Rs 2,000 cr funds unutlised by Tamil Nadu govt depts identified: State FM

The money, identified under three categories, can be remitted back to treasury, says Palanivel Thiaga Rajan

A special task force appointed by the government of Tamil Nadu has identified funds amounting to about Rs 2,000 crore lying unutilised by various departments and agencies that can be remitted back to the treasury, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan said on Monday.

The Special Task Force has collected and collated information broadly under the categories of 'available balances', 'liabilities' and 'to be remitted into government account', separately under each of the closed schemes, ongoing schemes and receipts of the department. “By this process, from the data so far collected, the Special Task Force has tracked a sum of