3.5.7 Amaravati and bifurcation issues notes

1. 3.5.7.1Amaravati capital: land pooling, the three-capitals phase and the current plan

   Amaravati was planned in 2014–15 as a greenfield capital on land pooled from farmers. It was stalled by the three-capitals policy (2019–21), revived from 2024 with multilateral loans, and made the capital by Parliament's 2026 amendment to the Reorganisation Act.

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2. 3.5.7.2AP Reorganisation Act 2014: economic provisions and Thirteenth Schedule institutions

   The AP Reorganisation Act 2014 split the state from 2 June 2014. For the residuary AP it promised special fiscal support, Polavaram as a national project and, in the Thirteenth Schedule, a list of central institutions and infrastructure projects to be delivered within ten years.

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3. 3.5.7.3Special category status, special assistance measure and the backward-districts package

   AP was promised special category status (SCS) in Parliament in 2014 but never got it. After the 14th Finance Commission, the Centre offered a "special assistance measure" instead (2016), plus a ₹50 crore-per-district grant for seven backward districts.

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4. 3.5.7.4Division of assets and liabilities: Schedule IX and X institutions, power dues and water sharing

   A decade after bifurcation, AP and Telangana still dispute the division of state companies and institutions (Schedules IX and X), the power dues between their utilities, and Krishna water. The Act's default rule is location for assets and population ratio for the rest.

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