Harish Rao Pleaded Central government

Delhi/Hyderabad, Nov 26 (Maxim News): The Minister for Medical, Health and Family Welfare and Finance T. Harish Rao pleaded the Central government to come to the rescue of Telangana from the financial crisis and also to address the pending issues with regard to the AP Reorganisation Act.

At a pre-budget meeting conducted by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New delhi, State Finance Secretary Ronald Ross presented the Harish Rao speech, he said that the Centre’s decision treat off budget borrowings raised by the State Public Sector Corporations serviced out of the State budget as borrowings made by the State itself effective from 2021-22 has come as a shock to the government. The 15th finance Commission has not made any recommendation to this effect. Adjustments of past off-budget borrowings will reduce the borrowing limits of the state and thereby its capital expenditure. Harish Rao requested that this decision may be made applicable prospectively from 2023-24. The Centre was requested the scheme of Special Assistance to State for Capital Expenditure should be continued for five more years with an enhanced allocation of Rs. 2 lakh crore per annum. The State may be provided the facility of premature repayment of the interest free loans under the scheme. Harish Rao brought to the notice of the Union Ministry the pending commitments made in the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, these relate to establishment of Tribal University, Integrated Steel Plant, Rail coach Factory.

He also requested the Union government to announce major tax concessions. The State had made numerous requests for according national project status to Kaleshwaram Project, The State official informed the Finance Ministry that with the reduction of cess and surcharges on petrol and diesel, the incidence of State VAT will automatically come down as it is levied on an ad valorem basis. The official explained in the meeting that the sub-group of Chief Ministers appointed by the NITI Aayog has recommended that States should be given the option to choose from a bouquet of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS). This recommendation, though accepted, has not been acted upon so far. (Maxim News)


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