Tamil Nadu to oppose 'one-size-fits-all' approach to welfare schemes

CHENNAI: In a development that could bring together non-Congress state government on an anti-Centre platform, Tamil Nadu on Monday said it will oppose the 'one-size-fits-all' approach to welfare schemes.

"The continued attempts by the Union government to push through legislations encroaching upon state powers and the adoption of one-size-fits-all approach in designing schemes do not augur well for a healthy Centre-state relationship," governor K Rosaiah said in his customary address to the Tamil Nadu assembly.

He said the state governments should have greater flexibility in designing welfare schemes. The attack comes at a time when various studies point the lack of emotional involvement of state governments and the Centre's insistence of authorship coming in the way of implementation of the Centre's flagship schemes like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.