{"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":"2026-08-12T21:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:12","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>\u2014 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\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> both reforms push national uniformity over State discretion <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> that is the federal challenge<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> GST and NEET pull power upward <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fiscal and education-health autonomy narrowed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>GST removes States\u2019 indirect-tax power <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> destination-based design, manufacturing States fear revenue loss <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> delayed compensation + irregular Council meetings <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> mistrust <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Patnaik<\/b>: fiscal autonomy weakened, dependence deepened <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> NEET\u2019s uniform entrance vs education (Concurrent) + health (State) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Tamil Nadu: ignores school inequality + reservation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Garga Chatterjee<\/b>: States lose power to shape health workforce<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>challenge of method, not federalism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Jaitley<\/b> \u201cpooled sovereignty\u201d + GST Council\u2019s two-thirds State weight show cooperative design<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> GST and NEET test federalism, do not break it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> equity, consultation, stronger Inter-State Council restore balance<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> core tension is national uniformity vs State autonomy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> resolved through consultation, not centralisation<\/p>\n<\/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":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4757,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1345\/revisions\/4757"}],"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}]}}