Maha govt to bring white paper on revenue defaulters: Minister

Maharashtra government will table a white paper on revenue defaulters during the winter session of state legislature, Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar told the Legislative Assembly here today.
He was replying a query on the status of recovery of tax and non-tax revenue outstanding amount, in the state.
"To recover the outstanding amount, the government will appoint a top lawyer so that we can present ourselves before the court effectively," the minister said.
Leader of the Opposition in Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil said the burden on state is rising due to acute drought, growing debt and accumulated interest.
"We have to collect Rs 62907.91 crore from the defaulters. There are 82799 matters, which are sub-judice. The big defaulters have hired leading counsel for their cases," Mungantiwar said.

"This is people's money. We are making all the efforts to recover the outstanding dues from the defaulters," the minister added.