Punjab vehemently denies any financial crisis in state
Author(s): City Air NewsChandigarh, March 28, 2014: A spokesman of Finance department, Punjab today strongly denied in news published in a section of Press regarding financial crisis in Punjab and described it completely misleading imaginary...
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Mar 28, 2014 12:30
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Chandigarh, March 28, 2014: A spokesman of Finance department, Punjab today strongly denied in news published in a section of Press regarding financial crisis in Punjab and described it completely misleading imaginary and bereft of facts.
The spokesman stoutly denied that Punjab government had received any communication from Reserve Bank of India for stopping fund flow. He said that in fact normal payments and receipts were being carried out on continuous basis throughout the month of March 2014 and payments totaling to Rs.1921.85 crore had been made from March 18 to 27 and were still continuing.
The details of the payments and receipts carried out are as per details below (just for example):
|
Date |
Payments made (Rs. In Crore) |
|
18th March 2014 Tuesday |
273.28 |
|
19th March 2014 Wednesday |
118.48 |
|
20th March 2014 Thursday |
126.44 |
|
21st March 2014 Friday |
414.26 |
|
22nd March 2014 Saturday |
238.28 |
|
23rd March 2014 Sunday |
- |
|
24th March 2014 Monday |
348.83 |
|
25th March 2014 Tuesday |
138.20 |
|
26th March 2014 Wednesday |
106.94 |
|
27th March 2014 Thursday |
157.14 |
|
Total |
1921.85 |
Source: Daily Cash Position (CAS, Nagpur) for March, 2014
The Spokesman regretted that baseless news item regarding financial crisis in Punjab was published without any corroboration from any official of Punjab government.
