BJP’s one market for farmers is a myth (co-authored with P Chidambaram)

Should India’s farmers have the economic freedom to market their produce to whoever and wherever they want at an agreed price? ...

PM Modi can learn from CM Modi

In 2001, Gujarat was hit by a devastating disaster. Its economic reconstruction is worth emulating ...

States cannot be left to the centre’s mercy

Not only are the States not paid what is due to them, they have also lost the powers to raise their own sales tax revenues ...

Firm steps to ease the fiscal federalism tension

The Centre should not confuse uniformity for unity and must grant States the powers to levy direct taxes ...

Would Chandrababu Naidu have quit NDA had there been no GST?

Had there been no GST regime, could Chandrababu Naidu possibly have resorted to other sources of revenue through state-specific taxes and not severed ties with the NDA? ...

The ‘One Nation’ Fallacy in ‘New’ India

The early years of the Indian republic saw an emphasis on nation building, accomplished through a top-down policy paradigm driven by the Centre and flowing down to the States. ...