Here’s what southern states should actually push for

Feb 19, 2024 | 15:26 IST

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar during a protest against the Centre in New Delhi (Photo: IANS)

Instead of focusing on horizontal distribution of tax resources, states should advocate for enlarging the divisible pool by calling for a curtailment in central cesses and surcharges

Over the past few days, there have been calls to form an economic alliance of southern states for equal resource distribution. Chief ministers from states such as Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu held demonstrations in New Delhi to express their discontent.

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah claimed that the current system for distributing resources among states puts states like Karnataka at a disadvantage while favouring states in the North with uncontrolled population growth.

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Here’s what southern states should actually push for

Instead of focusing on horizontal distribution of tax resources, states should advocate for enlarging the divisible pool by calling for a curtailment in central cesses and surcharges

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Here’s what southern states should actually push for

Instead of focusing on horizontal distribution of tax resources, states should advocate for enlarging the divisible pool by calling for a curtailment in central cesses and surcharges

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