Jharkhand CM Soren urges Centre to clear Rs 1.36 lakh cr in mining dues

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren reiterated the state government’s demand before the Centre to clear the Rs 1.36 lakh crore due to mining entities in the state, besides seeking help in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna as 800,000 villagers are eligible for it.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren reiterated the state government’s demand before the Centre to clear the Rs 1.36 lakh crore due to mining entities in the state, besides seeking help in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna as 800,000 villagers are eligible for it.
Soren appealed in his submission at the conference on ‘Left Wing Extremism’ chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah with the affected states in New Delhi on Friday.
Giving an account of the recent success in curbing the insurgency, Soren also advocated the continued deployment of paramilitary forces to battle the problem, according to an official release from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).
He drew the Centre’s attention to the alleged non-cooperation by banks in lending, which, Soren said, is reflected in the poor credit deposit ratio of 45 per cent in the state against the national average of 67 per cent.
In his representation to the Union Home Minister, Soren said, “To ensure that the problem of extremism does not recur, development-oriented schemes must be run on a large scale in these (affected) areas, for which resources will be required from the state. In this context, I would like to draw your attention that the Centre’s mining companies owe about Rs 1.36 lakh crore to the state… You are requested to issue instructions to the Mining Ministry to pay the dues as soon as possible.”