Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman strongly refuted allegation that BJP Authorities on the Centre was biased towards Tamil Nadu.
Whereas talking on the 52nd anniversary perform of Thuglak journal in Chennai, she reeled out information to show that Modi Authorities had achieved fairly a bit for the State. She stated beneath Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana 1.16 crore accounts have been opened in Tamil Nadu with a cumulative stability of ₹3,397 crore. Underneath Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 35 lakh LPG connections have been given. Additionally, of the 1,003 lakh tonnes of foodgrains distributed round PMGKAY scheme, 45.29 lakh tonnes have been allotted to TN.
Infra spend
As many as 63 tasks, costing ₹248 crore, have been sanctioned beneath Sensible Cities Scheme, she added. That aside, Nationwide Freeway tasks price ₹8,700 crore will probably be spent in Tamil Nadu in FY23. Over the past seven years, ₹27,846 crore has been spent on highway tasks by the Centre within the State.
Responding to criticism that the State didn’t get its due when it got here to efficiency grant, she stated the State received (₹14,431 crore) much more than what it was eligible for (₹6,459 crore) as per the 14th Finance Fee.
GST dues
Sitharaman additionally stated that GST dues have been paid to all States. Compensation price ₹7.35-lakh crore has been launched up to now and solely ₹78,704 crore is pending for all States for FY22.
She additionally rubbished claims that the Centre is taking away gas taxes by way of cess. It’s mistaken to say that the cess just isn’t benefiting the States, she stated. Towards the gathering of ₹3.77-lakh crore from well being and schooling cess between FY14 and FY23, ₹3.94-lakh crore was given to the States.
Equally, she added that utilisation of highway and infrastructure cess was ₹11.37 crore towards assortment of ₹11.32 crore within the FY11- FY23 interval, once more disbursed to varied States.
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Could 08, 2022
