Expenditure fund of A.P. and Telangana approved

May 19, 2014 07:33 pm | Updated 07:33 pm IST - HYDERABAD:

Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan has approved the expenditure fund of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with a budget of Rs. 34,595 crore and Rs. 26,516 crore respectively for a period of four months from June 2.

The outlay for Andhra Pradesh includes a revenue budget of Rs. 28,626 crore and capital budget of Rs. 3,882 crore while the revenue budget and capital budget for Telangana is Rs. 21,295 crore and Rs. 3,046 crore respectively.

The decision was taken at a high level meeting presided over by the Governor, a press communiqué of Raj Bhavan said.

It added that Chief Secretary P.K. Mohanty informed the Governor about a proposal to add 38 more institutions to the existing 107 in Schedule Ten of the Bifurcation Act. The same will be communicated to the Central government.

The Governor approved the common admission procedure and continuation of various quota in higher educational institutions for the next ten years from June 2.

He also accepted the suggestion of the Principal Secretary of Irrigation V. Nagi Reddy to convey to the Central government the need to amend the Bifurcation Act to correct discrepancies related to Krishna river management board and 16 other projects under construction on Krishna and Godavari basins.

The Chief Secretary informed the Governor that the separation of files between the two States and their digitalisation was complete.

The separation of movable and immovable assets and vehicles was also complete.

All committees constituted for bifurcation submitted their recommendations and reports will be sent to the Central government.

An advisory and apex committee for reorganisation of the State will be reconstituted with C.R. Kamalanathan as chairman and Chief Secretaries, Home, Finance and Law secretaries of both States as members.

The secretary of AP reorganisation department will be the member secretary.

The apex committee will be reconstituted with both Chief Secretaries as co-chairmen, Planning, Home, Finance, Irrigation, Energy, Higher Education, Industries, Public Enterprise, Industries and Revenue secretaries of the two States as members. Institutions under Schedule Nine, companies and corporations will have to submit their demerger plans to the expert committee.

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