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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom is a pace-setter. In the last six years, Governor Ortom has initiated a number of things, most of which are today being

Walking the tightrope The 15th Finance panel has pushed conditional grants, but left thorny issues untouched The recently released 15th Finance Commission report has been quite conservative in not suggesting major changes in the vertical and horizontal devolution of finances from the Centre to States. However, it moots a high ratio of incentive-linked grants (rightly linked to agriculture reform and health spend) to untied aid; at about 25 per cent, this amounts to a transfer of over ₹10.3-lakh crore over five years till 2025-26. The untied transfers to States over this period, at 41 per c...