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Comment in 150 words: Implementation of GST and NEET is a major challenge to Indian federalism.

  • UPSC 2018
  • 10 marks
  • Federalism

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The Goods and Services Tax (2017) and NEET, the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (from 2016), share a design. Each replaces differentiated state choice with one national instrument and justifies it by efficiency, in tax in one case and medical admission in the other. The federal challenge is real, but it differs in kind between the two.

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  • GST: autonomy traded for voice
  • NEET: uniformity without negotiation
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