An idea following Article 370

Now that the Article 370 has been made toothless, and all states and UTs are at par, here's an idea I have:

Start an annual process of 'twinning' states. There's already this concept of twinning cities across the world, but they are meaningless
In our case, twinning will have meaning. For example:

Tourists between the two states will enjoy benefits (discounts, vouchers, etc)
Employers taking in associates from the twin state will be incentivized
Setting up businesses in each other's state will be incentivized
Tax breaks for doing business with each other
Any other that you can think of

Each year, say on Independence Day, lots are drawn and states/UTs are twinned. So this year J&K is twinned with TN this year and Mizoram the next, for example
One way to revive the notion of national integration

Makes sense?

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