Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday made an unprecedented announcement to change a proposal of the interim (vote on account) budget presented on the floor of the Assembly on February 5 and advance the date of beginning of the payment under a “unemployment allowance” scheme. She preponed the date for beginning the unemployment allowance payment from August 15 to April.On February 5, while reading out the interim budget proposals, West Bengal Minister…
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Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) The grim picture of the under-utilization of budgetary allocation for midday meal scheme in West Bengal became evident from a particular annexure document of the interim (vote on account) budget, presented by the West Bengal Minister of State for finance (independent charge), Chandrima Bhattacharya, on the floor of the Assembly, last week. For the ongoing financial year of 2026-27, the total budgetary allocation for midday meals in the state was Rs 1,673.12 crore. However, …
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday questioned the practicality of announcing enhanced payments under various welfare schemes of the state government in the interim (vote on account) budget presented in the House by Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge) Chandrima Bhattacharya on Thursday.According to him, the state government can neither announce any enhancement in payments under welfare schemes in an interim budget…
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The West Bengal government will end the financial year 2026-27 with an accumulated debt figure of around Rs 8.15 lakh crore, as indicated in the documents of the interim (vote on accounts) budget for the fiscal under review, which was presented by the West Bengal Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge) Chandrima Bhattacharya on the floor of the Assembly on Thursday.The total accumulated debt by March 31, 2027, has been pegged at Rs 8,15,891.35 crore in the Budget…
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The payments under ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’, the monthly dole scheme of the West Bengal government, had been hiked by Rs 500 for each recipient in the proposals in the interim (vote-on-account) Budget for the financial year 2026-27 which was placed on the floor of the House by the West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on Thursday.Currently, the women in the general category receive a monthly amount of Rs 1,000, while those in the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe …
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The schedule of the Budget Session in the Assembly might be changed to accommodate West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s scheduled visit to New Delhi on February 9 to participate in the crucial hearing on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state at a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on that day.Initially, February 9 was supposed to be the last date of the Budget Session of the House. However, there had been a preliminary decision that February 7, whi…
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya will present the crucial interim (Vote-on-Account) Budget on the floor of the state Assembly on Thursday. The full Budget for the financial year 2026-27 will be presented on the floor of the House by the new cabinet after the crucial state Assembly elections, scheduled later this year.The sole reason for which the interim Budget will be in focus is the curiosity over the possibility of increased allocation under the ‘Laxmi…
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The interim budget of the West Bengal government for the financial year 2026-27 will be presented on the floor of the state Assembly by Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge) Chandrima Bhattacharya on February 2.“The budget session of the state Assembly will start on January 31, and the interim budget will be presented on February 2,” Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay informed media persons on Wednesday evening.The budget session of the House will be for an extrem…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Chief Ministers, Deputy Chief Ministers and Finance Ministers from several states on Saturday described the pre-budget consultation meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as a constructive platform to present their states’ financial needs and development priorities ahead of the Union Budget.Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said his government raised state-specific issues during the meeting and requested the continuation of Central Sector Schemes that ha…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) As the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began on Saturday, a Trinamool Congress delegation visited the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in West Bengal and lodged a series of complaints regarding the hearing process.The delegation also submitted a written representation outlining its grievances and said that officials at the CEO’s office informed them that the letter would be forwarded to the Election Commission of India.T…