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Ahead of Assembly elections in 2021, West Bengal on Monday announced in its Budget free electricity for consumers with quarterly consumption up to 75 units and a scheme to build houses for all permanent tea garden workers.
State Finance Minister Amit Mitra presented a Budget of nearly Rs 255,677 crore, an increase of about 7.44 per cent over the last year. The state’s outstanding debt has increased to nearly Rs 4.75 trillion, an increase of about 10 per cent against the revised estimates of FY20.
The state exceeded its state tax revenue target for FY20 at Rs 65,806 crore, as against the
