Pawaiya New Finance Commission Chief in MP

Bhopal, Mar 23 (PTI) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former MP Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya assumed charge as chairman of Madhya Pradesh State Finance Commission on Monday.

Pawaiya told reporters he planned to go on field visits after understanding the Commission's working methods and objectives.


"A report will be prepared after studying the financial development of urban and panchayat bodies. Special attention will be paid to how the state's taxes should be distributed among urban and panchayat bodies, so that equitable and balanced development can be ensured in every region," he said.

He took charge after performing the rituals and offering prayers at Vallabh Bhawan, the state secretariat, in the presence of Deputy Chief Ministers Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla as well as ministers Prahlad Patel, Vijay Shah, Sampatiya Uikey, Narayan Singh Kushwaha and Vishwas Sarang. He later met Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.