state debt

Chennai, April 1 BJP's Tamil Nadu election in-charge Piyush Goyal released a "chargesheet" that accused the DMK government of systemic corruption, financial mismanagement, and harboring an explicit anti-Hindu bias.The BJP also accused the state government of illegal sand mining and deep-rooted...

In a major rally in Palakkad, Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized both the CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF, accusing them of exploiting Kerala. He declared that the BJP-led NDA is the state’s “real winning team.”Addressing BJP supporters, Modi asserted that the NDA would...

Bagalkot, March 28 – Former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Basavaraj Bommai accused the Siddaramaiah-led government of mismanaging the state's economy and exhibiting "arrogance" by not attending a meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Addressing a...

Kozhikode, March 25 – Congress president Mallikarjuna Kharge formally launched the United Democratic Front’s (UDF) election campaign in Kerala on Wednesday, framing the contest as a decisive battle to “restore the state to its people,” while mounting a sharp, multi-pronged attack on both the...

Bengaluru, March 25 – Responding to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s defense of the 2026–27 Budget, the Karnataka BJP accused him on Wednesday of presenting a misleading narrative on the state’s finances.Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka, in a statement, criticised the...

Hyderabad, March 24 Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said on Tuesday that due to "reckless borrowing" between 2014 and 2023, the BRS government burdened the state with massive debt.Responding to the debate on the budget in the Legislative Assembly, Vikramarka also said...

New Delhi, March 24 – The BJP on Tuesday criticized the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh for imposing a ₹5 cess on fuel, calling it "anti-common man." The party also alleged that this measure, along with increased VAT and the additional cess, will extract over ₹1,000 crore annually from...

New Delhi, March 24 BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Tuesday criticised the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh for its decision to levy a Rs 5 cess on fuels, alleging that it will be extracting over Rs 1,000 crore annually from the public through increased VAT and an additional cess.Consumers in...

Hyderabad, March 22 Telangana's total debt, including that of its entities and government guarantees, stood at Rs 8 lakh crore as of December 2025, according to the Socio-Economic Outlook 2026 released by the state government.The state government said that from December 2023, when the Congress...

Hyderabad, March 17 – Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao launched a sharp attack on the Congress government in Telangana on Tuesday, stating that the "credit" for making the "biggest fraud" in the world by making 420 promises in the elections goes to the Congress...

Mumbai, March 16 – NCP-SP legislator and former minister Jayant Patil said on Monday that the Maharashtra budget reflects a major shortfall in non-tax revenue, primarily due to a shortfall in financial assistance from the Central government.Participating in the discussion on budgetary demands...

Mumbai, March 13 – The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) issued a sharp criticism of the Devendra Fadnavis government on Friday, alleging that the Chief Minister is creating false illusions by asserting that Maharashtra's economy is robust, and that within the next three years, the...

Chandigarh, March 11 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Wednesday that an expert committee led by the chief secretary is studying the fiscal impact of the old pension scheme.Cheema was presenting a detailed summary of the work of the AAP government over the past four years...

Mumbai, March 11 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis acknowledged financial pressures on the state economy on Wednesday, while asserting that the state's debt-to-GSDP ratio is lower than several other states, and rejected allegations that allocations to the social sector have been cut...

Mumbai, March 10 – During the Legislative Assembly's budget discussion, senior NCP (SP) legislator and former Finance Minister Jayant Patil on Tuesday criticized the state government's fiscal roadmap, labeling the 2026-27 budget as a "document of deception."Patil argued that the government's...

Mumbai, March 10 Senior NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil claimed on Tuesday that the Maharashtra government's budget falls short on crucial issues such as farm loan waiver, rural development, and social welfare.Speaking in the state assembly, the MLA accused the ruling Mahayuti dispensation of...

Chandigarh, March 8: Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Sunday criticised the budget presented by Finance Minister Harpal Cheema, stating that "it is nothing more than a collection of grand announcements aimed at creating headlines while completely ignoring...

Mysuru (Karnataka), March 7 Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy expressed strong concern over the state budget on Saturday and questioned how the Karnataka government was utilizing borrowed funds."The Congress-led government's new borrowing is Rs 1.32 lakh crore, and...

Mysuru (Karnataka), March 7 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that the allegation that the state government has excessively increased borrowing is far from the truth and maintained that the objective of this year’s Budget is to provide equal opportunities to people from all...

Mumbai, March 6 – Maharashtra's total debt is projected to exceed Rs 11 lakh crore in 2026-27 as the state continues to borrow to fund infrastructure projects and welfare schemes, government officials said on Friday.According to the state government's budget documents, Maharashtra's total debt...