Citing a CAG report, the Minister informed the House that the State had a total loan burden of Rs 97,205.3 crore by the end of the last fiscal and, this year, the State Government has planned to incur a further loan of Rs 25,589 crore.
In the current year 2022-23 budget, it has also been provisioned to repay loan of Rs 14,001.31 crore during the current year, the Minister said.
The State Government has targeted to make a revenue collection of Rs 1,63,966.52 crore this current fiscal, said Pujari.
Pujari informed all these in response to a question of BJD MLA Prafulla Samal.