Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said, the Centre is committed to give Andhra Pradesh a financial assistance equivalent to a special category state. <br />''<br />''Briefing media in New Delhi this evening, Mr Jaitley said he agreed with the assessment that Andhra Pradesh is financially suffering after Telangana was carved out of the state. <br />''<br />''He said the Union government will honour every commitment made by the Centre at the time of bifurcation of the state. <br />''<br />''Replying to a media query on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's demand for fulfilling the promise of giving the state a special status, he said such a category did exist when the state was bifurcated in 2014. <br />''<br />''But, after the implementation of the 14th Finance Commission recommendation, such a treatment is now constitutionally restricted to just the North Eastern and three hilly states.