South India is rightly agitated by unfair allocation. Limiting Centre’s power is the answer

Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Kerala, Siddaramaiah and Pinarayi Vijayan, came to New Delhi to protest the absurdities of Indias fiscal resource allocation, joined by politicians from other southern states..

This trifecta is exactly what makes a society a vassal state: it haseitherlimitedorno say on how its taxed or where its taxrevenuesaredirected, its political power is reducing to the point of complete powerlessness, and it has noinfluence overthe policies that govern it.Therefore,its no wonder that southern states are agitated...

Whether the political union allows states the policy space to meet and accommodate the aspirations oftheircitizens is another crucial question that would tell us about theoverallhealth of Indiasdemocracy.Regardless ofa states achievements or lack thereof, the system shouldensureits citizenscan exercisethe right to self-determinationin ordertoseeklight at the end of the tunnel...

Germany, the western part of the country is still significantly wealthier than the erstwhile Communist East.Butthecountrysfederal structure somewhat balances thelarge wealth gapbetween thetworegions.This dynamicholdstrue in countries as vastly diverse as Spain, China, and the UKamongmany othersas well.. However,two important differences exist between such countries and India..

The answer is simple:We should limit the powers of the Union government so dramatically that these resource allocation problems are solved at the level of states.The states wouldfirst meet theirrequirementsandthen pass onthenecessaryrevenueto the Union government for its core functions like defence and external affairs..

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