In the pre-budget meeting, Jharkhand asked for the outstanding amount of Rs 1.36 lakh crore from the Central Government, the Finance Minister said that if he gets the amount, he will build Ranchi-Patna Expressway.

Ranchi: Jharkhand government has once again raised the demand of payment of its dues of Rs 1.36 lakh crore on the central government on the national forum. Jharkhand Finance Minister Radhakrishna Kishore raised this demand in the pre-budget meeting held in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

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Finance Minister Radhakrishna Kishore urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to soon pay the dues for development and welfare schemes in a backward state like Jharkhand. He said that Rs 2900 crore of coal royalty, Rs 32 thousand crore of common cause and Rs 1 lakh 1,142 crore of land compensation i.e. a total of Rs 1.36 lakh crore are outstanding at the Centre. He further said that Jharkhand has wealth in its womb but poverty in its lap. There is a need for special assistance from the Center in the development and welfare schemes of the state. Along with this he also demanded a new project in Jharkhand.

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Radhakrishna Kishore also demanded the Central Government to build Ranchi-Kolkata and Ranchi-Patna Expressway. Said that special assistance should be provided to insurgency affected Jharkhand for five years. While demanding the outstanding amount in the demand letter submitted to the Finance Minister, he said that the state government has a vision along with a multidimensional plan for the overall development of semi-developed Jharkhand. But the state is unable to meet this from its internal sources of income. Financial support from the Central Government is necessary for the all-round development of the tribal dominated state, hence the outstanding amount should be paid.

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