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The issue of "One person One Vote" and the "Fiscal Delimitation" could be addressed by having clear definitions for the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The Lok Sabha should use updated census to make sure all constituencies are of equal size to ensure equal representation. The Rajya Sabha could micic the US sentae with equal representation for all states (or) have a delimitation based on state economy size. We have to ensure all money bills need to be approved by Rajya Sabha, so the richer states would have better say on how to spend the Union's money.

India needs to be decentralized. It is a pity that only 3% of our budget is spent at the local municipality level while China has 45-51% of its budget spent at the local level which makes Chine 16-17x more decentralised than India. This would also increase the % of tax revenue any state can retain. We would also have ability to tax at a municipality level in every state similar to US/UK etc.

PS: Initially you have referred to Thangam Thennarasu as the CM of Tamil Nadu while he is the Finance Minister.

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