'Establish inter-state council for effective governance'

Applauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emphasis on "cooperative federalism", Assocham today asked the Centre to set up an inter-state council to create synergy and ensure effective delivery while working with the state governments.
"We believe that activation of inter-state council will dramatically enhance Centre-state relations and provide an opportunity for meaningful dialogue on all pending issues in time-bound manner, thereby creating a 'Team India' approach to governance, economic growth and sustainable development," Assocham President Rana Kapoor said.
The industry chamber also asked the government to formulate a national policy with the consensus of state governments in key sectors like agriculture, mining and real estate to break the current logjam and kick-start seamless multi-state economic revival.

It also emphasized on building a consensus in Central fund allocation and higher accommodation of demands from the state government and better Centre-state coordination for policy compliance and law enforcement, lack of which might impact business sentiment adversely.
Modi in an address to Parliament recently said: "We don't believe in big brother attitude (towards states). We believe in Cooperative Federalism.