Editorial Analysis for IAS - Challenges to Fiscal Federalism in India

Challenges to Fiscal Federalism in India

Challenges to Fiscal Federalism in India Context: With coming in of the GST regime, the states have lost their revenue generating capacity and with waning away of the Planning Commission, there are apprehensions about the weakening of the principle of Fiscal Federalism in India. Background: […]

Editorial Analysis for Civil Services - The Cost of Misrepresenting Inflation

The Cost of Misrepresenting Inflation

The Cost of Misrepresenting Inflation For Mains What is the issue? Despite the sharp recovery from pandemic, real output in 2021-22 was barely higher than in the pre-pandemic year of 2019-20 in India. What is causing inflation in India? It is a common mistake to […]

UPSC Current affairs - India’s FDI Inflow

India’s FDI Inflow

India’s FDI Inflow Context: • India has recorded highest ever annual FDI inflow of USD 83.57 billion in the Financial Year 2021-22. In 2014-2015, FDI inflow in India stood at mere 45.15 USD billion as compared to the highest ever annual FDI inflow of USD […]

IAS Current affairs - GST Council

GST Council

GST Council Context: The Supreme Court on Thursday, in a judgment championing the importance of “cooperative federalism” for the well-being of democracy, held that Union and State legislatures have “equal, simultaneous and unique powers” to make laws on Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the […]