Himanta Biswa Sarma meets Chairman of 16th Finance Commission; discusses issues related to devolution of funds
During a 40 -minute meeting in Tolstoy Marg, Bhawan Annexe emphasized unique challenges from various geography of Assam to the impact of climate change, its strategic position and its proximity to international borders, and its proximity to demographic changes.
Emphasizing that Assam’s unique challenges require special solutions, the Prime Minister underlined the need for bridging regional inequalities that progress towards a Vikshit Bharat.
Despite the obstacles, the Prime Minister, the state’s health, education, drinking water, infrastructure, local governance, disaster reduction, power and so on.
Sarma said that the current government is determined to ensure that Assem emerges as a clear contribution to India’s third largest economy. For this purpose, understanding applications were made to help the cooperative federalism additional acceleration, to address vertical and horizontal difficulties and to establish a fine balance between equality and productivity.
Prime Minister’s Secretary, Dr.Kk Dwivededi, Commissioner and Secretary, Finance Department, Govt. Assam, Jayant Narlikar and other officials. Later, X (formerly called twitter) Prime Minister, “16th Finance Commission President Shri @apanagariya Ji is always understanding.
Prime Minister Dr. During a meeting with Sarma’s visit to Assem on 26 September last year, during a meeting with the 16th Finance Commission’s Chairman and 16th Finance Commission members, Assem called on to increase his share within the framework of the horizontal revolution and call out to be a collective block from eight states by allocating 10% of central tax revenues.
“More fund revolution is very important to realize the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to make the Northeast’s growth engine.”
On December 31, 2023, Niti Aayog’s former Vice President Dr. Together with Arvind Panagariya, the 16th Finance Commission must submit proposals for a five -year prize period from 1 April 2026.
