Tamil Nadu election analysis Tamil Nadu remains an impregnable Dravidian territory in electoral politicsS. Raja Sethu DuraiR. SrinivasanThe 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly election results demonstrate yet again that the vast majority of the voters are firmly behind the two major Dravidian par
Postal Ballot How the bureaucracy votes mattersS. Raja Sethu Durai R. SrinivasanAny party or coalition that wins in an Assembly election needs to win a majority in both the general vote and the postal vote if it wants to effective
Tamil Nadu Election 2021 Vanniyar reservation in Tamil Nadu: problems ahead R. SrinivasanThe Tamil Nadu government’s decision to provide exclusive reservation to Vanniyar will sow the seeds of dissatisfaction among other castes within the
Tamil Nadu Election 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly election: Crucial role of straight contests S. Raja Sethu Durai R. SrinivasanA study of past elections indicates that the 131 constituencies where the Dravidian majors are facing each other directly hold the key to determining
Dravidian hegemony in Tamil Nadu politics No room for a third front in Tamil NaduR. Srinivasan S. Raja Sethu DuraiAn analysis of the Assembly and parliamentary elections held in Tamil Nadu in the past decade clearly indicates that no entity is likely to pose a ser
Higher Education Who gained from CET abolition in Tamil Nadu? R. Srinivasan N. RaghunathStudy shows that the abolition of the Common Entrance Test for admission to professional courses in Tamil Nadu has benefited students from the Backwar
GST GST: For a fair share for the StatesR. SrinivasanS. Raja Sethu DuraiIdeal fiscal federalism in a market-driven economy calls for reassigning all the commodity taxes to States and effecting equalisation grants by the Un
The Economy GST & federalismR. SRINIVASANGreater availability of data on GST will shine a light on the contributions of States towards the national exchequer and make a case for equitable dis
Prohibition Policy Conflict of interestR. SrinivasanThe Tamil Nadu government banks on tax from the liquor trade to finance its burgeoning expenditure. This makes it imperative that the arbitrariness an
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