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Centre-State bhagidari: PM Modi thanks state govts for rolling out public-friendly policies amid pandemic

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₹1.06 lakh crores in 2020-21," PM Modi said in its blog post. He said such huge borrowings were made possible by an approach of 'Centre-State bhagidari'.

Citing the last year's Centre's Aatmanirbhar Bharat package, PM Modi wrote that state governments were allowed to borrow an extra 2% of GSDP, of which 1% was made conditional on the implementation of certain economic reforms. "This was a nudge, incentivising the states to adopt progressive policies to avail additional funds.

The results of this exercise are not only encouraging but also run contrary to the notion that there are limited takers for sound economic policies," the prime minister wrote.

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