States Contribute Disproportionately More to Welfare Schemes: Understanding India’s Fiscal Federalism Crisis
A detailed data analysis published in The Hindu, based on a new handbook titled Realising Rights prepared by the Centre for the Study of the Indian Economy at Azim Premji University, reveals a structural imbalance in India’s fiscal federalism: while tax revenues disproportionately accrue to the Union government, the responsibility for funding welfare schemes falls…