telangana bill passed in rajya sabha

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telangana bill passed in rajya sabha

 

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Whats the package to seemandhra?

 

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Whats the package to seemandhra?

Special category state status for Seemandhra for 5 years, says home minister in Rajya Sabha

PM announces a six-point development package for the successor states of Andhra Pradesh in Rajya Sabha. The announcement will demonstrate govt's steadfast commitment to creation of Telangana and to continued prosperity for Seemandhra, PM says. Special package for backward regions of successor state of Andhra Pradesh in particular for districts of Rayalseema, north coastal Andhra Pradesh. Resource gap in successor state of Andhra Pradesh in first year will be compensated in the regular Union Budget for 2014-15. PM assures Rajya Sabha that govt will execute Polavaram project, there be no doubt about it.

Rajya Sabha passes bill to create Telangana as India's 29th state - Hindustan Times
he breakthrough came after Rajya Sabha cleared the amendments, moved by the opposition, which had been okayed by the lower house earlier.
Intervening during a discussion on the bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a six-point development package for Telangana and Seemandhra.

Read: Interim CM from Seemandhra may boost Congress prospects


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As demanded by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday, Seemandhra will be a special category state for five years, thereby addressing the BJP's main concern that Seemandhra region shall be adequately compensated when the state is split.

"The announcement will demonstrate the government's steadfast commitment to creation of Telangana and to continued prosperity for Seemandhra," the PM said.

Read: Hyderabad city largely indifferent over split

He said the resource gap in successor state of Andhra Pradesh in the first year will be compensated in the regular Union Budget for 2014-15.

Besides, the PM said, the day appointed for the formation of the new state will be fixed in relation to the notified date in a way that will enable preparatory work in various respects.

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The government looked determined to pass the bill on the penultimate day of the last session of the 15th Lok Sabha, saying it could consider extending the session to pass key bills.

Earlier, the BJP threw a surprise when it called for amendments to the bill soon after it was tabled in Rajya Sabha for a discussion. The main opposition party had supported its passage in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

Parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath said the question of amendments "at the eleventh hour" did not arise, especially when the BJP did not move any amendment in the lower house.

Read: Embarrassment to govt: Chiranjeevi opposes Telangana bill in RS

While introducing the bill, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde said it was not the government's intention to bifurcate the state at the cost of one region or the existing state.

The entire proceeding was marred by continuous sloganeering by anti-Telangana parliamentarians from Seemandhra region. Protesting against the division of the state, they assembled in the Well of the House, displaying placards critical of the government decision.

Read: Telangana tension: top 10 T-bill episodes

Trinamool Congress members tore up papers in front of the PM when he spoke on the bill.

Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh is heading for a spell of President's rule with governor ESL Narasimhan recommending imposition of central rule after the resignation of chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.

Full coverage: The Telangana tangle

 

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Today the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2014 got passed in the Upper House of the Parliament. Telangana is set to be India's 29th state. During a discussion on the bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a six-point development package for Telangana and Seemandhra.

 

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I appreciate Sonia Gandhi’s initiative: K Chandrashekhar Rao, Telangana Rashtra Samithi Chief

Even as the bill for formation of India's 29th state is in the Rajya Sabha, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrashekhar Rao has said he "fully appreciates and admires" the initiative taken by Congress president Sonia Gandhi in bringing the legislation.

Maintaining that "once the legislative and administrative process of creating the Telangana is completed", TRS and Congress leaders could discuss other issues, including a possible electoral alliance, Rao told CL Ma ..

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I appreciate Sonia Gandhi’s initiative: K Chandrashekhar Rao, Telangana Rashtra Samithi Chief - The Economic Times

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