WB`s debt burden at Rs 2,08,382 cr till Mar`12

Last Updated: Monday, June 25, 2012, 22:34

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra said the state government has a debt burden of Rs 2,08,382.58 crore as on March 31, 2012.

Oppn flays West Bengal FM

Last Updated: Thursday, August 11, 2011, 23:35

Opposition Left Front criticised state Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Thursday for failing to present a full budget in the assembly and said the government was taking the state towards `financial anarchy.`

Mitra accuses LF govt of serious financial mismanagement

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 00:17

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Tuesday accused the previous Left Front government of gross financial mismanagement putting the state on the brink of insolvency.

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra hospitalised

Last Updated: Saturday, May 21, 2011, 11:46

West Bengal`s new Finance Minister Amit Mitra was admitted to a hospital here on Saturday after he complained of acute abdominal pain.

Financial condition of West Bengal can be improved: Mitra

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 11:39

Trinamool Congress candidate Amit Mitra, who is an economist by training and is pitted against West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta in the Assembly polls, has said the state`s financial condition can be improved.

Trinamool may field FICCI secretary-general in election

Last Updated: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 21:28

The Trinamool Congress is likely to field FICCI secretary-general and well-known economist Amit Mitra against state finance minister Asim Dasgupta in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.