Raising the issue of ‘anomalous’ treatment of the Union Territory in matters related to devolution of funds by the Centre at the 30th meeting of the Southern Zonal Council held at Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday, Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan said Puducherry was not considered a State for transfer of funds under the Finance Commission formula but was treated as a State for allocation of funds to implement the Centrally-Sponsored schemes.
Representing the Union Territory at the meeting, the Lt. Governor said: “It is our request that since Puducherry is considered as Union Territory under the Finance Commission recommendation, it may be treated as Union Territory for the CSS schemes and ensure 100% funding for CSS programmes.”
