Context In the absence of statehood for Delhi, there has been a prolonged confrontation on the relative powers of the territorial administration and the Union government. The status of Delhi being a Union Territory under Schedule 1 of the Constitution …
About GST Council Goods & Services Tax Council is a constitutional body under Article 279A of the amended Constitution, for making recommendations to the Union and State Government on issues related to Goods and Service Tax. The Council was introduced …
CONTEXT Recently, various State governments raised concerns about Central unilateralism in the enactment of critical laws on subjects in the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. CONCERN RAISED BY THE STATES In the wake of the Union …
CONTEXT Since 1976, seats in the Lok Sabha have reflected the 1971 census and have not taken into account changes in the population. The primary reason for this has been unequal population growth among States. India’s most highly developed and …
CONTEXT There has been ongoing tussle between centre and state government of Bengal, which deserves our attention for the future health of our federal polity. BACKGROUND The issue was over the conduct of the former Chief Secretary of Bengal. The …
NEWS There needs to be a federal coalition to preserve the idea of a plural India, in terms of culture and politics. CONTEXT Recently an observation has been made by Niti Aayog, regarding the management of Covid epidemic. One of …
NEWS The Maratha reservation case shows that divesting States of the power to determine backwardness hits federalism. CONTEXT Recently the Supreme Court of India declared as unconstitutional a Maharashtra law which provided for reservation to the Maratha community in …
NEWS Recently the 15th Finance commission has given its recommendation to the government. In that, there are measures to empower local government financially. However it is felt by many that goal of fiscally empowering local governments to deliver territorial equity …
NEWS Anti defection law has reduced legislators to being accountable primarily to the party and failed to preserve the stability of governments. CONTEXT The events in Puducherry (resignation by four ruling party MLAs) have again highlighted the absurdity of the …
What is the ‘One Nation One Election’ system? One Nation One Election proposes that simultaneous elections be held in all states and the Lok Sabha in a gap of five years. The idea behind it is envisaging an amendment in …