Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured complete support of the Union government to the people and government of Telangana to help it reach “newer heights of progress.”
Congratulating K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the first Chief Minister of the State, Mr. Modi tweeted, “India gets a new state! We welcome Telangana as our 29th state. Telangana will add strength to our development journey in the coming years. Telangana’s birth comes after years of struggle and sacrifices by several people. We pay our respects to them today.”
Meanwhile, the Union Finance Ministry said that the Centre had started devolving funds to the new State from Monday.
As per the Thirteenth Finance Commission’s recommendation, the share of States in the Central divisible pool is devolved to the States on the first working day of every month. Since Telangana has become a reality, the share of erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh has been apporti-oned between the successor States and devolved to them separately.
