Govt ends advance pay rule for deploying forces in state
Kolkata, Oct 1: The ministry of home affairs ( MHA) Monday decided to do away with the condition of advance payment for deployment of central armed forces in states, a senior official said here.
The decision was taken on representation from the state governments, Secretary of the InterState Councils Secretariat, R Buhril told reporters.
The ministry used to charge an advance payment for deployment of central armed forces from the states. On the representation of the state governments, the ministry has decided that it would do away with this requirement of advance payment, he said while briefing about the Eastern Zonal Council meeting.
The 23rd meting of the Eastern Zonal Council under the chairmanship of Union home minister Rajnath Singh was held here at the Nabanna Sabhaghar, the West Bengal chief minister's office. The meeting was attended by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik sent their representatives to the meeting.
While Bihar was represented by Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Odisha finance minister Shashi Bhusan Behera participated from his state. Senior officials of the respective states and the Union home ministry were also present at the meeting.
The meeting also reviewed progress of the unresolved items of the last meeting relating to Phulbari Dam under the 1978 agreement between Bihar and West Bengal governments, Buhril said.
There were also discussions on central share under post matric and pre- matric scholarship schemes.