It concludes that centralisation is increasing — which it notes is not healthy — and calls for urgent remedial measures. The Kurian Joseph Committee report comes amid repeated and deliberate moves by the Union to centralise power. The impending inter-State delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies is causing anxiety among States that have stabilised their populations and stand to lose their relative weight in national governance. The GST regime has restructured India’s fiscal landscape in favour of the Union and at States’ expense. This report lays out the logic, facts and common sense about why federated governance should be the path to progress.

Source: The Hindu February 20, 2026 21:57 UTC