In the midst of the Corona crisis, Congress on Saturday appealed to the central government to empower the states by providing more finance and resources in the fight against coronaviruse. Congress spokesperson Supriya Srinet said that the state governments should also take the board on board while preparing a strategy to fight the deadly disease. We have talked about cooperative federalism. The time has come that we should follow this matter.

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Regarding the matter, the party spokesperson said that the Center should take the states along, empower them by providing them with more finance and resources. It is only when states are competent and when the Center has decentralized, that we can win this war against the coronovirus. Addressing a press conference via video, he said that states are at the forefront of the fight against coronavirus while implementing and executing various policies on the ground.

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In his statement he further said that apart from issuing pending GST dues of Rs 42,000 crore to the state governments with immediate effect, the states should provide Rs 1 lakh crore to fight COVID-19. At present, states are facing the biggest financial crisis in fighting the virus. He told reporters that the central government should give a package of Rs 1 lakh crore to the states to fight the coronavirus COVID-19. The GST revenue given to the states by the central government was not assured.

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