The future of Indian federalism
By: Khosla, Madhav
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BookPublisher: Seminar Description: 749, Jan, 2022: p.35-38.
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SeminarSummary: THE Indian federal model has always been heavily centralized.1 Yet, over the past half decade or so, the nature and form of centralization has grown exponentially, raising questions about the very character of federalism in India. The changes are perhaps captured most powerfully on fiscal-related matters. From the loss in the taxation powers of the states under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) schema, with its tensions over the compensation to be given by the central government to the states, to the transfer of central funds to the states from the pool of centrally collected tax revenues, which have become linked to the formation and implementation of particular welfare schemes at the state level, India’s states have far less power today than they have previously enjoyed.2- Reproduced
THE Indian federal model has always been heavily centralized.1 Yet, over the past half decade or so, the nature and form of centralization has grown exponentially, raising questions about the very character of federalism in India. The changes are perhaps captured most powerfully on fiscal-related matters. From the loss in the taxation powers of the states under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) schema, with its tensions over the compensation to be given by the central government to the states, to the transfer of central funds to the states from the pool of centrally collected tax revenues, which have become linked to the formation and implementation of particular welfare schemes at the state level, India’s states have far less power today than they have previously enjoyed.2- Reproduced
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