Union Home Minister Amit Shah misled the people by making claims about a higher devolution of funds and share in taxes to Telangana from the Centre than what actually reached the State, said vice chairman of the State Planning Board B. Vinod Kumar on Monday and suggested that the former cross-check the numbers available with the Centre.
Referring to the claims of the Union Minister on the devolution of funds from the Centre to Telangana during a public meeting at Chevella on Sunday, Mr. Vinod Kumar said Telangana was given only ₹15,307 crore against the claim of ₹30,000 crore in 2014-15.
He explained that the funds (grants-in-aid) were given in the form of Centrally sponsored schemes, special package (BRGF), Finance Commission, NDRF, CST compensation, GST compensation, IGST settlement, State Plan Grants and Central taxes in 2014-15. Similarly in 2022-23, the State received only ₹32,756 crore against the claim of ₹1.2 lakh crore made by the Union Minister.
