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Western Zonal Council

The 24th meeting of the Western Zonal Council, to be chaired by Union Home Minister, will be held in Panjim (Goa) on August 22, 2019. Speedy...

13 Aug 2019 Centre-State Relations

J&K and 15th Finance Commission

With the change in status of Jammu & Kashmir’s statehood, the Fifteenth Finance Commission will have to rework its calculations for inter...

06 Aug 2019 Centre-State Relations

Governance Reforms in Jammu and Kashmir

The Parliament has extended the President Rule In Jammu & Kashmir for another six months. Governance Issues in J&K The Central government...

22 Jul 2019 Centre-State Relations

Cooperative and Competitive Federalism in India

Context Federalism is derived from the Latin world foedus, which means agreement. In fact federation is an agreement between two types of...

19 Jun 2019 Centre-State Relations

A Perennial Quandary on Separation of Power

The Madras High Court ruled that the Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) of Puducherry could not interfere with the day-to-day administration of the Union...

01 May 2019 Centre-State Relations

Challenges for Federal Structure

Instances of tussle between the agencies of central government and the state governments have now become common in India. The latest one in the...

20 Apr 2019 Centre-State Relations

In Depth: Jammu and Kashmir

Both Article 370 and Article 35A have been subject matters of debates for several years. They've been continuously challenged in the Supreme Court...

18 Apr 2019 Centre-State Relations

Is Judiciary Supporting Centralising Tendencies of the Government?

(The editorial is based on the article “The imperial cabinet and an acquiescent court” which appeared in The Hindu for 8th March 2019. In...

08 Mar 2019 Centre-State Relations

States Deny Consent to CBI

The Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal governments withdrew “general consent” to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for investigating...

19 Nov 2018 Centre-State Relations

Article 370

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11 Sep 2018 Centre-State Relations

Refer Krishna Dispute to Tribunal

Telangana Chief Minister has requested Union Governemnt to refer the water disputes pertaining to sharing of Krishna water to the tribunal under the...

28 Aug 2018 Centre-State Relations

The Big Picture – Article 370

Since the BJP and PDP alliance broke in Jammu and Kashmir, there have been debates on whether Article 370 which grants special status to the state,...

14 Aug 2018 Centre-State Relations

Punjab Seeks Special Category Status

The State government of Punjab has asked the Centre to grant it special category status under the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Swasthya Suraksha...

25 Jul 2018 Centre-State Relations

‘New India’ will be Realised with the Vision of a ‘New North East’

At the concluding session of the 67th Plenary Session of the North East Council (NEC), the Union Home Minister said that the road to ‘New...

11 Jul 2018 Centre-State Relations

Nine Parties Oppose Proposal for Simultaneous Elections

Nine political parties have expressed their reservations on the issue of holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections during consultations...

09 Jul 2018 Centre-State Relations

Government Deploys 800 IAS Officers for Village Outreach

At least 800 Deputy Secretaries, Under-Secretaries and Director-level officers, drawn from various Ministries have been assigned about 75 villages to...

07 Jul 2018 Centre-State Relations

Challenges to the Federal Structure of the Indian Union

The Indian union functions on a federal structure of governance implying decentralization of power which allows power to be divided between the...

06 Jul 2018 Centre-State Relations