Lok Sabha elections are ahead. At this time Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman came to West Bengal and attacked the state government. Chahahol He said that the economy of this state has practically collapsed. No improvement in infrastructure. Besides, the Trinamool government of Bengal is not borrowing financial ethics. Corruption is happening in 100 days work scheme and housing scheme. Also, the state has virtually failed on almost every measure of fiscal health. Nirmala said, West Bengal is a state with huge potential. The Modi government wants to tour the country’s economic development journey Let the eastern region become the engine.
However, the state government is reluctant to give importance to Nirmala’s statement. When asked about the allegations of the Union Finance Minister, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Minister of State with Independent Charge of the State Finance Department, said that they do not want to comment on the matter.
On this day, Nirmala Mamata Banerjee’s government was poisoned and said that in the last 12 years, the state has become extremely indebted. 35 percent of the treasury’s income goes to the interest on their borrowings. To count and settle the pension of Government employees. As a result, the rate of capital growth continues to decline. From 6.7% in 2010, it has come down to 2.9%.
West Bengal was once one of the foremost states in the country in terms of industry. The Union Finance Minister complained that the contribution of this state to the total industrial production of the country is gradually decreasing. He said that in 1947, 24 percent of the industrial production of the entire country came from Bengal. But in 2020-21 it has reduced to 3.5 percent. As a result, the per capita income of the state has been declining for the past two decades.
Nirmala also commented on this day that many industries have closed down from West Bengal. Explaining the reasons why industrialists have turned away from this state, the Finance Minister indirectly criticized the Trinamool as well as the Left, saying that one of the reasons for the departure of industries from here is uncontrolled trade union activities. Besides, Nirmala pointed out that the inaction of the police, who have become cadres of political parties, is a major reason behind the turning away of industry from the state, especially during the Trinamool period. He claims that tolabaji here has gone to the level of a ‘sovereign right’. Smile Force which results in no jobs here. Since 1010, 11 lakh migrant workers have moved from this state to other states in search of work.
