Financial powers to new seven districts from April

Financial powers to new seven districts from April


Ahmedabad, 16 March 2014

New districts created by the Gujarat government last year will get financial powers from 1st April 2014.

Devbhumi Dwarka, Botad, Aravalli, Mahisagar, Morbi, Chhota Udepur and Gir Somnath are seven new districts created and activated by the state government on 15th August last year.

As of now they are dependent on parent districts when it comes to financial powers. However from 1st April, new districts will get financial powers.