Ranchi, May 31 -- The state government on Friday placed several demands before the 16th Finance Commission to make Jharkhand a prosperous state. State Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore demanded financial assistance of Rs 303527.44 crore in a high-level meeting with the Commission Chairman Arvind Panagariya in Ranchi. With this amount, development projects in various sectors can be conducted in the next five years through 23 departments of the state.
The Jharkhand government had proposed about Rs 1.5 lakh crore to the 15th Finance Commission for the development of various sectors, against which only Rs 12398 crore was made available to the state in the field of rural roads, culverts, disaster management, urban development and health. T...