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Naidu raises Special Category Status issue at the meeting
Why it is in news?
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu raised several pending issues, including the Special Category Status (SCS) at the fourth NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting
Demands
- Clarification on the bifurcation-related SCS, construction of a capital city, Polavaram project, Revenue deficit, Pull back of Rs. 350 crore relating to the backward areas development fund,
- Railway zone, establishment of greenfield crude oil refinery petrochemical complex, increase of seats in the Assembly, resolving anomalies in the taxation matters, construction of a steel plant at the YSR Kadapa district,
- Establishment of the Vizag-Chennai Industrial Corridor, the Visakhapatnam and the Vijayawada metro rail, the Dugarajapatnam port, establishment of a Greyhound Training Centre.
- Explaining how his State was lagging in terms of development compared to other southern States, he said the per capita income of the combined State of Andhra Pradesh was Rs. 89,214 for 2013-14 while that of the remaining 13 districts for the same period stood at Rs. 82,870 against Rs. 1,12,162 for Telangana
Source
The Hindu