Then, regarding the Centrally-sponsored schemes, the Government is giving only 50 per cent of the expenditure and the remaining 50 per cent comes from the States, which is imposing a heavy financial burden. Therefore, I would feel, for all the Central sector schemes, 100 per cent assistance should be given by the Government. Lastly, with regard to my Union Territory, the hon. Finance Minister is there, I would say that the Union Territory of Pondicherry is facing acute financial crisis because it is not entitled to any transfer of resources from the Finance Commission on the ground that it is only a Union Territory. We are not entitled even to get grant for local bodies because Union Territory of Pondicherry is not covered either by the Finance Commission constituted under the Constitution or by the Finance Commission constituted by the Union Home Ministry. We are neither here nor there as a result do we not get any money from the Government of India for local bodies. Therefore, I would request the Government of India to take this as a term of reference for the 13th Finance Commission and include the Union Territory of Pondicherry and treat that as a State because we have an elected Government and that Government is headed by a Congress Chief Minister. He is finding it difficult and therefore, the Government of India should be able to do this. With these few words, I commend this Interim Budget as one of the best efforts of the UPA Government and I hope that this UPA government by telling all its achievements to people, will come back to power with a resounding success. Somebody said that the Third Force would come. I would say that the Third Force is a non-striker. There is nothing like a Third Force in India. Wherever they had talked about it, has become a non-starter.
