Summary:
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing "deep concern" over the "inordinate delay" in releasing Rs 50,000 crore that is due to the Bengal government from the Centre. She urged immediate intervention of the Prime Minister in this regard so that the development projects in the state do not get affected. The total due amount also includes Rs 36,000 crore for various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and Rs 2,406 crore as GST compensation. Banerjee has also mentioned that the Centre is yet to release Rs 2330.01 crore to the Bengal government "on account of Special Backward Regions Grant Fund". This has become an instrument of reducing the receivables of the state from the Centre"..