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Search: For - Fiscal decentralisation to Local Government

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Small Governments, Big Growth: India’s Bottom-Up Dividend

Domestic Politics and Governance

May 02, 2025

Small Governments, Big Growth: India’s Bottom-Up Dividend

Decentralising income tax revenue could turn India’s 250,000 local councils into growth engines—delivering equity, efficiency, and resilience

Benedikt Herrmann | Soumya Bhowmick