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Friday, September 5, 2025
TopicFiscal federalism

Topic: Fiscal federalism

Rising debt, deficits undo Haryana’s push to raise revenue, place it low in Fiscal Health Index

Haryana ranked 14 out of 18 major states in NITI Aayog’s Fiscal Health Index 2025. The index measured states’ finances for the financial year 2022-23.

BJP’s Haryana win is good for Union. National parties must have stake in ‘giver’ states

Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Odisha are large states that receive a lot of money from the Union. All of them have governments headed by the BJP or its allies.

MGNREGS needs an overhaul. Sharing fiscal burden with states is not enough

Existing projects that are to be implemented by the states under their budgets should not be financed through MGNREGS outlays. Now, the lack of monitoring can result in such use.

‘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.

South India is rightly agitated by unfair allocation. Limiting Centre’s power is the answer

South India's situation is unlike any in large federal unions across the world. US, UK, China, Germany, and Spain correct their fiscal imbalances through tax policy. India is making it worse.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.