Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) The Union government has approved the proposal from the West Bengal government for extension of the tenure of the state’s Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal for six months. A notification on this count had been issued by the State Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department on Thursday evening, notifying Agarwal’s extension as the State Chief Secretary for six months.According to the notification, Agarwal will continue as Chief Secretary for a total of six months fro…
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Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has constituted a special task force, inducting representatives from various state government departments and the Indian Railways to expedite pending railway projects in the state.Insiders from the state secretariat of Nabanna said that, headed by the West Bengal Chief Secretary, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, the task force includes senior bureaucrats from various government departments like Home, Transport, Land and Revenue.On the other …
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) West Bengal is poised to become the 36th State/Union Territory in the country to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), marking a major milestone in India’s journey towards universal health coverage and equitable healthcare access, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday.The formal induction of the state into the flagship health insurance scheme will take place on Monday through the signing of a Memorandum of Understa…
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT Cell Chief and party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya on Sunday criticised the previous Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal over an alleged liquor excise scam. Quoting a media report, Malviya said that the Excise department of the previous Trinamool government had altered the policy to extort money from bottlers one every crate of liquor.He alleged that the money extorted from the bottlers found their way to Trinamoo…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Monday, announced the appointment of Neelam Meena, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the West Bengal cadre of the 1998 batch, as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal. The erstwhile CEO of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, is currently the state’s Chief Secretary.He was appointed to that position soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led new state Cabinet under the leadership of the state’s n…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) The West Bengal government’s notification enforcing a set of restrictions for its employees at all levels, from making media statements, participating in media debates, making government documents public, among others, is nothing but a “strangulation of democracy”, Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee said on Thursday.In a social media post on the wall of his official X handle, Banerjee had claimed that use of the p…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) The West Bengal government has issued a set of restrictions for its employees at all levels, from making media statements, participating in media debates, making government documents public and even leaking crucial state government information, among others.In the notification issued by the state personnel administrative reforms department on Wednesday night, and signed by the Chief Secretary, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, a copy of which is available with IANS, it has been clarifi…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The West Bengal government has sent a panel of three Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers from the state cadre to the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the latter to appoint one of them as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state.The erstwhile CEO of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, is currently the Chief Secretary of the state. He was appointed to that chair soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led new state cabinet under the leadership of t…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) The West Bengal government has issued an order directing the immediate closure of all unapproved toll gates and drop gates throughout the state that were active during the previous Trinamool Congress regime in the state.“All toll gates, drop gates, barricaded structures and operational collection points, from which vehicular traffic is operating across the district of West Bengal, which have not been duly approved/authorised by the competent authority of the Government o…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) A day after being appointed as the new Chief Secretary of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Tuesday held a meeting with the other departmental secretaries and there he gave a clear message of not tolerating any lackadaisical approach in implementation of the centrally-sponsored scheme in the state. An insider aware of the proceedings of the said meeting said that Agarwal, whose role as the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in the recently concluded state Assembl…