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Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicCooperative federalism

Topic: cooperative federalism

Thanks, Pakistan. Now India needs to do a 1985, not 1992

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Modi govt plans annual meeting with state chief secys, to ‘talk problems & thrash out fixes’

The first annual conference, likely to be held in June, could be chaired by PM Modi himself. Dharamshala is proposed location for meet being coordinated by NITI Aayog.

GST has muddied the entire lake of India’s federalism. SC ruling only put a stamp on it

Fixing India’s ailing GST does not merely entail technical measures to boost tax buoyancy but also re-establishing trust between the Union and states.

Modi asks Opposition states to lower VAT on fuel, ‘not fair to your people’

The PM noted some states had not cut taxes on petrol, diesel even after the Centre cut excise duties.

Unfortunate that Modi has a broken relationship with non-NDA CMs, a hole in ‘sabka saath’

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How Budget 2022 is largely transparent, but political

Budget deficit target is doable, increased capex is a positive & it takes a realistic, if political, view of disinvestment. But protectionism, rising debts, slashed subsidies are problems.

States can’t veto Delhi request for IAS officers, Modi govt proposes & sparks a row

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has already written a letter of protest to PM Modi against proposed amendments to IAS (Cadre) Rules. Other Opposition-ruled states could follow.

Modi has a new Arvind Kejriwal to deal with. It’s Mamata Banerjee

Constant tussles with BJP govt help Mamata, Kejriwal raise their stature from being state satraps to national leaders, and show they can stand up to Modi's might.

In Modi-Mamata tussle, it’s the IAS that is losing out. Supreme Court must step in

Once known as the ‘steel frame’, the All India Services has been forced to adopt the motto of ‘Bend it like Beckham’.

How Modi’s mantra of ‘cooperative federalism’ has unravelled under 2nd Covid wave strain

Central and state officials say ‘tsunami was staring us in the face’ before cases started spiking, and Modi govt did not map data with action required on the ground.

On Camera

The Press is not artillery — neither for the ruling party nor the Opposition: Sachin Sen

The Press in a liberal democracy has to be a forum for the expression of different points of view. It must not suppress, taint or adulterate news, wrote Sachin Sen in 1960.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.