Summary:
more-inQuoting Dr.
B.R. Ambedkar’s statement, former principal of Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce Anirudha Bhalchandra Deshpande said, “the federal system will remain alive only if the Centre takes care of the States, otherwise the states will demand separation.”He was delivering a lecture on ‘Economic thoughts of Dr.
B.R. Prof.
Anirudha, who is also an accomplished economist said Ambedkar’s public finance policy was not only ahead of his time but is very relevant even today. Ambedkar and their contemporary relevance’ organised by the Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at Andhra University here on Monday. Hinting at the present situation in AP he said, “Ambedkar was against division of states on the linguistic basis and as per his public finance theory he said the Centre should act as an elder brother to the States.”He said, “Our varna system is a water tight compartment and Ambedkar had said that the caste system has not divided the labour system but labourers.”.