Updated On: 01 October, 2024 03:50 PM IST | Kolkata | PTI
In his communication, Bose also highlighted some of the issues such as fiscal deficit which grew from about Rs 33,500 crore in 2018-19 to around Rs 49,000 crore in 2022-23 while the GSDP-debt ratio rose from 35.69 per cent to over 37 per cent during the period

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File Pic
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking her government to file a report to him detailing how Rs 1.17 lakh crore of central funds allotted to the state in the 2023-24 fiscal under various schemes were utilised, a well-placed source in the Raj Bhavan said.
Bose wrote the letter after he was informed that the state government has not placed several Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports in the assembly, violating the constitutional obligation, he said.