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PM Modi led government restored special status of Himachal: JP Nadda
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): BJP working president JP Nadda on Friday said that the Congress government had scrapped the special category status of Himachal Pradesh adding that the Modi-led government restored the same.
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Andhra govt reminds 15th Finance Commission about need for Special Categor
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government has requested the 15th Finance Commission members to recommend the need of granting the Special Category Status to the state.
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Delhi: Jagan Mohan Reddy meets Amit Shah, raises demand for special catego
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital on Tuesday and discussed various issues related to Andhra Pradesh, including the demand for granting special category status to the state, in a meeting which lasted
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Andhra: Govt to withdraw cases filed against agitators of special categor
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sept 13 (ANI): The state government on Friday has decided to withdraw cases filed on those who had agitated for the special category status of the state.
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No proposal under govt's consideration for special category status to Odis
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): There is no proposal under the consideration of the central government for the grant of special category status to Odisha, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur told Lok Sabha on Monday.
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No specific allocations for Andhra, no talks about special status in Budge
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 5 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister K Kannababu on Friday expressed dissatisfaction with the Union Budget as there were no talks about special category status to the state.
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Government rejects Odisha's demand for special status
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Central government has not accorded the status of special category state to Odisha as the Fourteenth Finance Commission does not make any distinction between special and general category states, said Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Home Affa
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Appealed to PM Modi to accord special category status to Odisha: CM Patnai
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said he appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accord special category status to Odisha, due to the destruction caused by cyclone Fani in the state, at the fifth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog.
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Jagan Reddy bats for special status to Andhra at NITI Aayog meet
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, once again vociferously demanded Special Category Status (SCS) for his state during the meeting of Fifth Governing Council of NITI Aayog here on Saturday.
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Andhra CM to demand special category status at Niti Aayog meeting
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah ahead of the Niti Aayog meeting, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday said that he will be demanding for special category status at the NITI Aayog meeting tomorrow.
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Naveen Patnaik discusses special category status for Odisha with Modi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and pitched for Odisha to be granted special category status in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani.
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Reddy seeks revenue report to pitch special status need for Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 2 (ANI): Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy asked the officials to prepare reports on financial conditions of the state to place before the 15th finance commission "stressing the need for special category status to Andhra Pradesh."
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