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Beside Constitutional right RDG is need of non revenue surplus state : CM

Shimla, Feb 18 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister S S Sukhu stated in the assembly on Wednesday that provision of RDG, besides being a constitutional right, is a need of non-revenue surplus states in the country.
He was replying to a three-day-long debate on the discontinuation of Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Chief Minister Sukhu asserted that the state has a constitutional right to seek devolution from the Consolidated Fund of India if it is not revenue surplus.
Chief Minister referred to Article 375(1) of the Constitution, stating that the provision was deliberated upon extensively in the Constituent Assembly. He maintained that a majority of members had supported the principle that states facing revenue deficits must receive financial support through constitutional devolution.
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