%0 Journal Article
%@ 2455-6483
%A Raju, K V
%A Ravindra, A
%D 2016
%F icrisat:9452
%I Fiscal Policy Institute, Government of Karnataka
%J FPI's Journal of Economics & Governance
%K Policy Formulation, Policy Making, States, State Development
%N 01
%P 11-18
%T Promoting Policy Formulation at the State Level in India
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/9452/
%V 01
%X The process of policy formulation at the  stale level is critical to the success of  various government programmes and  schemes. The wide-ambit and criticalay of  the state-level development responsibilities  is well-established but increasingly. States  will have flexibility to use central funds  for what they think is important.It is,   therefore, imperative that the process  of policy formulation at the state level  is strengthened. Issues of public policy  encompass more than one domain and  involve a multiplicity of actors and  considerations. Resolution of conflicts  and interdepartmental coordination  are important in arriving al major  policy decisions.