 "Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) and Commerce & Industry Hardeep Singh Puri addresses a press conference, in New Delhi")
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri and officials of his ministry, in a meeting with the Fifteenth Finance Commission, sought a four-fold increase in the devolution to urban local bodies to improve health infrastructure in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a presentation to the commission, the MoHUA said, “Devolution to municipalities may be increased by at least four times (to Rs 3.49 trillion) or 9.4 per cent of central taxes.” The presentation was made by MoHUA Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra.
Along with Puri and Mishra, the videoconference meeting was attended by 15th FC Chairman NK Singh and members
