New Delhi (NVI): As part of her pre-Budget consultations, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today heard views and suggestions of states and Union Territories as she met Chief Ministers, Deputy Chief Ministers and Finance Ministers of states and UTs here.
State governments expressed their suggestions on growth, investment, resource requirement and fiscal policy. They also suggested measures to strengthen cooperation between states and the Centre to attain $5 trillion economy.
Sitharaman welcomed the suggestions made by the State/UTs in the meeting and assured them that the memorandums submitted by State/UTs will be examined and suitably considered.
Sitharaman elucidated union government’s philosophy of “Cooperative Federalism” and steps taken by the union government to bolster growth of the economy, according to an official release.
The meeting was attended by Chief Ministers of Goa, Haryana and Puducherry, Deputy Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Tripura as well as 17 Finance Ministers or Ministers representing their states.
The meeting was part of a series of confabulations that the Union Finance Minister is holding with various stakeholders to ascertain their views regarding the Budget which is expected to be presented by her on February 1.
