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 लखनऊ।
उत्तर प्रदेश के विकास के लिए मुख्यमंत्री
अखिलेश यादव ने 14 वें वित्त आयोग
से 255669 करोड़ रूपये की धनराशि आबंटित
करने की मांग की है। यादव ने आयोग के
समक्ष राज्य का पक्ष प्रस्तुत करते हुए कहा
कि राज्यों को धनराशि के आबंटन में
जनसंख्या को आधार बनाया जाना चाहिए।
उन्होंने कहा कि धन आबंटन मे 1971 की
जनसंख्या के बजाय 2001 की जनसंख्या को
आधार माना जाए।
मुख्यमंत्री ने गुरुवार को
योजना भवन में चौदहें वे वित्त आयोग के
अध्यक्ष वाईवी रेड्डी के नेतृत्व में आये
दल के सदस्यों अभिजीत सेन, सुषमा नाथ, ड़ा
एम.गोविन्दा राव, डा. सुदीप्तों मुंडले एवं
सचिव ए.एन.झा के साथ विचार विमर्श किया।
इस अवसर पर लोक निर्माण मंत्री शिवपाल
सिंह यादव, स्वास्थ्य मंत्री अहमद हसन,
प्राथमिक शिक्षा मंत्री राम गोविन्द चौधरी,
पंचायती राज मंत्री बलराम यादव और योजना
आयोग के उपाध्यक्ष एनसी वाजपेयी ने भी
वित्त आयोग के साथ विचार विमर्श किया।
PRESS RELEASE
1. Dr. Y.V. Reddy, Chairman,
Prof. Abhijit Sen, Ms. Sushama Nath, Dr.
M. Govinda Rao and Dr. Sudipto Mundle,
Members of the Fourteenth Finance
Commission, and Shri A.N.Jha, Secretary
along with some other officers visited
the State of Uttar Pradesh on February
6, 2014 to hold consultations with the
State Government and key stakeholders.
2. The Commission met with
the Hon’ble Chief Minister, his Cabinet
colleagues and senior officers of the
State Government, for discussions.
3. The Chief Minister in his
speech welcomed the 14th Finance
Commission and highlighted the
following:-
(i) UP being the biggest State in terms
of population, the State's growth and
performance has a direct bearing on the
overall growth and development of the
country. The need of vast financial
resources to remove the economic
backwardness was highlighted and special
attention of the Finance Commission was
sought on this aspect, to bring the
State at par with others;
(ii) Horizontal sharing of the
divisible pool for allocation of shares
amongst States be made on the basis of
weightage of 25% for 2011 population, 5%
for area, 50% for fiscal capacity index
and 20% for fiscal discipline;
(iii) The share of central taxes to the
States as part of vertical devolution be
raised from 32% to 36%, keeping in view
the need for development of social and
infrastructure facilities and other
responsibilities of the States;
(iv) While narrating the various
initiatives taken by the State Govt.
following the developmental agenda set
for itself, it was urged that the
Finance Commission should consider these
facts while recommending the devolution
of taxes, duties and grants to the
backward States;
(v) The legislation based initiatives
of Centre impose financial burden on the
States and the Commission should
allocate adequate grants to the States
to meet expenditure requirements for
implementation of these Acts;
(vi) Special assistance has been sought
for the State to tide over the difficult
financial situation accentuated by the
implementation of the Financial
Restructuring Programme of the DISCOMs';
(vii) It has been suggested that
inflation factor be taken into account
by the Commission for recommending
grants to retain the present value of
the grants for the entire period;
(viii) The State Govt. views are that in
order to promote asset creation the
limit of Fiscal deficit be raised to 4%
of GSDP if the State achieves Revenue
surplus and the concept of Effective
Revenue Deficit be extended to the
States as well;
(ix) The State expressed its clear
objections on the sharing of Central
subsidies and urged Finance Commission
not to give any recommendation on this
aspect;
(x) The Commission was urged to
increase the allocation for the Local
bodies to 5% of the divisible pool to
enable provision of desired level of
services by the PRIs and the ULBs; and
(xi) It was suggested that the
assessment for relief from NDRF be
looked into to make it easier, prompt
and transparent.
4. The State Government
submitted its Memorandum to the
Commission highlighting some other
suggestions and views on broadly all the
Terms of Reference of the Commission.
Detailed presentation on the finances of
the State Government, its projection for
the award period were made along with
other presentations on Health, Power and
Home Departments, highlighting the major
issues and needs of the State.
5. The Commission later
interacted with representatives of
Political parties, Panchayati Raj
Institutions, Urban Local Bodies and
Trade & Industry Associations of the
State and had the benefit of their views
on various issues relating to the
Commission's work.
6. The Chairman and other
Commission Members placed on record
their appreciation to the State
Government for the cooperation and
support extended to the Commission and
assured that the issues raised would
receive due attention in the
deliberation of the Commission. The
Commission also looks forward to
continuing interaction with the State
Government.
7. The Commission will
finalize its recommendations by October
2014 after completing its discussions
with all the State Governments, the
Government of India and relevant
stakeholders.
(A.N. Jha)
Secretary,
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