<h1>State minister says Centre hasn't released Rs 60,000 crore pending dues amid worst floods in five decades, affecting 2,000 villages</h1> A state finance minister said the state government's request to the prime minister to release Rs 60,000 crore in pending central dues remains unanswered, alleging the central government has failed the state amid severe floods. The minister cited an estimated Rs 50,000-crore GST shortfall and Rs 8,000 crore due from rural development funds, accused visiting union ministers of staging photo-ops and politicising relief, and said no relief package or request for detailed flood data has been made by the Centre. He described the floods as the worst in five decades, affecting nearly 2,000 villages, over 400,000 people, and causing major farm, infrastructure, housing and livestock losses.