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The 11th Standing Committee meeting of the Inter-State Council examined recommendations of the Punchhi Commission report on Sunday.
According to an official release the committee examined recommendations of the report related to Centre-State financial relations and fiscal transfers to states, Goods and Services Tax and the Centre-State fiscal relations. The discussions centred around various aspects of Centre-State relations having implications for governance and flowing from Constitutional provisions.
Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh chaired the meeting. Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence, Arun Jaitley, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Sarkar, Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath attended the meeting. Ministers from states of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan represented these states at the meeting.
The implications of the recent developments in terms of the GST Act, the 14th Finance Commission Report and formation of Niti Aayog, rationalisation of centrally sponsored schemes along with the remaining Punchhi Commission recommendations will be taken up in subsequent meetings of the Standing Committee.
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