
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed said on Friday that dispensing with the 90:10 funding pattern for centrally-sponsored Schemes (CSSs) for special category states will have serious implications for his state which has seen a difficult period since 1947.
Speaking at the NITI Aayog meet here, he said states like his and in the northeast, which have huge locational disadvantages coupled with challenging security scenario, will be severely handicapped if the 90:10 funding pattern is done away with.
"We have seen a turnaround for the better in these states now. The recommendations to change funding pattern and de-link some centrally-sponsored schemes from union support will seriously hamper the implementation of these schemes in a state like ours," he said at the meeting of the sub-Group of 10 Chief Ministers, a think-tank constituted for rationalization of centrally-sponsored Schemes.
While suggesting cutting down CSSs to 17 mega schemes only from the present 66, Sayeed said the other schemes should be wound up and resources subsumed in the kitty of 17 mega schemes.
He also called for implementation of cooperative federalism by considering more decision-making powers and greater devolution of central taxes to the States.
Rajasthan Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary has expressed his intention to step down. He has also
Guru Purnima 2023: Purnima Tithi falls on the next day of Chaturdashi of Shukla Paksha every mont
The police are in action for the second consecutive day on the violence that took place on Januar
There is fierce protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) in Assam. The central
The story of the murder of Kanhaiyalal, the owner of a tailor shop in Udaipur, was told by his ar
Nag Panchami 2023: Unique practice prevalent in Nagmani village of Damoh
In Nagmani village under Patera block of Damoh district, on the day of Nagpanchami, there is no e
IGST (Integrated Goods and Services Tax) will no longer be levied on oxygen concentrators coming
Corona havoc in UP: more than 27 thousand cases surfaced on Saturday, 120 died
On Saturday, there was a slight decrease in the number of corona infections in UP. While 27426 ca
In Bengal, 43 ministers of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were sworn in on Monday. After this, Go
The central government decided to reduce the interest rates on small savings on the last day of t