» West Bengal is the highest contributor to small savings schemes – with elections underway, it could have been a trigger for the government to roll back interest rate cuts West Bengal is the highest contributor to small savings schemes – with elections underway, it could have been a trigger for the government to roll back interest rate cuts Rounak JainApr 1, 2021, 13:16 IST West Bengal residents contributed nearly ₹90,000 crore to savings schemes in 2017-18Unsplash According to data released by the Ministry of Finance, West Bengal is the top contributor to the various National Savings Schemes offered by the government. The state, which is currently seeing a fierce battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress in assembly elections, contributed nearly ₹90,000 crore in these savings schemes in 2017-18.