Why amicable resolution to GST shortfall is vital for our federal polity

The dispute between the  Centre  and the states over making good the shortfall in the states’ collection of revenue from the goods and services tax (GST) should be resolved, for harmonious relations between the Centre and the states.  The only sensible way to resolve it is by the Centre borrowing the entire amount of the deficit and making good on its promise, made at the time of tr…