The Andhra Pradesh budget for 2012-13 was analysed by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG). The State’s Own Tax Revenues (SOTR) were Rs 59,875 crore – of which 43% came from Seemandhra and 57% from Telangana. Another Rs 69,408 crore came from non-tax sources including Central grants. Out of the total revenue of Rs 1,29, 283 crore, only 46% came by way of taxes. On February 9, Venkaiah Naidu, BJP leader from Seemandhra, released figures of the surplus (+) or deficit (-) for the three regions and the capital – Coastal Andhra (+Rs 684 crore) , Rayalaseema (-Rs.7600 crore), Telangana’s 8 districts( – Rs. 8400 crore) and Hyderabad (+Rs 12, 854 crore). He repeated them in Rajya Sabha on February ...

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