Congress MLA Ok M Shivalinge Gowda urged the Karnataka Authorities on Thursday to launch a white paper detailing funds launched by the Centre to the state and the gradual discount within the funds for centrally sponsored schemes.
Shivalinge Gowda stated {that a} white paper would enable residents of the state to come back to their very own conclusions about Karnataka’s fiscal affairs. “Beneath the prevailing system, the Centre shares assets with the state and vice versa. However because of the Central Authorities’s stepmotherly remedy, the general improvement of the state has declined,” he stated within the Legislative Meeting.
The white paper ought to disclose each the allocation introduced by the Centre and the quantity truly obtained by the state, he stated. Citing an instance, he stated the Rs 5,300 crore introduced for the Higher Bhadra undertaking in 2023 was but to be launched. Equally, he stated that whereas state expenditure beneath the Jal Jeevan Mission was round Rs 31,000 crore, the Centre launched solely Rs 11,000 crore until date.
Shivalinge Gowda famous the settlement made between the Centre and states to compensate the shortfall confronted by states after the GST regime got here into being. “The Centre had assured states that it might deal with the shortfall in taxes. This was not fulfilled. GST compensation offered to states was stopped after 2022,” he stated, blaming the Central Authorities for the monetary pressure confronted by Karnataka.
Shivalingegowda urged the Authorities to take a delegation to the Centre to hunt extra funds for improvement initiatives within the state.
Shivalinge Gowda’s deal with beneath rule 69 within the state legislature noticed frequent interruptions from BJP legislators, who accused the MLA of blaming the Centre for the fiscal troubles of the state. BJP MLA Suresh Gowda stated that Shivalinge Gowda ought to declare that the state authorities has gone bankrupt, relatively than pointing fingers on the Central Authorities.
Power Minister Ok J George stated that Karnataka had obtained solely Rs 65,000 crore because the state’s tax share when it had despatched to the Centre Rs 4.2 lakh crore in taxes.