New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said that the Centre has released funds worth Rs 146.42 crore under the Border Area Development Programme (BADP) to the West Bengal government since 2019-20.

The remaining central share of committed liability in respect of all concerned states or union territories for the ongoing workers under BADP has been worked out to be Rs 53.34 crore, including Rs 1.933 crore in respect of West Bengal, Rai told Lok Sabha in a written reply.

"Under BADP, the fund is released for the approved works/projects to the concerned State Governments/Union Territory Administrations. Allocation to the respective district administrations is done by State Governments/UT ...