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Mamata moots all-party delegation for central assistance
Friday June 29, 2012 08:27:16 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday proposed to send an
all-party delegation to New Delhi to press for a three-year
moratorium on payment of interest on the state's debts.
The state has a debt burden of over Rs.2,08,000 crore and the
government ends up paying up Rs.25,000 crore annually in interest
and part principal. The total annual earning of the state is just
Rs.21,000 crore, said Banerjee in her reply to a question in the
state assembly Friday.
The question was raised by a member who wanted to know whether the
government planned to set up trauma care, intensive treatment and
intensive care units at the Malda Medical College and Hospital in
the state.
The chief minister said the state government was not in a position
to do much on this front due to its limited resources.
Banerjee asked Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee to arrange
for an all-party delegation that could press the central
government to grant a three-year moratorium to the state on the
payment of interest and repayment of loans.
The chief minister said that her government would be able to
undertake a lot of developmental projects in the state if the
moratorium proposal was approved.
In a reply to Congress Legislature Party leader Mohammad Sohrab,
who asked for a response to a letter requesting discussion on the
state's financial crisis, Banerjee said she met Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and the then finance minister Pranab Mukherjee
several times for financial assistance, but nothing fructified.
"I have discussed the matter at political level a number of times.
I have to speak to your (Congress) leaders both in Delhi as well
as those in the state," Banerjee said.
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