State Govt to issue White Paper on debt burden: Mungantiwar
* Much-awaited report of Kelkar Committee on balanced development, to be tabled during winter session of State Legislature starting next week in city * Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar hints at special Industrial Policy for Naxal-affected areas like Gadchiroli * Mungantiwar to tour every district in State in January 2015 to assess developmental priorities for 2015-16 budget By Kartik Lokhande “We have inherited empty coffers and a huge debt burden of Rs 2,36,000 crore from previous Government led by Congress. Every day, State has to pay Rs 63 crore as interest on the debt. There was criminal judgement on part of Congress-led Government as far as utilising the debt was concerned. Hence, we have decided to bring out a White Paper on debt burden,” said Sudhir Mungantiwar, Finance and Forest Minister of Maharashtra. How much of employment was created from the money spent out of such a huge debt burden, how many projects were completed, whether the State created capital...