Hyderabad sources have stated that Andhra Pradesh’s main opposition YSR Congress party had said on Wednesday it was disappointed after the budget presented by finance minister Arun Jaitley did not mention the special financial package announced by the Centre. Sources have stated that the Centre had assured a special category status to the state during the passage of Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act in February 2014.



Many hoped the allocations would be announced in the budget this year. YSR Congress MP V Vijay Sai Reddy had said that “We were looking forward to allocations for the special package in the budget, without which it doesn’t mean anything”. The only mention Jaitley made about Andhra Pradesh in the budget was an exemption of capital gains tax on the “first sale” of plots allotted to farmers in the new capital region of Amaravati by the state government in return to the agriculture land they had surrendered under the land pooling system for constructions of the new capital.

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The State agriculture minister Prattipati Pulla Rao said that under the land pooling system, the AP government acquired nearly 33,000 acre from farmers. In return, each farmer was allotted a residential plot of 1,000 square yards and a commercial plot ranging from 250 to 450 square yards. However, YSR Congress described it as yet another attempt to fool the farmers of Amaravati, who it says were coerced to surrender their lands for the capital.



Meanwhile the party legislator Reddy alleged that “It is primarily an agriculture land and as such, any transaction of agriculture land is exempt from capital gains tax. This is being projected as a big boon to farmers. It is nothing but cheating” and the creation of a separate railway zone for Visakhapatnam or Vijayawada was another major promise made by the Centre while announcing the special financial package. The only other promise fulfilled as part of the AP Reorganization Act was the allocation of Rs 7 crore to the central university proposed to be set up at Anantapur in Rayalaseema region.

                                        


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