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Ranchi, Jan 5: Finance Minister Radhakrishna Kishore today said that the state government is seriously considering several options to recover the outstanding amount of Rs 1.36 lakh crore from the central government, which may also include legal action. He gave this information while talking to the media at Project Bhawan on Sunday.
The finance minister said that the state government has to get an outstanding amount of Rs 1.36 lakh crore from the Centre. “Former Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh sent a full detail of this outstanding amount in 2021 itself and demanded the Centre to pay it,” he added.
After this, Chief Minister Hemant Soren also wrote a letter to the Centre, but no response has been received from the Centre till now.
Apart from this, giving information about the price of gas cylinders, the finance minister said that the decision to give gas cylinders for Rs 450 will be taken on the platform of the INDIA Alliance. “This subject will be considered soon in the coalition meeting,” he added.
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Regarding the purchase of paddy, he said that efforts are being made to give fair prices to the farmers. Along with this, he said that on the first day of the launch of ‘Abua Portal’, 23 suggestions have been received on the mobile app regarding the budget.
People have been given time till January 17 to give suggestions. Last time, the government received a total of 721 suggestions, out of which 27 suggestions were included in the budget.
“This effort of the state government is to ensure the receipt of the outstanding amount from the Centre as well as to protect the interests of the general public,” he said and expressed hope that decisions will be taken soon on all aspects, which will help in the development of the state.
He said that the state government will hold a two-day workshop on January 16-17 to get the opinions of experts in various sectors for the formulation of the budget.