Join our Whatsapp channelFOR years, forces favouring a stronger centre have pushed for rolling back some aspects of the 18th Amendment to curtail provincial powers and revise the National Finance Commission in order to shore up the centre’s strained finances. The debate — fuelled by Islamabad’s chronic fiscal stress — is sustained by the belief that reducing revenue transfers to the provinces would provide an easy, if contentious, fix to the federal government’s fiscal woes.... It is argued tha

PUNJAB’S frequently aborted devolution plan seems to have restarted once again.... This was

The need for redefining the role of the state and the government for achieving sustainable and inclusive growth cannot be over-emphasised.... Secondly, does the solution lie in return to a highly centralised system or wider dispersal of authority and responsibility?... Looking at the historical legacy, the centralisation at the cost of democracy and the corresponding command economy led to the collapse of the Soviet empire....

My aim in this piece is to look at the international context of the Russian Revolution and to

We are, however, seeking ideas to take growth as close as possible to double digits.... “ North-East states sought help for immediate job creation and international trade policies for the region.... 95, 082 crore be given to the states," Sitharaman said. The share of states in central taxes—at the aggregate level of 41% —has been decided by the 15th Finance Commission....

Ministers have been warned they will be undermining devolution if they set up new freeports in

"The Effects Of The Industrial Revolution". Prior to the Industrial Age, the Western European

The revolution in Iran in February 1979 toppled the Shah and put an end to US domination in that

, Karnataka, and Kerala — came down to 15.8 per cent in total devolution of central taxes to the states

The October Revolution took place against the background of European social-democratic movements