Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Thursday responded to allegations of environment taxes worth at least Rs 1,003 crore being left unutilised with his government by attacking the BJP-led Centre on similar charges. He said at a press conference, "Nobody questions the Centre. They diverted at least Rs 56,000 crore earned from environment cess to other budgetary heads. "Instead, the media is saying we have orchestrated a scam by not using the environment taxes earned by us. Several hundred crores of funds are lying with the centre and Delhi government, collected as green fund to combat air pollution, even as the national capital struggles to ward off a toxic haze.

Source: India Today November 17, 2017 00:11 UTC