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CM seeks special package; PM backs water management
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Bengaluru wants a special package from the Centre: the Centre-State finance route every KAS answer must trace
Centre-State exchange on Bengaluru funding, water.
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Karnataka's Chief Minister replied to the Prime Minister's Rajyotsava letter seeking a special financial package for Bengaluru's infrastructure.
The Prime Minister assured full support in water conservation and management.
మూలాలు: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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- Karnataka's Chief Minister wrote to the Prime Minister seeking a special financial package for Bengaluru's infrastructure.
- The letter was a reply to the Prime Minister's Rajyotsava (Karnataka Formation Day) message.
- The Prime Minister assured full support for water conservation and management.
- Centre-State financial relations are governed by Part XII (Articles 268-293) of the Constitution.
- Finance Commission (Article 280) recommends the sharing of tax revenues between the Centre and States.
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- Article 280 provides for a Finance Commission, constituted by the President every five years, to recommend the distribution of net tax proceeds between the Union and the States.
- Water is a State subject under Entry 17 of the State List, subject to Entry 56 of the Union List on inter-State rivers.
- Special-purpose grants to States can be given by the Centre under Article 275 (grants-in-aid) on Finance Commission recommendation.
మెయిన్స్
GS-II: Federalism and Centre-State relations. Urban infrastructure funding for a metropolis like Bengaluru raises the issue of a State's fiscal capacity versus its contribution to the national economy; the provisions are Finance Commission devolution, grants-in-aid and centrally sponsored schemes, with water management being a State subject needing Union support. The way forward is cooperative federalism with predictable, formula-based transfers and dedicated urban and water-security funding.
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