Y.V. Reddy warns against tendency towards centralisation even on State subjects

Centralisation not a risk worth taking in diverse country like India: Chairman of Fourteenth Finance Commission warns

  Fourteenth Finance Commission Chairman Y.V. Reddy said on Sunday that the Centre did not support States enough at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, resorting to “burden-sharing” instead, and questioned the move to abandon the existing inoculation system of the Centre providing free vaccines and States using their resources to deliver the shots. Warning against a growing tendency towards centralisation even on State subjects under the Constitution, Dr. Reddy said the idea of different development models adopted by States is no longer on the table under the Narendra Modi government and there is a worrying asymmetry between the responsibilities of States and the resources available to them.