Road To 2019: North South Money Wars
Leaders of three southern states and a union territory got together this week to voice their dissatisfaction with the ToRs of the 15th Finance Commissions. While the leaders claim that the southern states are being penalised for having succeeded in keeping a check on their population, the biggest contention seems to be the change of base year from 1971 to 2011. Arun Jaitley tried to allay these fears to no avail. This episode of Road to 2019 tries to assess if this North-South divide is a mere blip or a persistent irritant on the run up to the next general elections.
