PANJIM: There is no request made officially by the government of Goa for granting it special category, revealed the Union Minister of State for Planning, Parliamentary Affairs, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension, Mr V Narayanasamy to Mr Shantaram Naik, MP, in the Rajya Sabha, in a written reply to his question.
Minister has mentioned only three states, namely, States of Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Bihar, who have made requests for inclusion in special category.
The Minister informed Mr Naik that there are 11 states at present which have been granted special category status viz, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Minipur,Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttrakhand.
The issue of special category status (SCS) first came up when the Gadgil Formula of fund allocation was originally approved by the National Development Council at its meeting held in April, 1969. Assam, Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland were included for providing central assistance in the form of 90 per cent grant and 10 per cent loan. The various states were accorded special category status whenever they attained statehood viz, Himachal Pradesh in 1970-71, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura in 1971-72; Sikkim in 1975-76 and Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram in 1986-87 and Uttarakhand in 2001-02, minister said.
Mr Narayanasami further informed Mr Naik that the category into which a state falls ( that is, special category or non-special category) is used for deciding the loan-grant ration that is applicable for the normal central assistance (NCA) provided to the states.
Special category status results in the normal central assistance and assistance for externally aided projects (EAP) being calculated as 90 per cent grant and 10 per cent loan. Non-special category status results in the normal central assistance being calculated as 30 per cent grant and 70 per cent loan.
Special Category States are also provided Special Plan Assistance for projects of special importance to the state. Special Central Assistance untied to projects has also been provided to Special Category States because of their difficult financial situation, minister said.
The decision to grant Special Category Status to any State is taken by National Development Council, which is the sole body competent to do so. There are no separate constitutional provisions, legislation or executive orders for the same, minister clarified.
Meanwhile, Mr Naik, in a statement issued here, has said that he has given three memorandums to the Prime Minister, a few months back, making three separate demands, namely, Special Category, Special Provisions under Constitution to protect Goa’s land and separate Cadre for All India Services and, "has given the copies of my memorandums to the Chief Minister."
"However, if the State Government itself does not place a particular demand with the Central Government, it means and implies that there is no demand from the State, which is why, Goa is not mentioned among the list of States who have demanded Special Category," he added. (NT)
Buffalo Cowmuth has not made any request for special status or special category because he knows that one the special status is granted all the ghanttis brought in by him will be driven out of Goa and he will lose his vote bank and his supporters like Pilot Ravi Matka Naik, @#&*/?udhin Dhavlikar (Readers kindly replace the symbols with one one alphabet "F"), Gonvddo Madkair, Smuggler Alemao etc.
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ReplyDeleteHave you'll noticed that the Congress is hijacking our agenda and making demands like special status and protection of our land and businesses?
But please don't fall prey to such eye-washes. They know that the elections are nearing and the Congress along with the 40 chors will lose the elections. Niz Goenkar candidates are working tirelessly to win over the people with the pro-Goa and pro-Goan identity agenda.
The 40 thieves know that their time is up and are trying to potray themselves as the saviours of Goa with issues that are being fought by Niz Goenkars.
Where were they all these years? For the past 50 years, they were either trying to merge Goa with Maharashtra or trying to destroy the unique Goan culture by forcing the minority community to look for jobs abroad. They want the minority community to leave Goa, so that they can turn Goa into a satellite state of Maharashtra and impose the ghantti culture on Goa and Goans, which they have failed so far.
My dear Niz Goenkars, we should not allow these gutter rats to succeed. We should fight together to save Goa and our unique culture. If need be, we should even be ready to shed our blood.
Viva Goa, Viva Niz Goenkar, Goa for Goans
Why should the CM or the Government ask for special status for Goa? Won't his migrant vote bank be thrown out of Goa? Where is NAGUEXE KARMALI now? Has Karmali and Subash Velingkar got guts to purify these rogues running the Government?
ReplyDelete@ Bebdo, you are absolutely right, now they want to hijack the agenda of Niz Goenkar. It would be prudent for the founder members to be vigilant in their dealings. So many MPs and other CMs have come and gone, none of them raised our demand for Special Status. Everyone knew how to rape our golden Goa by their power and money. Their motto was make hay while the sun shines and least bothered for the people of Goa, who voted them to power. In the similar way, Chorchill got elected as MP and claimed that he was the first one to speak in Konkani in the Delhi Parliament but no one knew that he is illiterate and was shivering in his pant to speak in English.
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ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely right. If this Chorchill tried to speak in English, he would have put Goans to shame, but the clever fellow that he is, he spoke in Konkani and claimed that he was the first b..sr..d to speak in Konkani in Parliament. His one foot is already in the grave, but he still won't let go off the other one until he sees Big Lips follow in his footsteps.
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