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Topic15th Finance Commission

Topic: 15th Finance Commission

Row over 15th Finance Commission: Six states’ ministers to meet President Kovind today

Subrata Panda -
Ministers from Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Puducherry, Punjab and Delhi will submit a memorandum on the changes they want in the terms of reference.

India’s south is protesting a bit too much and a bit unfairly

TN Ninan -
Without more resources, how do the poorer states improve their people’s health and education indices, so as to achieve better population control?

Debate over finance commission exposes south’s tendency towards misplaced entitlement

Alok Prasanna Kumar -
To ensure equity between the states, poorer states should receive a greater share of union tax revenues as compared to better off states.

TalkPoint: Will Modi govt’s new population formula to share tax revenues reignite north-south divide?

ThePrint Team -
The 15th Finance Commission is mandated to use the census data from 2011 instead of 1971. Experts weigh in on its likely impact on states across the country.
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Opinion

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

Swasti Rao -
India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.

In Mohammed Siraj, the Pasmanda Muslims have a hero

There is a global race to make fusion power a reality. India must step up investments soon

Economy

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

Neelam Pandey -
New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Defence

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

Snehesh Alex Philip -
One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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