The midterm system not only preserves but also facilitates federalism, retains the power of citizens, establishes a unique check on ruling parties at both the tiers and delivers significantly over the current system.

The fact is that the states do to local bodies what they allege the Centre does to them.

The failures of governance are manifest as fault lines, in caste clashes, class conflict and an emerging narrative about north-south confrontation.

Had there been no GST regime, could Chandrababu Naidu possibly have resorted to other sources of revenue through state-specific taxes and not severed ties with the NDA?

Resident Senior Fellow, Vivek Dehejia, spoke at the Watson Institute at Brown University on "From the 'Idea of India' to the 'New Idea of India': The Political Economy of Federalism in India", in March 2018...

Vivek Dehejia speaks at a seminar at GLC in Mumbai

The case for holding simultaneous elections in the diverse, federal Indian polity is weak.

Praveen Chakravarty in conversation with Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor, after the release of Q2 GDP Data.

If strong regional political parties that cater exclusively to voters of their own state held forth in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Karnataka, like they do in Tamil Nadu, India’s economic union can be severely tested.