Asit Ranjan Mohanty, Chair Professor at XIM’s Fiscal Policy Centre, is a State Finance Commission member and an expert on taxation.
The sharp rise in cesses and surcharges highlights the Union government’s growing reliance on these levies, undermining fiscal federalism as these revenues do not reach the states.
Asit Ranjan Mohanty
January 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM IST