He additionally met Union Home Minister Amit Shah later to debate the identical.
New Delhi:
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at the moment met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi to debate numerous points concerning his state, together with particular state standing, pending funds from the Centre, and his intervention in clearing dues with neighbouring Telangana. He requested the PM to expedite work on a number of points which are pending even 9 years after the bifurcation of the state.
He additionally met Union Home Minister Amit Shah later to debate the identical.
In a memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister, Mr Reddy requested his consideration to a number of bilateral points which are pending between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He reminded the PM {that a} committee headed by the union finance secretary, which was constituted on the problems talked about within the Andhra Pradesh Repartition Act, has already made a number of rounds of discussions, however some points stay unsolved.
Mr Reddy mentioned Rs 36,625 crore is pending below the useful resource hole funding for the monetary yr 2014-15, and demanded its quick launch. He additionally requested for the debt ceiling of Rs 42,472 crore, which was supplied in 2021-22 and decreased by Rs 17,923 crore throughout the Covid pandemic, to be enhanced.
“State borrowing limits are actually restricted as a result of the earlier authorities used borrowing past the restrict. Although this authorities just isn’t at fault, they’ve additionally decreased the mortgage restrict given as per the norms,” the memorandum mentioned.
Further, Chief Minister Reddy requested the Prime Minister to sanction Rs 10,000 crore in an advert hoc method to advance Polavaram undertaking quickly, moreover instantly approving Rs 55,548 crore for a similar undertaking as estimated by the Technical Advisory Committee, together with treating consuming water provide part as part of it.
“I attraction that the Polavaram undertaking flood victims be compensated as quickly as potential. I wish to convey to your discover that because the delay will increase, the price of the undertaking will increase. Delays may be averted if this help is supplied to flood victims in a DBT method,” the Chief Minister mentioned.
He appealed to PM Modi to simply accept the Technical Advisory Committee’s revised estimates of Rs 55,548 crore on the Polavaram Project, deal with the consuming water provide part as its half and parcel and launch Rs 10,000 crore instantly on an advert hoc foundation to expedite the development.
He additionally demanded reimbursing the Rs 2,600.74 crore arrear incurred by the state authorities on the Polavaram undertaking.
Mr Reddy known as for a speedy launch of dues from the Telangana authorities, particularly Rs 7,058 crore excellent from the neighbouring state’s DISCOMS to APGENCO for the facility equipped between 2014 and 2017.
According to Mr Reddy, defective choice of beneficiaries below the National Food Security Act had compelled the state to incur a monetary burden of Rs 5,527 crore for supplying rations to 56 lakh households below PMGKAY.
“To compensate for this, unused ration shares must be allotted to Andhra Pradesh as advisable by NITI Aayog,” he added.
Among different calls for, the chief minister appealed to PM Modi to grant permission for 12 medical faculties within the state for which clearances have been pending, allot required mines to APMDC to cater to the uncooked materials wants of the metal plant in YSR Kadapa district and grant particular standing to Andhra Pradesh as promised by the Centre in Parliament.