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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiahs move to invite his counterparts from high revenue-contributing states for a conference in Bengaluru regarding unfair devolution of taxes by the Centre, is part of a larger ploy to project himself as a prominent head of state taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, say analysts...
Siddaramaiah has invited his counterparts from Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Kerala for a conference to deliberate on issues of fiscal federalism at a juncture when the Finance Commission needs to make a directional shift & create incentives for growth & better tax mobilisation, as was posted by the CM on social media Wednesday...
The Karnataka CMs argument against the Modi government has been that performance and progress is being punished and funds collected from high GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) states are given to populous ones like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, among others, to gain political dividends...
At the conclave of finance ministers of five states in Keralas Thiruvananthapuram Thursday, Krishna Byre Gowda, Karnatakas minister for revenue and the states representative at the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, said the need to discuss political federalism was just as important...
Siddaramaiah has also been at the forefront of opposing the imposition of Hindi and celebrating of Hindi Diwas, protesting against the three-language policy, replacing the National Education Policy (NEP) with a state education policy, decrying attempts to merge Karnatakas dairy cooperative Nandini with Gujarat-based Amul, and accusing the Modi government of trying to wipe off Karnatakas identity...
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