Centre, states relations worsen over farm bills, GST compensation

Invocation of tripartite agreement with Jharkhand strains ties further

Opposition-ruled states’ stand mellowed after the Centre offered to borrow Rs 1.10 trillion towards goods and services tax (GST) compensation on their behalf, but the Union government’s move to invoke a tripartite agreement (TPA) to realise Rs 1,417.50 crore of power dues from Jharkhand has made at least that state reject the offer. 

Though confined to one state, this is just one of many of the Centre's measures that have strained relations with states. 

In the case of Jharkhand, the Union power ministry automatically debited a sum of Rs 1,417.50 crore from Jharkhand’s consolidated account — maintained by the Reserve