform Agenda

3 February 2026 · The Hindu

The Freebie Spiral — Fiscal Federalism at Risk as State Cash Transfers Surge

21 January 2026 · The Indian Express

The Delimitation Dilemma — Can India's Federal Compact Survive Its Demographic Divide?

Cooperative Federalism

A model of federalism where central and state governments work together on shared goals through mutual cooperation...

Federalism

A system of government where power is constitutionally divided between a central authority and constituent units

Fiscal Deficit

The gap between total government expenditure and total government revenue (excluding borrowings)

Fiscal Federalism

The financial dimension of federalism — how taxing powers, spending responsibilities, and transfers are divided between...

Fiscal Health Index

A NITI Aayog benchmarking tool that ranks Indian states across five dimensions of fiscal performance using CAG-verified...

Welfare State

A state that takes active responsibility for the economic and social well-being of its citizens through universal...