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Friday, December 19, 2025
Topic15th Finance Commission

Topic: 15th Finance Commission

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

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

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

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?

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.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.