The government has ignored most of the questions raised by the opposition as well as ruling party members in the assembly on the actual position of the state finances.<\/p>\n
Not even one third of unstarred questions (written questions and answers) to finance minister K N Balagopal in the recently-concluded seventh session of the assembly has been answered.<\/p>\n
Out of the 321 questions asked to the FM, only 105 (32.7%) questions have been answered, shows the data from the assembly. This is in violation of assembly rules and despite the fact that the finance department itself had issued a circular on December 3, two days before the beginning of the assembly session, asking all the officials to ensure that the assembly questions are answered on the same day, without delay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"