Why in news The Bihar government has again requested special category status , this time to the 16th Finance Commission . The request was...
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The Bihar government has again requested special category status, this time to the 16th Finance Commission.
The request was made during the Commission's visit to Bihar, in a presentation to the Commission's Chairman, Arvind Panagariya.
The Finance Commission chairman stated that the commission does not have the authority to grant special category status.
At the moment, no State has special category status.
It used to be under the Planning Commission.
States were divided into special and general categories.
But that specification went away with the Planning Commission, which was replaced by NITI Aayog in 2015.
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