‘U.T. needs ₹1,500 cr. additional allocation to tide over losses’
The Hindu
Present allocation from Home Ministry totally inadequate: CM
Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Sunday sought at least ₹1,500 crore additional Budgetary allocation from the Centre for Puducherry to help tide over substantial GST-related revenue losses.
Addressing the 29th meeting of the Southern Zonal Council in Tirupati attended by Chief Ministers and Lt. Governors, Mr. Rangasamy while stating the case for increased Central assistance pointed out that at present the allocation to the annual Budget of the Union Territory from the Home Ministry was “totally inadequate”.
Citing as an example the Budget for the current fiscal which had only 1.57% increase, the Chief Minister said.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.