Rs 35,492 crore assistance provided to Andhra Pradesh, Rs 63,000 crore under CSS: Union MoS in Lok Sabha | India News

The Centre has so far provided a financial assistance of Rs 35,492 crore to the Andhra Pradesh government, Union MoS for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary informed Lok Sabha Monday. Replying to supplementary question asked by TDP member Daggumalla Prasad Rao, Chaudhary said the Centre has provided Rs 1,678.76 crore as resource gap, Rs 1,750 for Rayalaseema, the most backward region of the state, Rs 2,500 crore for the capital at Amaravati, and Rs 15,147 crore for Polavaram irrigation project.Under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, the Centre provides…