Banerjee, who had been demanding a waiver of interest on the state's debts for a period of three years, said even a year's moratorium on repayment of interests on central loans would enable the state to create ten lakh jobs.
"We have been consistently asking the Centre to grant a three-year moratorium on the Rs 28,000-crore interest paid annually on loans, so that welfare schemes could be taken up. We have already created 2.5 lakh government jobs since we came to power two-and-a-half years ago. Ten lakh more jobs can be possible if one year's moratorium is granted," Banerjee told a rally held here in connection with a government programme to distribute sops to the poor.