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Siddaramaiah blames Modi, Nirmala Sitharaman for denial of special grant of ₹5,495 cr. under 15th FC to State

The newly sworn-in Karnataka Chief Minister on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the State suffering a loss, as its legitimate special grant of ₹5,495 crore mentioned in the interim report of the 15th finance commission, was denied to it.

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Three ruling party ZPTCs walk out of meeting over non-release of 15th Finance Commission funds

Vajrakarur ZPTC member Tejaswini held a placard in her hand and rose to seek reply from the ZP chairperson and the Minister why the funds under 15th Finance Commission had not been sent to the mandal for works to be taken up in villages.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Sarpanches stage protest seeking release of 15th Finance Commission funds

The State government owes ₹950 crore to the gram panchayats, and paucity of funds is hampering drinking water supply and sanitation, they say

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Finance Ministry releases ₹7,183 crore grant to 14 States

With the release of seventh instalment for the month of October, 2022, the total amount of Revenue Deficit Grants released to the States in current fiscal has gone up to ₹50,282.92 crore, an official statement said.

The Hindu

Pinarayi, Stalin call for united fight to uphold federalism, secularism and social justice

Seminar as part of 24th State Conference of CPI sees criticism of Centre’s attitude towards States

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh’s finances sound, says Jagan

‘The TDP and its friendly media are trying to present a poor picture’

The Hindu

Speed up establishing fast-track courts: Kiren Rijiju to chief justices of HCs

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju noted that of the 1,800 Fast-Track Courts recommended by the 14th Finance Commission, only 896 were functional, and more than 13.18 lakh cases were pending

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‘Release of funds due to TS could have prevented ₹1L cr borrowings’

Congress blames TRS, BJP for borrowings beyond FRBM limit

The Hindu

Guidelines issued to local bodies for utilisation of health grants

Focus on decentralising public-health-related activities

The Hindu

Every scheme in which Centre has share should be named after Centre, says Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that a scheme should be named after the Centre if it has a central share in it. Read more on Dynamite News

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L-G raises issue of anomalous treatment of U.T. in fund allocation

‘Include Union Territory under ‘Financial Assistance to States for Capital Investment,’ scheme with an outlay of ₹lakh crore’

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Centre responded favourably to crucial issues raised by Andhra Pradesh, says Vijaya Sai Reddy

Committee formed by Prime Minister holds meeting in New Delhi

The Hindu

Data | How States’ share in Centre’s taxes declined due to cesses, explained in 5 charts

The share of the States in divisible pool is shrinking despite their carrying a higher burden of expenditure

The Hindu

End this asymmetrical conflict over ‘freebies’

The judiciary’s move to study the issue could impact the economic freedom of States and the ‘Idea of India’

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The poor state of India’s fiscal federalism

The concerns of the founding fathers — addressing socio-economic inequities — are being forgotten in today’s fiscal policy

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SC asks Centre to find a way to curb promises of freebies by political parties

During the hearing, CJI sought the opinion of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who was present in court for some other matter. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Can promises of ‘irrational’ poll freebies be curbed, Supreme Court asks government

CJI-led Bench says issue is serious; Sibal feels it must be tackled at the State level

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Centre released ₹8,125 crore to RLBs in Andhra Pradesh, says Sitharaman

14th Finance Commission recommended grant of ₹8,654 crore for 2015-16 to 2019-20 fiscal

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In Rajasthan, rural development works of panchayat bodies being monitored

The progress of financial and physical aspects of development schemes being recorded

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Centre eroding financial rights of States: Balagopal

‘State will have to look at legal and constitutional options’

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Initial grant of ₹256 cr. to 7 cities as part of Finance Commission's Million Plus Urban Agglomerations programme

The seven cities and the adjacent urban local bodies will get funds of ₹1,402 crore over the next five years to be spent on improving service-level benchmarks

The Hindu

Centre included 503 projects in Andhra Pradesh in the National Infrastructure Pipeline, claims BJP

The BJP said the State’s expenditure crossed the limits since 2014-15

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What happened to Modi’s national ‘clean air’ project? Not much in three years

Three years since its launch, the national clean air programme – aimed at reducing particulate matter levels in 102 cities – is way behind its targets with two years left for the deadline.

The Hindu

All pending bills cleared: Harish Rao

‘Centre yet to pay ₹8,995 crore to State’

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Telangana is lead State for ‘Audit Online’ nationwide

Achieves the target of mandatory 100% audit of local bodies

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