<p>The dismal state of government finance of West Bengal is frequently being highlighted by the media in the last couple of years. This report looks into the actual state of finances of the West Bengal Government over the last decade-according to the media reports which is ‘precarious’-from a purely ‘statistical view point’.</p>

Punarjit Roychowdhury

Economics

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Journal	mimeo, Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy, India
Open Access	No