The Jharkhand government has set up a committee to determine the exact amount it is owed and recover Rs 1.36 lakh crore from Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
During the Budget session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, MLA Saryu Roy questioned why the state government was not taking strong action to settle the matter, even though it is pending in the High Court and the Central Tribunal.
In response, Minister-in-charge Yogendra Prasad said that the committee was formed on March 1, and will submit an affidavit regarding the issue.
He also mentioned that Chief Minister Hemant Soren had written to the Centre multiple times—on June 24, 2020, March 2, 2022, and April 11, 2022—about the outstanding dues. Additionally, former Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh wrote to the Centre on December 4, 2022, stating that the state was owed Rs 1.36 lakh crore.
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The minister assured that the government would explore all legal options to recover the dues. MLA Saryu Roy pointed out that by 2009, the principal amount was ₹41,142 crore, while the interest had grown to ₹60,000 crore.
Finance Minister Radhakrishna Kishore also raised the issue with Union Minister Kishan Reddy, who assured him that the Coal Ministry would look into the matter. “We will recover the full amount, including interest. This is not a political issue but a matter of the rights of Jharkhand’s people,” Kishore said.
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