Chennai, April 7 -- DMK on Monday again raised the issue of alleged unfairness in the devolution of Union tax revenue to Tamil Nadu. Demanding uniformity in the tax devolution, the party leader, TKS Elangovan, pointed out that when the Centre collects Rs 1 from Tamil Nadu as tax, the state gets 27 paise in return, however, Uttar Pradesh gets Rs 2 for each Rs 1 collected from that State.

"What we say is we have a specific charge, when we pay Re 1 as tax, we get only 27 paise, and when UP pays Re 1 as tax, they get Rs 2 in return. Why should they reduce the funds given to the state? They should increase it, or there should be uniformity for all states. They are not doing it," Elangovan said.

Elangovan also accused the Centre of favouring ...