Extra cash can’t help Andhra or Bihar
3 months ago |

TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu met Modi in Delhi yesterday, seeking enhanced assistance for Andhra Pradesh. Last week, Nitish Kumar’s JDU passed a resolution demanding special category status for Bihar.

With the two NDA allies vital to Modi govt’s continuance, special status/assistance is being spoken of as the only way forward for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. But is it? Fact is the states lack the institutional capacity to even spend the money they have. In Bihar’s case, there is the additional problem of misgovernance. With 10 bridges collapsing in the last two weeks, lack of funds certainly can’t be blamed for the state’s bottom ranking in India’s development charts.

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