“J&K to soon become state….”: Nirmala Sitharaman

Nov 06, 2022

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) Nov 06 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Nov 05 hinted at the possibility of the Centre considering restoring state status to Jammu and Kashmir. Delivering a lecture on Centre-State relations here, Sitharaman said, “PM Modi fully accepted the Finance Commission (report) and that is why today states get 42% of the amount (tax collected) --now reduced by 41% because J&K is no longer a state. It will soon become may be some time.