The Centre seeking revision of the apex court's judgement that the right to levy royalty and taxes on mineral extraction and mineral bearing lands- It will deprive the States of…
To Smt Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister NDA government, critically dependent for stability on two important regional political parties, should respect federalism, move away from pro-corporate to pro-welfare commitment, as…
To Respected State Chief Ministers Sir, The Karnataka Chief Minister, accompanied by the State's legislators, has registered a loud protest in Delhi against the Centre's "fiscal injustice". Kerala has lost no time…
India is often referred to as a quasi-federal system as it embodies features of both federal and unitary systems, but successive governments with strong prime ministers at the centre and…
To Respected Chief Ministers Dear Respected Chief Minister, Kindly refer to my earlier letter of August 24-8-2021 on how some States lose out on delimitation for Parliamentary constituencies as a…
To Smt. Droupadi Murmu The President of India Respected Rashtrapati Ji, The Centre has set up a High-Level Committee (HLC) to examine "simultaneous elections to the House of the People…
Abstract: This article examines the question of federalism and nationalism and its implications for development in the context of the regional economy of Punjab, which has its own unique characteristics,…
To Respected Chief Ministers Subject:- Centre's onslaught on federalism- Some Governors playing extra-Constitutional role Sir, I have addressed you time and again on the political executive at the Centre systematically…
To Respected Chief Ministers Sir, During the last few years, there has been a growing trend on the part of the Centre to diminish the role of the States under…
State governments are perplexed by the long delay in convening the quarterly Goods and Services Tax council meeting. The council has not met over the last four-and-a-half months whereas the…
Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) funded under article 282 of the Constitution not only pose a threat to federalism but also lead to misapplication of scarce public resources To Shri G…
Letter to the Chief Ministers Respected Chief Ministers, Subject:- Increasing threat to federalism from Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs)- Need to form a Federal Front of the States to persuade the…
To Shri Bhagwant Mann Chief Minister Punjab Dear Shri Mann, Let me take this opportunity to congratulate you on taking over as the Chief Minister of Punjab. I am sure…
To Thiru M K Stalin Chief Minister Tamilnadu Dear Thiru Stalin, In your recently released book, Ungalil Oruvan (One Amongst You), you have highlighted, among others, the necessity for the States to…
Congress Party vice president, Rahul Gandhi said in the Lok Sabha that this country is a union of states, not a nation. Rahul Gandhi raised this issue in his speech…
To Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao Chief Minister Telangana Dear Shri Chandrasekhar Rao garu, I had earlier written to you on 8-2-2022 welcoming your opposition to the Centre's unilateral proposal to…
On 2 June 2021, Odisha Chief Minister Navin Patnaik wrote a letter to all chief ministers urging them to “unite and form a consensus that the Centre should procure Covid…
The importance of cooperative federalism has been widely recognized in India in the interests of justice, democracy and national integration. Unfortunately, however, in recent times not all has been well…
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