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A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta took note of the submissions of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Kerala, that the matter is urgent and be listed after the summer vacation.
The Supreme Court had asked the Centre to consider providing a one-time package to the State government by March 31 to deal with its financial issues.
The demand in the petition is for immediate permission to take a loan of Rs 24,000 crore. However, this was denied citing the petition.
The court emphasized the importance of mutual trust between the Center and Kerala, while also indicating that Kerala should not withdraw its petition in the matter.
An SC bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and KV Vishwanathan recommended that the finance secretary of the state should meet the union finance minister and resolve the deadlock through negotiation.
In a note submitted before the top court, Attorney General R Venkataramani submitted that public finance management is a national issue
The Union Finance Ministry has replied that the State's demand is against the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
The ministry's last communication with Kerala was a letter sent on May 26. On the basis of this, Kerala officially holds that it could borrow only Rs 15,390 crore.
On May 27, Kerala's finance minister K N Balagopal said the Centre had slashed Kerala's open market borrowing for the 2023-24 fiscal by more than half.
CPM on Saturday said the central government reduced its borrowing limit to Rs 15,390 crore from Rs 32,500 crore.
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