The National Savings Institute operating under the Ministry of Finance recently announced that West Bengal is the top contributor to the Small Savings Scheme in the country.
The state contributes 15% of the total corpus.
It has so far collected Rs 90,000 crores under the Small Savings Scheme.
West Bengal was followed by Uttar Pradesh.
The state of Uttar Pradesh has collected Rs 69,660 crores.
Maharashtra was ranked third.
The state of Maharashtra contributed 10.57%, which is Rs 63,026 crores.
Gujarat was ranked fourth.
Gujarat contributed 8.16%, that is Rs 48,645 crores.
Tamil Nadu ranked fifth contributing 4.8%, which is Rs 28,598.