Here is a bizarre situation: The Centre owes money to the States on account of compensation for shortfall in GST collections of the order of Rs 3 lakh crore. In the middle of Covid-19 firefight, the Centre tells the States, “I can only pay Rs 65,000 crore, so I have a solution. You go and borrow the remainder Rs 2.35 lakh crore from the RBI and repay it after five years when I pay your dues. On my part, I will put in a word to RBI.”