Stalled at the states ; Key reforms are stuck with states because the onus of implementation lies with them, and not the central government. But the laggard states have to get moving if they want their share of the country's economic bonanza.

In the last few months there have been more than a few instancesof sparring between the different state governments and the centralgovernment. So, if the Jaipur blasts became a bone of politicalcontention about crucial intelligence reports, West Bengal becomesan election battleground where the allies at the Centre took potshots at each other over the bungling of land acquisition forindustrial purposes.

Naturally then, the same tussle plays itself out in the economicarena, too. Notice how Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati makes aRs 80,000-crore package for development of backward regions a keynegotiating point with the Centre.

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