THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac wants to know how Finance Minister K M Mani plans to raise the plan outlay by Rs 980 crore, from Rs 11,030 crore to Rs 12,010 crore, when the Finance Minister had already stated in his White Paper that the state was burdened with a committed expenditure of over Rs 5,000 crore. “If we are so cash-strapped as the Finance Minister claims, from where will he mobilise the additional resources?” Isaac asked during a press conference here on Thursday.
