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Aug 20, 2018
Kerala floods: What state is demanding is official transfer of money assigned for relief, and not charity
Kerala received only 1.62 percent of the total money allocated by the Centre for the year 2018-19 at the national level -
Jul 06, 2018
15th Finance Commission: Kerala won't accept decisions that undermine state's fiscal domain, says Thomas Isaac
We are not against the finance commission. All we are demanding is that it be allowed to perform its constitutional duty, says Thomas Isaac -
May 31, 2018
Child healthcare: Despite high tax revenues, 14 of 20 states cut funding to key nutrition programme, data shows
Despite greater fiscal autonomy and higher tax revenues shared by the Centre with states, 14 of 20 states surveyed cut spending on a key nutrition programme–Supplementary Nutrition Programme -
May 17, 2018
ToR of 15th Finance Commission: Ministers of five states meet President Ram Nath Kovind, urge amendment to terms
The Finance Ministers of Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and the Chief Minister of Puducherry met President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi -
May 14, 2018
Chidambaram slams govt for fuel price hike, says brief pause was only for Karnataka Assembly polls
After a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus, the price of fuel went up with petrol today up by 17 paise a litre and diesel by 21 paise -
Apr 14, 2018
1971 vs 2011: Time to question governments specifying census year for finance commissions
The terms of reference (ToR)of the first six Finance Commissions did not make any mention of population data at all. -
Apr 10, 2018
Needless controversy created over ToR of 15th Finance Commission, says union minister Arun Jaitley
No inherent bias or mandate in the ToRs of the 15th FC that can be construed as discriminatory against states that made good progress in population control. -
Apr 10, 2018
Kerala to host Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry finance ministers today to discuss Centre's allocation of funds
Finance ministers of southern states will meet in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday at a conference convened by Kerala to discuss the concerns on the 15th Finance Commission -
Mar 24, 2018
Siddaramaiah's North India vs South India divide theory falls flat against facts of 14th Finance Commission
While the decision to adopt 2011's population statistics can be debated and argued over, as done so by Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, who urged his south Indian counterparts to resist, to give it political colour is not healthy -
Mar 08, 2018
Andhra Pradesh special category status row: Chandrababu Naidu seeks to ward off anti-incumbency with impractical demand
By pulling out his ministers and targeting the Centre for "betrayal" of promise to designate Andhra Pradesh as "special category status" state, Naidu is trying to whip up popular passions in the state against the BJP and the Modi government.
