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Fiscal federalism at risk: are Finance Commissions undoing a grand design of the Indian Constitution?

· 9 August 2026 · 2 min read
Fiscal federalism at risk: are Finance Commissions undoing a grand design of the Indian Constitution?

Mint has reported a new India-focused constitution development: “Fiscal federalism at risk: are Finance Commissions undoing a grand design of the Indian Constitution?.” The publisher's feed describes the story as follows: The Constituent Assembly vested extraordinary powers in the Centre on a grand bargain of power-sharing with Indian states. However, the 16th Finance Commission shifts the balance of power to the Centre. Where does that leave India's ethos of fiscal federalism? Intellectual Ja

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