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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
TopicN.K. Singh

Topic: N.K. Singh

Without planning commission, states & Centre need forum for policy dialogue — N.K. Singh

N.K. Singh, chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, also advocated further rationalisation of centrally-sponsored schemes.

Modi govt opens a Pandora’s Box: States can lose political clout if they develop well

The Modi Govt has instructed the Finance Commission to use 2011 census figures instead of the 1971 figures, to apportion revenue from taxation between the states.

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India’s goal of isolating Pakistan is facing a setback

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's poorly timed tilt to Israel on the eve of the war had already damaged Iranian trust in India.

A communist state’s capitalist expedition. How Kerala CM Pinarayi came to embrace private enterprise

Despite its new avatar, Kerala’s culture remains rooted in socialistic principles. Yet there is growing acceptance to ‘privatisation with participation', observers say.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.