‘No gain for Puducherry from meet’
The Hindu
Amit Shah did not respond to CM’s proposals: Narayanasamy
Former Puducherry Chief Minister and Congress veteran V. Narayanasamy said the recent south zonal conference of Chief Ministers and Governors in Tirupati had failed to produce any constructive outcome or commitment to the demands raised by the Union Territory.
Addressing a virtual media conference, Mr. Narayanasamy said that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah who chaired the conference had not responded to any of the proposals put forth by Chief Minister N. Rangasamy.
Pointing out that the fiscal health of the Union Territory was in a dire state, Mr. Narayanasamy said even with this being the case, there had been no positive response from Mr. Shah to the plea for higher Central grants to implement the Centrally-sponsored schemes in Puducherry. “The Centre is mobilising revenue from the Union Territory on several fronts and proportionately the government was entitled to receive ₹3,200 crore. However, only about ₹1,720 crore was provided as Budgetary allocation. This went to show that the Centre is neglecting the development of Puducherry,” Mr. Narayanasamy claimed.
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