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Today is the foundation day of All India Trinamool Congress. The party has come a long way since its founding in 1998. Over this period, it has become one of the most important parties of country under the leadership of its chairperson, Mamata Banerjee.

Over the last few weeks, the party has been playing a leading role in the protest against the unconstitutional Citizenship Amendment Bill (or CAB, which is now an Act) and the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), which, if implemented, would take away citizenship from many people across the country.

For this reason, Mamata Banerjee had announced a few days back that January 1 would be observed as Nagorik Dibas, or Citizens’ Day across booths in the State. That apart, activities like distribution of warm clothes for the poor, blood donation camps and cultural programmes have also been organised.

Almost 8 crore people of the State get rice rationed at Rs 2 per kg under the PDS (public distribution system). Now the government is thinking of reducing the price to Re 1.

The proposal has been sent to Nabanna for approval. Once approved, consumers will get 1 kg rice for just Re 1. The State Government will have to spend an additional Rs 200 crore to implement this. Currently, the Bangla Government provides an additional subsidy of Re 1/kg on rice, for the consumers under National Food Security Act.

Under Khadya Sathi, the State Government spends more than Rs 5,000 crore from its own funds to provide subsidised rice and pulses to ration consumers. This is a dream project of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

State Finance Minister Dr Amit Mitra has asked the West Bengal Garment Manufacturers and Dealers Association to set a target of business worth Rs 1 lakh crore by 2023. He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony for the 50th Garment Buyers and Sellers Meet and the B2B Kids Garments Expo in New Town, organised by the West Bengal Garments Manufacturers & Dealers Association.

He informed that the State Government has taken up a project to set up seven textile parks. Some of them have already started functioning. Bangla’s textile sector has grown a lot since 2011. More than 20 lakh people are directly employed in this sector, while 30 lakh people are indirectly employed. There are 180 handloom clusters in the state, engaging approximately six lakh people.

Another sign of growth is that the amount of loan disbursed by banks to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) has gone up compared to financial year 2010-11.

Dr Mitra also informed that several foreign companies have already opened their offices in Bangla and are on course to invest money in the State.

The Bangla Government’s River Rejuvenation Committee (RRC) has decided to allot Rs 4,500 crore to clean up the Bidyadhari River. The completion of the entire process will take up to five years.

A surveillance committee for the implementation of the project will be set up under the district magistrate, which will send a report every three months to the RRC.

The plan is to not only rejuvenate the river in Minakha and Haroa blocks, but to also set up a waste management system, sewage plants, rainwater harvesting system and system to control underground water extraction in the municipal areas, as well as plantation policies on both sides of the river and biodiversity parks.

The Bangla Government has decided to roll out CNG buses in the city by March 2020, the Transport Minister said on December 6.

During a discussion in the assembly, the minister said a fuel station has been set up at one of the bus depots of the department in southern part of the city.

Later, he said that apart from electric buses, 10 CNG buses will be rolled out by March 2020 to start with the project and the government has signed an agreement with state-owned GAIL (India) Ltd to supply the compressed natural gas (CNG).

“GAIL will supply CNG on tankers to feed the Kasba fuel station and we have already signed a pact in this regard,” he said.

He said the state government will add 150 electric buses across the state from the existing fleet strength of 80 odd.

Bangla has got National Award – first prize for 100 Days’ Work programme for livelihoods promotion and convergence, as per announcement of Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote on her Facebook page, “Bankura and Cooch Behar districts got best performance awards, first and second, on all India basis. Baburmahal GP of Kulpi, South 24 Paraganas also got the best performance award.”

The CM added, “This is the result of dedication, hard and innovative work of entire team from the State, District, GP and up to village level and continuous monitoring. Our State has been a top performer in 100 days work programme.”

She congratulated the entire team “for such outstanding work and achieving national leadership”.

Bangla Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today warned of strict action, amid violent protests, vandalism across Bengal by people protesting amended Citizenship Act.

Here is what she said:

Protest in a democratic manner

Do not take the law in your own hand

Do not block roads, railway tracks

Bangla Government will not tolerate harassment of common people

Government will prosecute those who will torch buses, throw stones at trains and vandalise public property

Soon, a green corridor will be developed in Kolkata for ambulances. The transport department, Kolkata Police, health department and State Pollution Control Board have jointly taken the initiative. Nabanna has given a green signal to the initiative. In the past we have seen the Kolkata Police have rushed a number of patients to hospitals quickly by setting up green corridors.

Under the directives of the Chief Minister, the route of the green corridor has already been outlined. It will be operationalised in the new year. A new app has also been designed for the same. In the first phase, several government hospitals will be selected on an experimental basis. Then it will be extended across the State. This will greatly reduce the risk of loss of life and anxiety of the patient’s family.

From picking up the patient from their home to reaching the hospital, the entire process will be monitored by the app. It will be installed in the phone of the driver of the ambulance, as well as at the police control room. Police will create a green corridor for the ambulance. The movement of other vehicles on that road will also be controlled. As a result, ambulances will not have to play the hooter on the road or even at the hospital.