Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) The department-specific white papers to be released by the BJP government under Suvendu Adhikari, focusing on the financial irregularities during the 15-year tenure of the Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee from 2011 to 2026, will concentrate on six key areas.The state cabinet has given the nod for the formation of a five-member ministerial committee to oversee the entire process of preparation and publication of the department-wise white papers, with the state fin…
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Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) West Bengal Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta on Wednesday said that the BJP government inherited an “abnormal state, bequeathed with large debts” from the previous Trinamool Congress regime, but is attempting to transform it into an “aggressively market economy”.In an exclusive interaction with IANS following the presentation of the state Budget 2026-27, Dasgupta dwelled on the long-pervading challenges, his key focus areas, and the future prospects.Excerpts from the inte…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday accused the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government of resorting to major financial irregularities in organising the annual Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS). Participating in a debate over the budget proposals of state Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta, tabled in the assembly on Monday, Adhikari alleged that the former regime illegally paid Rs 325 crore to a national industry association for the …
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday that the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government under his leadership will adopt a balanced approach as regards to land procurement for industry so that neither the industrialisation drive nor the farmers’ interest is hampered. “The overall economic development of the state will never happen without industrial development. However, we should not repeat the mistake of acquiring land for industry at gun-point or…
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress, on Saturday, issued a notification renaming the West Bengal government’s own job guarantee programme after Mahatma Gandhi as a mark of protest against the Union government’s recent decision to replace the 20-year-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) scheme with the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G scheme. As per the notification issued by the State Secretariat, Naban…