Shashi Tharoor questions ‘triple-engine’ governance model, flags concerns over federal fairness post 2014

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has raised questions about the fairness and efficiency of India’s federal structure in the context of the “triple-engine” governance model, suggesting that political alignment between the Center and the states may affect project delivery. The term “triple-engine” governance is often used by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to describe a scenario…

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Interview |’UPA or NDA, budgets have been nothing but a mirage of promises for Telangana’: KTR

Budget 2026: As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present the Union Budget 2026 this Sunday, expectations are high across states over allocations, reforms, and the Centre’s commitment to cooperative federalism. Telangana, in particular, has repeatedly raised concerns over what it calls continued neglect in successive budgets, despite being one of India’s fastest-growing states…

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