Updated On: 02 February, 2023 12:45 PM IST | Thiruvananthapuram | PTI
Cutting down of the borrowing capacity of states to three per cent from the previous five per cent will adversely impact the state's economy, Balagopal said

K N Balagopal. Pic/official Facebook account
Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal on Thursday said the Centre's imposition of cuts in the borrowing limit of the states would adversely impact the southern state's economy, which is yet to completely recover from the challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic and back-to-back natural disasters.
The BJP-led union government adopted a "wrong policy" to reduce the state's borrowing capacity after including the loans taken by the special purpose vehicles like Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board and Kerala Social Security Pension Limited within the state government's overall borrowing limit, he told the state Assembly.