Centre committed to give funds to Andhra Pradesh, says Arun Jaitley |
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said, the Centre is committed to give Andhra Pradesh a financial assistance equivalent to a special category state.
Briefing media in New Delhi this evening, Mr Jaitley said he agreed with the assessment that Andhra Pradesh is financially suffering after Telangana was carved out of the state.
He said the Union government will honour every commitment made by the Centre at the time of bifurcation of the state.
Replying to a media query on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's demand for fulfilling the promise of giving the state a special status, he said such a category did exist when the state was bifurcated in 2014.
But, after the implementation of the 14th Finance Commission recommendation, such a treatment is now constitutionally restricted to just the North Eastern and three hilly states.
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