He also said that he faced challenges regarding federal government structures.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has revealed that he faced challenges regarding the federal government structures of India when he assumed charge of his office in May last year, and said that he looks at the system as a 'cooperative competitive federalism'.
"What was relatively new to me was the federal government structures, the systems, the way we operate at the federal level. That was a part which I was not aware of till I entered the government here," Time Magazine quoted the Prime Minister, as saying.
"I coined a term... which I call cooperative federalism. I took it actually a step further and called it cooperative competitive federalism. Essentially, the concept is that it would encourage different state governments to compete with each other for the growth of the country," he added. The Prime Minister said he wanted the Central Government and the state governments to work together as one unit, without one thinking of the other as an obligation.
"That was the biggest challenge... so there was a question of understanding each other's perspective... I wanted the Federal Government and the State Governments to work together for the country.
I basically wanted to bring about a complete change in the thinking that federal government is a giver to the dtate government, and the state government is a recipient of the largesse from the federal
government. And, I think, within a very short period of time, I have managed to achieve that objective to a very large extent," he added.
Prime Minister Modi further added that he has managed to convert the country from a single pillar growth nation to a nation that has 30 pillars of growth, "These are the 29 states of India and the federal centre," he said.
"I see the federal government not as an assembled entity, but as an organic entity so that each one understands the problems of the other and can collectively work together to address those problems," he added.
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