MHA meet to resolve AP-TS disputes today
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla will chair a high-level meeting of secretaries of various Central departments in New Delhi on Tuesday
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Amaravati: Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla will chair a high-level meeting of secretaries of various Central departments in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss pending (post-bifurcation) bilateral issues between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Chief Secretaries of AP and Telangana, Sameer Sharma and Somesh Kumar respectively, will also attend the meeting in the North Block, official sources here said.
For the first time, the Centre has listed a 14-point agenda for the meeting, wherein the major contentious issues under the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 will be taken up, the sources said.
Issues that will come up discussion, and possible resolution, include: Division of government corporations and companies listed under Schedule IX of the APRA, 2014, bifurcation of state institutions (under Schedule X), division of Singareni Collieries Company, AP Heavy Machinery Engineering Limited, division of cash and bank balances, funds under Centrally-Sponsored Schemes and public debt pertaining to Externally-Aided Projects.
