{"id":1345,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/implementation-of-gst-and-neet-is-a-major-challenge-to-indian-upsc-psir-2013-2203\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:23","slug":"implementation-of-gst-and-neet-is-a-major-challenge-to-indian-upsc-psir-2013-2203","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/implementation-of-gst-and-neet-is-a-major-challenge-to-indian-upsc-psir-2013-2203\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementation of GST and NEET is a major challenge to Indian Federalism."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">rR! both reforms push national uniformity over State discretion \u2192 that is the federal challenge R2 GST and NEET pull power upward \u2192 fiscal and education-health autonomy narrowed<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">GST removes States&#039; indirect-tax power \u2192 destination-based design, manufacturing States fear revenue loss \u2192 delayed compensation + irregular Council meetings \u2192 mistrust -. Patnaik: fiscal autonomy weakened, dependence deepened \u2192 NEET&#039;s uniform entrance vs education (Concurrent) + health (State) \u2192 Tamil Nadu: ignores school inequality + reservation \u2192 Garga Chatterjee: States lose power to shape health workforce<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">challenge of method, not federalism \u2192 Jaitley &quot;pooled sovereignty&quot; + GST Council&#039;s two-thirds State weight show cooperative design<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 GST and NEET test federalism, do not break it \u2192 equity, consultation, stronger Inter-State Council restore balance R2 core tension is national uniformity vs State autonomy \u2192 resolved through consultation, not centralisation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[46],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[63],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1345","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-46","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-federalism","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1345\/revisions\/2569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}