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Tripura to ask finance panel not to deprive it of dues

  •   Tue, Nov 12 2013 05:55:42 PM

Agartala, Nov 12 (IANS): The Left Front government in Tripura will ask the 14th Finance Commission not to deprive it of due financial aid from the Centre as was done by the earlier finance panel, a minister said here Tuesday.

The 14th finance commission (2015-16 to 2019-20) led by chairman Y.V. Reddy arrived here Tuesday on a three-day visit.

During its stay in Tripura, the commission will meet the council of ministers, officials, leaders of various political parties and elected representatives of local government bodies.

"Like other states, we would also demand that the commission recommend 50 percent share of central taxes and sufficient funds to give salary and allowances to around two lakh state government employees at par with central government employees," Tripura Finance Minister Badal Chowdhury told reporters.

Chowdhury said the 13th Finance Commission had deprived Tripura to a large extent and put the state government in an awkward position in the matter of providing government employees and pension holders their due financial aid.

Tripura has sought around Rs.27,000 crore from the central government. The 13th Finance Commission had recommended the sanctioning of Rs.16,350 crore in 2009.

"As the 13th Finance Commission had under-assessed the salary and pension liabilities of the Tripura government and reduced the non-plan gap grant to below that of the previous 12th Finance Commission's award, the state government has been facing severe financial crisis," Chowdhury said.

The 13-member commission team comprising members and senior officials will also visit some project sites to assess the financial utilisation for the schemes.

The finance panel will go to West Bengal Thursday to undertake a similar exercise there.

The commission, which was constituted in January, shall make recommendations to the Centre by October 2014 regarding the sharing of union taxes, principles governing grants-in-aid to states and transfer of resources to local bodies.

Before submitting its recommendation to the central government, the commission would visit all the states in India.
  

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  • Vissionary, India

    Wed, Nov 13 2013

    Really hope leadership in CENTER, TRIPURA Govt and Other Concerned DIGNITARIES takes a FUTURISTIC and PROGRESSIVE approach and goes BIG to put TRIPURA in the GLOBAL IT RADAR and transform into next IT and Technology powerhouse of INDIA !!

    Really hope BUSINESS CONGLOMERATES establishes their presence in TRIPURA which shares boundaries with Bangladesh and have a direct proximity (through Mizoram) with Myanmar!

    Not a single High Tech corporate, Big IT MNCs, Renowned HOSPITAL Chains, BEST of Higher Educational Institutes, World Class (5 Star) Hotels and Luxury Shopping Malls have presence in TRIPURA - Being the 2nd highest POPULUS state in NE and literacy rate crossing 90% (no of unemployment stands 6 lakhs!), need of the hour is to set up IT zones, Industrial corridors (in the line of DELHI-MUMBAI corridor) with invitation to Big IT MNCs (IBM,Accenture,TCS, Infosys, Wipro,HCL,Cognizant), World Class Hospital Chains (FORTIS, APPOLO,MANIPAL), World Class Hotel Chains (Taj, Leela, Oberoi, ITC), world class Retail outlet chains (Walmart, IKEA, Pantaloons,Shoppers Stop, Croma, Reliance Retail etc) to set up their presence at AGARTALA!

    TRIPURA is also home to massive talent pool with a combination of huge number of working professionals (working in other Metros and abroad currently), local educated youths, youths (and working professionals) from neighboring NORTHEAST states and legal working professionals from Bangladesh and Neighboring countries!

    IMPOSSIBLE - just means I AM POSSIBLE! If India needs to catch up with developed part of the world,the most strategically placed Northeast (especially TRIPURA) need to be made in a developed region in the shortest possible time!

    I strongly believe TRIPURA govt (in close co-ordination with Center, other concerned dignitaries & all corporate visionaries) can certainly achieve this sooner rather than later, which would definitely give its people a better employment opportunities, a better health care!

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