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RDG is Himachal's constitutional right; BJP should meet PM instead of blam
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday urged BJP leaders to take up the issue of Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserting that the discontinuation of RDG would severely impact the hill state's economy.
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RDG Row: Sukhu Government bankrupting Himachal with 'false guarantees', sa
Updated : 1 month ago IST
He claimed that the state's financial condition has become precarious and that the government is now attempting to use the RDG issue as an excuse to backtrack on its poll guarantees.
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RDG should be restored in Himachal's interest, BJP should take up matter w
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Former Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) president Pratibha Singh on Tuesday urged the state BJP to talk with its leaders at the Centre so that the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) to the state by the Centre is not discontinued.
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Raising Revenue Deficit Grant fight for Himachal's rights, not politics: C
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has strongly defended the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG), calling its withdrawal "stepmotherly treatment" towards the hill state and warning that it could hit the state budget by nearly 15 per cent.
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Financial crisis needs fiscal discipline, not speeches: Former Himachal CM
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Senior BJP leader and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has expressed concern over the state's current financial situation, saying the fiscal stress is not sudden but the result of long-anticipated challenges that the government failed to address in time.
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HP government seeks opposition's support to fight Revenue Deficit Grant wi
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Addressing the gathering, Sukhu said the 16th Finance Commission's decision not to recommend RDG has pushed the hill state into a serious financial emergency."Himachal Pradesh is a geographically difficult hill state.
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"No special session on Revenue deficit grants," says HP CM, matter to be d
Updated : 1 month ago IST
"The Governor has suggested that there will be no special session, as his consent has not been given. We are going with his suggestion. The matter of RDG will be brought up during the Budget session, for which notifications will be issued soon," Sukhu said.
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Union Budget has been disappointing for Himachal: MLA Harish Janartha
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Congress legislator from Shimla Urban constituency Harish Janartha on Thursday said the Union Budget has been disappointing for Himachal Pradesh
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BJP ready for discussion on Revenue Deficit Grant in special session, may
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
The BJP is ready to participate in discussions on the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) if a special session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly is convened, but is also considering skipping the MLAs' priority meetings scheduled by the state government due to the prevailing financial crisis, forme
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Himachal CM hits back at Jai Ram Thakur, says ready to approach finance co
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday hit back at Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, saying that if the BJP claims the state government failed to properly present its case before the 16th Finance Commission, then Thakur should take
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Revenue deficit grant cut will severely impact Himachal's economy, all par
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Reacting to the Centre's decision to discontinue the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG), the Chief Minister said that after the recent development on the 8th, where the central government stopped the Revenue Deficit Grant, a cabinet meeting has been convened to discuss the issue. Following this,
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Naresh Chauhan urges BJP MPs to clarify stand on revenue deficit grant, ca
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to the media here, Chauhan described the discontinuation of the revenue deficit grant as a "grave injustice" to hill states. He said that since Independence, successive Finance Commissions had recognised the difficult geographical conditions of hill states and introduced a system
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