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Fin Com panel heads to Rajasthan

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, SEPT 04, 2019: The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman, Mr N.K. Singh and including Members of the Commission, Mr Ajay Narayan Jha, Dr Ashok Lahiri, Dr Ramesh Chand and Dr Anoop Singh would visit the State of Rajasthan from September 6-9, 2019 which was earlier scheduled for August 16-19, 2019.

The Commission would begin its visit of the State from Jodhpur where it would be given a presentation on Jodhpur Resurgent Plan by IIT Jodhpur. It would visit the Panchayat Samiti of Mandore in Daikada Village.  There it would see the Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting structure at Govt Sr. Sec. School, Daikada, it would have an interaction with the villagers,  following which the Commission would see the renovation work of the Dhannar Talab, Village Daikada. The Commission would also have a detailed  interaction with the District Administration of Balasamund.

In Jaipur on 7th September the Commission would begin its meetings  - the first meeting would be with the  Senior Economists including Prof. Anil Mehta,  Ms Archana Surana,  Dr Arvind Mayaram,  Dr Ashok Bapna,  Mr Atul Sharma, Mr Basantt Khaitan, Ms Divya Maderna, Mr Edward Dickinson, Prof. G. K. Prabhu,  Dr Govind Sharma,  Mr K. B. Kothari,  Ms Krishna Bhatnagar,  Mr L. N. Nathuramka, Dr Manjit Singh,  Prof. N. D. Mathur,  Dr Prabhat Pankaj, Dr Prashant Gupta, Mr Rakshat Hooja, Dr Rima Hooja, Prof. S. S. Somra, Prof. (Dr ) S. L. Kothari, Amb. Satish C. Mehta,  Amb. Savitri Kunadi, Prof. T. K. Jainand Dr Vijay Vir Singh.

Following this the Commission would hold the meeting with the representatives of the State's Panchayati Raj Institutions representatives of the Urban Local Bodies and the representatives of the Political Parties of the State. The Commission would also hold a meeting with the representatives of Trade and Industry bodies in the State.  

On the last day of its visit, the Commission would have a detailed meeting with Mr Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister of Rajasthan alongwith his cabinet colleagues and senior officers.  There would be a presentation to the Finance Commission on the State Finances and also on Developmental/ Flagship Programmes of State Govt.


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