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TopicFederalism

Topic: federalism

Ambedkar wanted to split, UP, MP, Bihar, Maharashtra. What lessons does it hold today?

Ambedkar carefully considered North-South differences when making India's federal structure. He believed that federalism should be based on the principle of equality of power.

BJP’s uniformity push is harmful. Ladakh shows federalism is the core of our democracy

BJP’s majoritarian and singular agendas, such as 'One nation, One people, One culture', threaten the regional identities.

How Centre’s downsizing of Panjab University Senate has sparked larger debate on democracy & federalism

With PU's top decision-making Syndicate to function without elections, it marks control of Centre over 142-year-old university. The Senate’s strength is down from 90 to 24 members.

MK Stalin, you’ve got it mostly wrong on delimitation

If the US and UK can keep delimiting constituencies decade after decade without upsetting the federal structure, why is it that only Indian politicians make a meal out of this issue? They must grow up.

Supreme Court should help stop tug of war between CBI and state police, not dilute federalism

While overturning Andhra Pradesh High Court's verdict, which quashed CBI FIR filed against two central govt employees without Telangana's consent, Supreme Court missed the fact that state police always exist.

2024 results diluted power of personality. Democracy back to being a contest of ideas

If India has been an early innovator of strongman populism that gripped global democracies in this century, then India has now led the way in putting an end to it in this mega year of elections across the globe.

‘Older than history,’ but slowly changing — Banaras after the Gyanvapi puja

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

‘Important to preserve diversity’ — why DMK is pressing for state autonomy ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Chennai: With resolutions against delimitation and “one nation, one election”, meetings across parliamentary constituencies against “fascism”, and protests over Tamil Nadu “not getting its...

GST is squeezing states, but RBI’s ‘solution’ of more taxes is unfair

The RBI suggested in a December 2023 report that with GST impacting ‘vertical fiscal imbalance’, states should consider collecting additional taxes under the head ‘States’ Own Tax Revenue’.

AIS cadre rules issue is neither complex nor controversial. Here’s what you are missing

Time has perhaps come to amend All India Services Cadre Rules, and make central posting mandatory for a specified period. But only through spirit of federalism.

On Camera

CJ Roy’s death raises an important question. Why isn’t there a time limit on tax raids?

Deterrence cannot mean institutional licence for an endlessly extensible raid. A search that extends across days, followed by seals and freezes that linger for weeks, begins to resemble a siege.

Land, labour, licences: From UP to Tripura, states race ahead on Centre-led deregulation push

76% of Centre’s deregulation reforms implemented across states under Phase-I of compliance reduction exercise. Several states & UTs adopted flexible land use, 3rd party inspections, labour reforms.

During Op Sindoor, hackers targeted NSE website 40 crore times in 10 minutes, Exchange CEO says

NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan was speaking at Off The Cuff event hosted by ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. He said that NSE, on average, sees 20 crore cyberattacks each day.

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.