State Pushes Department‑Level Plans to Boost Tax Collection by FY 2026‑27

West Bengal's chief minister has ordered all government departments to prepare sector‑specific plans aimed at enhancing tax collection and preventing revenue loss. The directive, issued from the CM office in Kolkata, asks each ministry to develop a blueprint that identifies potential tax leakages, records the most recent tax policy changes, and proposes concrete remedial actions.

The instruction comes amid claims that the previous administration's revenue system was deliberately structured to enable large‑scale corruption, resulting in substantial fiscal drain. To counter this, the new government plans to incorporate the findings into a comprehensive white paper that will expose the gaps and quantify the exchequer's losses.

A senior secretariat official explained that departments must also produce a detailed report comparing the revenue targets set by the former Trinamool Congress cabinet with the actual collections achieved. This will help the government gauge the effectiveness of past policies and fine‑tune future strategies.

Early results are already promising: the new regime reports an extra ₹1,000 crore in tax revenue during its first two months in office. By scaling the blueprint exercise across all ministries, officials hope to sustain this momentum and improve overall tax receipts before the close of the 2026‑27 fiscal year.

Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta stressed that addressing revenue leakage is the most prudent way to raise funds without imposing higher tax rates. While some critics have pointed out the absence of explicit revenue‑growth directives in the recent budget, the ruling party counters that decisive actions taken from day one are laying the groundwork for a stronger financial outlook.