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MYSTERIOUS: 4 - What They Never Told You

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

The Hindu

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.

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All pending bills cleared: Harish Rao

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

The Hindu

Telangana is lead State for ‘Audit Online’ nationwide

Achieves the target of mandatory 100% audit of local bodies

The Hindu

BJP telling lies, Centre owes Rs 7,000 crore to Telangana, says T Harish Rao

HYDERABAD: Countering the claims of the BJP on central funds granted to Telangana, finance minister T Harish Rao said while the Centre had collected Rs 3.65 lakh crore from Telangana since 2014, the state got only Rs 1.68 lakh crore towards its share in central taxes, Finance Commission grants and…

The Times of India

‘Freebies race could lead to bankruptcy of States’

Political competition over such sops a “quick passport to fiscal disaster, says Finance Commission chief Finance Commission chief NK Singh red–flags populist steps in Punjab, Rajasthan

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The federalist promise

How M.K. Stalin could spark a broad-based challenge to the BJP’s centralising ethos

The Hindu

Pinarayi, Stalin call for joint fight to protect States’ rights

Tamil Nadu CM speaks in Malayalam to draw huge applause at CPI(M) meet

The Hindu

‘14th Finance Commission grants not released to T.N. for few years due to lack of elected local bodies’

This was Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary’s response to a question raised by DMK MP P. Wilson

The Hindu

‘Property tax hike will help in resolving civic issues’

It will help State meet guidelines of 15th Finance Commission, says Advisory Council member

The Hindu

CM flags State’s declining share of Central tax kitty

‘This will not hamper bid to convert State into a knowledge economy’

The Hindu

Property tax hike necessary for getting Central funds, says K.N. Nehru

‘The rate is 50%-100% higher in other States than in Tamil Nadu’

The Hindu

CM urges Centre to release ₹20,860.40 crore due to T.N.

Stalin meets Nirmala in New Delhi, hands over memorandum

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Manipur Lokayukta seeks FIR against BJP candidate, 21 others

The case pertains to misappropriation of funds under 14th Finance Commission

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Why granting statehood to Delhi is the right thing to do

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