India, April 28 -- Tamil Nadu's resolution on state autonomy, announced by Chief Minister MK Stalin on April 15, 2025, represents a watershed moment in India's federal evolution. By establishing a high-level committee to examine Centre-State relations, Tamil Nadu has reignited a decades-old debate about the distribution of power in the world's largest democracy. This bold move emerges from mounting tensions over fiscal devolution, education policy, and representation-tensions that reveal deep fault lines in India's constitutional framework.

The resolution, introduced under Rule 110 of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, establishes a three-member committee chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Kurian Joseph, with retired IAS officer A...