Jal Jeevan Mission: TN seeks reduction of State share to 25%: Minister
The Hindu
The current financial condition will not allow it to contribute 50% for the schemes
Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru on Sunday said the Tamil Nadu government had approached the Centre to reduce the share of States from 50% to 25% for implementing Jal Jeevan Mission scheme.
Speaking to reporters after flagging off road-sweeping machines and battery-operated vehicles for garbage collection in Tiruchi city, he said the State had lined up a number of schemes promised to voters in the election manifesto. The financial mismanagement of the previous AIADMK government had weakened the financial position of the State. The current financial condition of the State would not allow it to contribute 50% for implementing Jal Jeevan Mission schemes. Most of the States were also in the same financial situation. Hence, the Centre should contribute 75% of the project cost.