STATE AUTONOMY 31 the Centre and, on the other, to extend through struggle the limited nature of these rights to whatever extent possible. As against this, 'decentralisation', as has been used, refers to a process that flows from within the State to districts and downwards. It, therefore, follows that. the programme or slogan of decentralisation as being given now, will not serve ths purpose of the democratic movements to protect the rights of the States as the decentralised constituent States may remain as vulnerable as ever to the whims and arbitrary actions of the Centre and the executive power there. 6 Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Proceeding of the 42nd Annual Session (March 15-17, 1969, New Delhi): see Kirloskar's speech moving the "Resolution on National Integration and the Bus ness Community", p47. I am indebted to my colleague Senjib Mukherjee forgiving me these references. 7 Ibid, p 48. 8 Ibid, G. M. Modi's presidential speech, p 2. 9 See the West Bengal Government's white paper on IMF loan, 1981. For the consequences of the IMF conditionalities on different sections of the ruling class, see especially the contributions of Prabhat Patnaik and Asim Dasgupta contained in that. 10 The position of K.R. Bombwall ("The Akali Demand for State Autonomy: Nature, Rationale and Motivations", Political Science Review, Jaipur, XX, 2, April-June 1981, pp 151-162) that it is difficult to have a "transregional united front" on this issue due to the variety of sources and motivations of the movements is difficult to sustain. See also K.R. Bombwall (ed.). National Power and State Autonomy, New Delhi, 1977.