While the Kerala government has vehemently opposed CAA and NPR and has said that it will not collect data for these, people are anxious
Performance of several industrially-developed states, such as Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, and Gujarat, was middling on the Index
The letter alleged that there are "distortions in the GST rate on components" which ICEA finds illogical
Centre for rate hike to make up for Rs 30K-cr revenue gap
His remarks came a day after he had said there is no way a state can deny the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) when it is already passed by the Parliament.
This segment wants to disassociate itself from the power sector
The total borrowing so far this financial year by all states have neared Rs 3.2 lakh crore
As states are at different levels of development, trends at the aggregate level tend to mask underlying differences.At the aggregate level, states expect their own revenue to grow 16 per cent in 2016-17 but there is wide variation. The newly formed state of Telangana expects its revenue to grow at a staggering 40 per cent in 2016-17. Uttarakhand and Goa expect their tax revenues to grow at a robust 26 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively. On the other hand, Chhattisgarh has budgeted for a three per cent decline in its own revenues. Others, such as Punjab and Odisha, have budgeted for a five and eight per cent increase in their revenues, respectively.While much has been written about the sharp increase in devolution to the states after the 14th Finance Commission, many are more reliant on their own revenue. Haryana, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have their own revenue accounting for roughly 73 per cent of their total revenue receipts. The balance, 27 per cent, is transfers from