Odisha legislators express concern over reduction in Central assistance to state

Members cutting across party lines on Monday expressed concern in the Assembly over the drastic reduction of Central assistance to Odisha even as Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari said the State Government has strongly protested the Centre’s act of not implementing the recommendations of Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) on the sanction of funds.
Replying to a question from Ashwini Kumar Patra (BJD) and supplementary from other members, Pujari said the State Government has raised this issue in different forums like Inter-State Council, NITI Aayog and the Central Government’s pre-budget discussion.

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