With Friday’s statement by K N Balagopal, Finance Minister, that Kerala is in state of unprecedented financial crisis, there is total unanimity among experts cutting across party lines that the State is being devoured by massive corruption.
The office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has stated in its report that Kerala has not bothered to collect taxes worth `21,798 crore till 31 March 2021.
On Friday, the State’s finance minister made it known that the Government would borrow `2000 crore to meet urgent expenditures like disbursement of social welfare pension, the payment o which has been suspended for months due to lack of funds.
To tide over the crisis, the Government of Kerala is holding Adalats across the State ostensibly to help litigants to resolve their long pending issues with motor vehicles department and private lending agencies.
A visit to the Adalat being held at Thrissur district court on Friday threw some interesting facts.