{"id":6287,"date":"2024-07-28T09:39:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T09:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsbuddy.co.in\/?p=6287"},"modified":"2024-07-28T09:39:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T09:39:08","slug":"union-minister-clarifies-fund-allocations-absence-of-state-names-in-budget-does-not-indicate-lack-of-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/?p=6287","title":{"rendered":"Union Minister clarifies fund allocations: Absence of State names in budget does not indicate lack of\u00a0support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>K K Jha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Indore: <\/em><\/strong>Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, L. Murugan, here on Saturday\u00a0c;\u00a0clarified that the absence of a state&#8217;s name in the Union Budget does not imply that\u00a0funds were not allocated\u00a0to them. He assured that states receive &#8220;sufficient&#8221; funds from the Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reacting to opposition leaders&#8217; allegations&nbsp;over an alleged raw deal with many states in the Union budget, the minister said that the absence of a state&#8217;s name in the Union budget does not mean&nbsp;no funds were allocated. Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan&nbsp;were not mentioned. Even Madhya Pradesh&nbsp;was not mentioned. It does not mean&nbsp;sufficient funds were not allocated,&#8221; he told media&nbsp;persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murugan further emphasized Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s commitment to the people of Andhra Pradesh, promising that just as the government is working towards a &#8220;Viksit Bharat&#8221; (developed India), efforts will also be made for a &#8220;Viksit Andhra Pradesh.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a press conference, the Union Minister highlighted several budget allocations benefiting Andhra Pradesh, including customs duty exemption on shrimp production, promotion of natural farming, and Rs 168 crore for establishing a petroleum university. Rs 9,151 crore has also&nbsp;been allocated&nbsp;for railway projects in&nbsp;Andhra&nbsp;Pradesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K K Jha Indore: Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, L. Murugan, here&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-6287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-madhya-pradesh","tag-newstoday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6288,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287\/revisions\/6288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}