Finance panel to visit Telangana

Hyderabad: The N K Singh headed 15th Finance Commission will be in Telangana on a three-day visit from February, an official release said Tuesday.

The commission members will meet stakeholders of rural local bodies, urban local bodies, members of trade and industry on February 18 and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and senior officials of various departments on February 20, an official release said.

Telangana Principal Finance Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao convened a meeting with other senior officials on the proposals to be submitted and issues to be raised during the Commission meeting.

All the departments of the state should prepare reports to be submitted to the 15thFinance Commission, the official said.

The members will undertake a filed visit after meeting some of the economic experts on the next day.