Letter to BS: 15th Finance Commission faces a minefield of issues

Population issue is only one of the issues and it is to be seen along with the emigration of interstate population

A contour, not the limit

I refer to the article of in Business Standard by Ajay Chhibber titled, “A minefield of issues” (April 9). I cannot agree with the conclusion of his article that the terms of reference to the 15th Finance Commission might undermine the positive momentum towards cooperative federalism.

The first issue according to him is the directive to the Commission to use the 2011 Census rather than the 1971 Census. He has referred to some difficulties that it would create notable being the growth of population in the South and even in West Bengal being