West Bengal Finance Minister places CAG reports in Assembly
West Bengal Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta has placed the CAG report in the State Assembly, addressing a constitutional lapse from previous years. The reports, consisting of 28 volumes, aim to reveal the reasons behind West Bengal's debt of over ₹8 lakh crore. The government plans to hold a special session to discuss the CAG reports and urges members to study them to understand the debt's causes.
- ▪The West Bengal Finance Minister has placed 28 volumes of the CAG report in the State Assembly.
- ▪The non-presentation of CAG reports in previous years is considered a constitutional lapse.
- ▪The reports are expected to reveal the reasons for West Bengal's debt of over ₹8 lakh crore.
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West Bengal Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta on Saturday (July 25, 2026) placed the CAG report in the State Assembly, which he said was not done for some unknown reason during the past few years.Terming the non-presentation of the CAG reports concerning the State during the previous years as a "constitutional lapse", he said in the House that a perusal of these will lay bare the reasons for West Bengal's over ₹8 lakh crore debt. Welfare promises and fiscal constraints"Keeping that constitutional lapse in mind, we are tabling 28 volumes of the CAG report before the House," the Finance Minister said.Mr.
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