Amaravati, February 12: The Centre will hold discussions with Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments on the bifurcation issues. The Ministry of Home Affairs has invited the Chief Secretaries of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to participate in the discussions in the Dispute Resolution Sub Committee scheduled on February 17 to discuss the pending issues arising out of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014.

A committee under the Chairmanship of Joint Secretary (CS), Ministry of Home Affairs will carry out the preparatory work and recommend practical ways to resolve the bilateral issues. It is the first meeting of the Sub Committee. This will be held via video conference. Also Read | CRPF Personnel Killed, One Injured in Encounter With Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur.

The agenda issues including Special Category Status, Division of AP State Finance Corporation, Settlement of Power Utilities of AP and Telangana, Removal of anomaly in taxation matters, division of cash balance and bank deposits, cash credit by Andhra Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited (APSCSCL) and Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited (TSCSCL), resource gap, development grant for 7 backward districts of the State covering Rayalaseema and north coastal region and tax incentives.

(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)