Rahul Gandhi discusses economy with Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee | Read full text here

New Delhi: Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the Centre has “slightly different” approach in dealing COVID-19 battle as it wants to keep “everything under control” and suggested that there should be a balance between Central and state governments.

“A centralised approach is required to deal with the current situation but there should be a balance between Centre and states. Give states options and let them decide what to do and what not to do. If the responsibility falls on the states, they will deal with it better. States should be given the freedom to decide if they want lockdown,” said Banerjee in interaction with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Emphasising on decentralisation, he asserted that he could see a difference between states and Centre.

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