Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu strongly pleads for increase in the allocation of funds from Centre

Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu met Chairman, Finance Commission Dr Arvind Panagariya at New Delhi on Friday. The officers of the State Government made a presentation to the Commission in the presence of the Chief Minister and submitted an additional memorandum on behalf of the State. 

The Chief Minister strongly pleaded for an increase in the allocation of funds to the State. He also advocated that the hill states of the country with geographical challenges should get their due. The State asked for green bonus for the ecological and environmental services being rendered by the State to the nation by preserving its eco-system.

The Chief Minister said that State has suffered losses due to reduction in Goods and Service Tax and urged for duly compensating for the loss in GST. He said that Revenue Deficit Grant for Himachal Pradesh should be increased and not tapered. Dr. Panagariya assured that the Commission will consider the submissions of the State. 

Principal Advisor to  CM Ram Subhag Singh, Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena, Principal Secretary Finance Devesh Kumar, Secretary to CM Rakesh Kanwar and senior officer of state government accompanied the Chief Minister.