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...