Hyderabad: Union Cabinet would soon approve the special financial package announced last month for Andhra Pradesh, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Y S Chowdary said today.
“The Centre will be giving the Cabinet approval as a guarantee soon. The TDP (ruling party in Andhra Pradesh) will always push for the best interests of the State, and Telugu people,” he told PTI in an interview.
He was asked whether the TDP is pushing for getting legislative guarantee or legal status to the package announced by the Centre.
The financial package announced by the Centre on September 7 includes full funding of Polavaram irrigation project, tax concessions and a special assistance.
Leaders of the ruling TDP have said they will make efforts to get some sort of a guarantee from the Centre for the implementation of the package, which was announced as a substitute for the special category status (SCS) promised to AP by the previous UPA government following the bifurcation of undivided AP.
