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Slowdown due to Centre's failed economic policies, says Amit Mitra

India's GDP growth fell to 5 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year and is estimated to have dipped further in the second quarter

Slowdown due to wrong policy moves like demonetisation, GST: Amit Mitra

Economic growth hit a six-year low of 5 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year

Amit Mitra writes to FM, calls for 'urgent' GST meet to plug loopholes

GST revenue fell below the Rs 1-trillion mark for the third straight month in October, and was 5.3 per cent lower than the corresponding month last year, at Rs 95,380 crore

West Bengal increased its infra spend five times in seven years: Amit Mitra

Minister claims 191% surge in warehousing, says a slew of new projects have put the state and Kolkata very prominently on the logistical map of the nation

Serious revenue issues to arise for states after FY22: Bengal FM Amit Mitra

States' developmental expenditure has gone up from 40 per cent to 60 per cent. There is a huge burden on states

West Bengal finance minister urges calibrated rollout of electric vehicles

Amit Mitra says sole agenda of the next GST Council meeting will be on EVs

GST rates distortionary, procedures complicated: Bengal FM Amit Mitra

Mitra said the peak rate of 28% should be completely abolished

Industrialists are betting on a sustainable state and CM: Amit Mitra

Days, after business leaders attended the Bengal Global Business Summit, West Bengal Finance, and Industry Minister Amit Mitra, decodes the success behind the summit and the achievements of his govt

We didn't want Inspector Raj with dual-control situation: Amit Mitra

Interview with Finance minister, West Bengal

Letters: TMC's excuses

With reference to "A time bomb is ticking towards a fiscal crisis in states" (August 8), the interview with Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra is a serious disappointment. Instead of laying out a path for the future, he has repeated the lame and dead excuses handed out by the discredited Left government and its platoon of fellow-travelling experts. The Left front had failed in financial management, marked by possibly the lowest tax to state GDP ratio among all big states, poor user charge collection such as in case of electricity, poor expenditure control and a lazy over-reliance on small savings that end up as loan in the state's books.The Trinamool Congress (TMC) was aware of the debt burden and trajectory when it fought for power in 2011 and 2016. True, the Left government accumulated too much debt, but then one inherits the good things along with the bad. Blaming the Centre for approving loans serves no purpose; the Centre wasn't doing the maths nor providing a counter-guarantee. A

A time bomb is ticking towards a fiscal crisis in states: Amit Mitra

Interview with Finance Minister of West Bengal

All the things in the manifesto will have to go further, deeper: Amit Mitra

Interview with Minister of Finance, Commerce & Industries, West Bengal

Amit Mitra's win breaks GST jinx

Election victory likely to expedite process in empowered panel of state finance ministers