India, May 19 -- The Uttarakhand government on Monday sought appropriate compensation in accordance with the spirit of "Environmental Federalism" in view of the "Eco-Service Cost" of Uttarakhand from the 16th Finance Commission (FC), urging it to increase the weight prescribed for "forest and ecology" in Centre-state tax-sharing from 10 to 20% and in area category from 15 to 20%.

The state government also requested that special grants should be considered for the proper management and conservation of forests in the state.

These requests were made by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday, in a meeting with the chairman of the 16th Finance Commission, Arvind Panagariya and other members of the FC at the Secretariat here.

Panagariy...