Out of around four crore Telangana State population, 61.88 lakh are migrants. Of the total migrants to Telangana State, 37.14 lakh migrants are from Seemandhra. The Telangana government stated this in a memorandum submitted to 14th Finance Commission on Friday and urged the FC to use the 2011 Census as basis for tax devolution.
In its memorandum, the Telangana government stated, 'Starting with the Seventh Finance Commission, all the Central Finance Commissions up to the 12th one had been mandated to adopt the population figures of 1971 Census in all cases where population was regarded as a factor for determination of devolution of taxes and duties and grants-in-aid.'This was done in the context of the food shortages in the country and the need to moderate the growth of population, it said. Population of a State not only depended on the natural rate of growth but also on migration, levels of literacy, levels of income and participation of women in workforce, among others, it added.
In its memorandum, the Telangana government stated, 'Starting with the Seventh Finance Commission, all the Central Finance Commissions up to the 12th one had been mandated to adopt the population figures of 1971 Census in all cases where population was regarded as a factor for determination of devolution of taxes and duties and grants-in-aid.'This was done in the context of the food shortages in the country and the need to moderate the growth of population, it said. Population of a State not only depended on the natural rate of growth but also on migration, levels of literacy, levels of income and participation of women in workforce, among others, it added.
The use of the 1971Census had adversely impacted the backward and populous states but benefited the relatively developed states. Therefore, the change in the ToR relating to the use of Census by the FFC was a welcome and long awaited change.'The current population of States as available from the 2011 Census represents the needs of people much better than the population as recorded in the 1971 Census, which is 40 years old. The state governments have to provide for the needs of the current population and not the population of 1971 which was much lower', the TS said in the memorandum.
