In a review meeting chaired by Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, officials pointed to pending dues from Union government as reason for revenue shortfall. Officials informed Revanth Reddy that Rs.4,000 crore in GST compensation dues were yet to be released by the Union government to Telangana.
Incidentally, Revanth Reddy-led Congress government in Telangana was the only ruling dispensation among all Southern state governments that did not join the chorus for fiscal federalism and South tax movement recently. While Karnataka and Kerala staged a protest in Delhi, Tamil Nadu showed solidarity and Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy too spoke about fiscal injustice in the state legislative assembly.
In a major relief to the middle and lower-middle classes, the Telangana government has decided to regularise unapproved layouts.
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