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Podcast: Parley by The Hindu
Episode: Should States get special packages outside Finance Commission allocations? | The Hindu parley podcast
Description: In the run-up to the Union Budget, Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Ministers of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, respectively, who are in a position to decide the political fate of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre, have demanded special financial packages for their respective States. These packages could potentially increase the fiscal burden on the Centre and also on other States.Should States get special packages outside Finance Commission allocations? Here we discuss the question Guests: Arun Kumar, former professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Pinaki Chakraborty, f...