'Seemandhra does not meet norms for special
category status' New Delhi, Jun 13 (PTI) The residual Andhra Pradesh
commonly known as Seemandhra can't be accorded the status of special
category state to provide extra central aid under the current norms,
said Planning Commission. "Andhra Pradesh (Seemandhra) does not meet
National Development Council criteria (for special category state)," the
Commission said in its presentation to Planning Minister Inderjit Singh
Rao. This point is significant because the Union Cabinet headed by
former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on March 2 had directed the
Commission to accord special category status to successor of Andhra
Pradesh (Seemandhra) for five years. Singh had even announced in the
Rajya Sabha on February 21 that special category status would be
extended to Seemandhra for five years. Andhra Pradesh has been recently
bifurcated into two states -- Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. There are
demands for according special category status (SCS) from states
including Bihar, Rajasthan, Odisha and Jharkhand. In case of Bihar, an
inter ministerial group has said that the state is not eligible to get
SCS based on existing criteria. However government is yet to take a
decision on Bihar's demand. The Commission, however, has intimated to
Rajasthan, Odisha and Jharkhand that they are eligible for getting SCS
as per the criteria. About according SCS to Seemandhra, the Commission
pointed out to the minister that any such proposal would have to be
endorsed by the country's apex planning body National Development
Council (NDC) headed by the Prime Minister with cabinet ministers and
all chief ministers on its board. As per the Gadgil-Mukherjee formula
for devolution of central assistance for state plans, 30 per cent of the
total funds is earmarked for Special Category States. As against the
composition of Central assistance of 30 per cent grant and 70 per cent
loan for major states, special category states receive 90 per cent plan
assistance as grant and just 10 per cent as loan. The special category
status to various states in accorded by the NDC based on consideration
of a set criteria. The criteria include hilly and difficult terrain;
low population density and or sizeable share of tribal population;
strategic location along borders with neighbouring countries; economic
and infrastructure backwardness and non-viable nature of state finances.
At present, the existing 11 special category status states are
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Uttarakhand,
Nagaland, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim.
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