The Hindu·3 min read·hard
Govt. sorting out urban-rural mismatch in fund allocation: Satheesan
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The Hindu Bureau
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The Kerala government is challenging the 16th Union Finance Commission's fund allocation, citing a mismatch caused by the misclassification of rural panchayats as urban census towns. This error has significantly reduced the share of funds available for rural local bodies.
The Kerala government is in the process of sorting out an urban-rural mismatch in fund allocation recommended by the 16th Union Finance Commission (UFC) which has left rural local governments in Kerala with disproportionately lesser funds, Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan has said.
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