The Assam Chief Minister Mr. Tarun Gogoi today met the Chairman of 13th Finance Commission of India Dr. Vijay Kelkar at the latter’s office chamber in New Delhi and discussed various financial issues relating to the State.<br/><br/>The issues figured in the discussions included- border areas development, development of backward areas, Agriculture and its allied sectors, science and technology, rural health, education, flood and erosion, financial assistance to the autonomous councils and implementation of pay revision of State employees.<br/><br/>The Chairman of the Commission Dr. Vijay Kelkar appreciated the Chief Minister Mr. Gogoi and his team for excellent fiscal management. He said as the State was able to attain fiscal discipline and management, it may not require much financial support from the Centre.<br/><br/>The Chief Minister while apprising Dr. Kelkar about the slew of initiatives taken to maintain fiscal discipline and management, urged him to extend more fiscal support from the Centre to wipe off the accumulated infrastructural and developmental backlog of the past few decades.