The case for greater centre-state coordination to meet long-term goals

Many public policy experts and policymakers have stated that more mechanisms are needed for regular centre-state coordination and interaction on various issues

Last week, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the centre and the states need to coordinate better among themselves in order to bring down local-level inflation.

At an event organised by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), Sitharaman said, “It cannot be that inflation is handled only by the Centre. And when states don’t take enough steps, that part of India suffers from want of relief from the stress of inflation. The exogenous factors affect both the Centre and states.”

 “If the states’ inflation is also to be attributed to the Government of India, we need