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Mamata Banerjee’s books are bestsellers at Kolkata Book Fair

Posted on January 31, 2020 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s books emerged as top sellers on the first day of 44th Kolkata International Book Fair.

Thirteen books written by Banerjee—six in Bengali, six in English and one in Urdu—were released on the day of inauguration.

Of these, the most talked about and preferred one among the book lovers is Why We Are Saying No CAA No NRC No NPR.

It might be mentioned that with 13 of her books unveiled at the book fair that began on Tuesday, the number of her publications has now gone up to 101.

All her books are now available at the Jago Bangla stall at the ongoing book fair in Central Park.

Cyclone Bulbul: Mamata Banerjee monitors situation all night from Nabanna

Posted on November 10, 2019 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

Bangla Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee herself monitored the preventive measures being taken from the control room at Nabanna. She was present at the State Secretariat all night. The State administration had taken all measures to tackle any contingency in view of Cyclone Bulbul.

She had earlier appealed to citizens to maintain calm and not to panic. “Cyclone Bulbul is about to pass through Bengal. Our state administration is closely monitoring the situation 24×7. We are taking all measures to tackle any contingency. Special Control Rooms have been set up and NDRF-SDRF teams are deployed,” Mamata Banerjee said in a tweet.

Schools, colleges and anganwadi centres have been closed and more than 1.2 lakh people have already been rescued from the vulnerable coastal areas, she added.

From declassification of Netaji files to Subhas Utsab – Bangla Govt keeping the legacy of Netaji alive

Posted on October 21, 2019 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

On September 18, 2015, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had released all the 64 classified files related to Netaji, which were in the possession of the Kolkata Police and the West Bengal Police. The files are being kept at the Kolkata Police Museum on APC Road.

Not only that, Mamata Banerjee has been exhorting the Centre and many foreign countries as well to release all secret files related to Netaji.

The CM had also announced the State Government’s decision to digitise these files. In the future the government plans to declassify files of the post-independence era too, the chief minister had said.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose continues to inspire all of us.

On January 15, 2016, the Chief Minister had inaugurated a plaque, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the ‘Great Escape’, as the great leader’s escape in 1941 from house arrest (in Netaji Bhawan) is called, and a statue of Netaji at Netaji Bhawan.

Bangla Govt to implement social security scheme for journalists

Posted on October 21, 2019 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

The Bangla Government plans to provide financial assistance to journalists through the West Bengal Journalists’ Social Security Scheme, 2019, which is to be implemented soon.

In a statement earlier, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced that, under the social security scheme, the State Government would provide journalists (below the age of 60) Rs 10,000 per month if they lost their job, a compensation of Rs 2 lakh in the case of death due to accident and Rs 50,000 in the case of injuries caused by accidents to family members.

Journalists working with any media house for at least the last five years are eligible for the scheme. The selection process will be undertaken by a screening committee under the jurisdiction of the Information and Cultural Affairs Department.

Source: Millennium Post

Bangla CM announces irrigation scheme, Jalashree, along with other projects

Posted on August 27, 2019 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a new scheme for irrigation called Jalashree, while reviewing projects of Purba Bardhaman district during the administrative review meeting held there on August 26.

The idea behind Jalashree is to coordinate irrigation projects involving canals, wetlands and rivers so as to give effective relief to people during periods of drought.

Flood relief, combating lightning, preventing dengue, improving housing

At the meeting, the Chief Minister also announced several other projects for the district.

A State-wide World Bank-aided scheme worth Rs 2,800 crore is being implemented for building canals and check dams, in order to help in agriculture and irrigation, and also fight floods. Work worth Rs 560 crore has begun in Purba Bardhaman.

The Chief Minister advised the administration to plant coconut trees to deal with lighting, involving workers under the 100 Days’ Work Scheme, right from harvesting seeds in nurseries to planting and maintaining the trees.

She also asked the district administration to culture more guppy fish to combat dengue as the latter can eat up the larvae of dengue-causing mosquitoes. Awareness about dengue must also be increased, she said.

Another announcement that the chief minister made was that 8.30 lakh houses would be built all over the State under the Bangla Awas Yojana.

Bangla Government honouring the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi

Posted on January 30, 2019 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

January 30 is the death anniversary of the ‘Father of the Nation’, Mahatma Gandhi. His connection with Bangla had always been spiritual. The Bangla Government observes Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary on October 2 and his death anniversary on January 30, with due honour every year.

When India gained independence in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi had been residing in Gandhi Bhavan in Beliaghata, Kolkata. At present, Gandhi Bhavan also comprises a museum which showcases the charkha (spinning wheel) which he used when he resided here. Rare pictures of the Mahatma can also be found hung across the museum walls.

On the occasion of his death anniversary, here are some highlights of the Bangla Government’s tributary efforts towards Mahatma Gandhi:

This year’s Republic Day tableau depicted the time Gandhi ii spent in Bangla along with the great poet Rabindranath Tagore. The tableau depicted a picture of ‘Shyamoli’, the house where he lived in Santiniketan, and other imagery related to this phase of his life. The whole concept was conceived by Mamata Banerjee.
Mahatma Gandhi spent a considerable amount of time in this house in Beliaghata. The chief minister had launched the restoration work of the Gandhi Bhavan and the museum, worth Rs 3.5 crore, on the occasion of his birth anniversary on October 2, 2018.
The Bangla Government has set up a committee to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The chief minister is the chairperson of this 46-member committee, the first meeting of which was held on April 23, 2018.
Mamata Banerjee has also laid the foundation stone of a university named after Mahatma Gandhi in Tamluk in Purba Medinipur district.
Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary is observed as Sampriti Dibas across Bengal.
The State Government has introduced a scholarship scheme called ‘Medhabi Bhata’ and also designated a chair under his name in Calcutta University.
Apart from these, mention must also be made of a book due to be published by the Bangla Government containing all of Gandhi ji’s speeches, which will be released under the name, Father of the Nation.

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Bangla CM slams BJP’s politics of hate and discrimination

Posted on January 28, 2019 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

Bangla Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today slammed the BJP for its politics of hate and discrimination. She was speaking at the Khelashree award ceremony. She said an atmosphere of fear prevailed in the country. CBI is hounding anyone who criticizes the BJP.

She also said that sting operations are being organised for money. From computers to internet, mobile phones to banks, even the privacy of people was under attack, she commented.

Highlights of her speech:

Industry is suffering due to GST and demonetisation. Sports and cultural fields are the biggest sufferers due to lack of sponsorship.

They are creating hurdles if someone wants to help the clubs. CBI is hounding them. People are afraid.

Do not be alarmed. Law will take its own course. They want to use state machinery for their political gain; this cannot be allowed.

They are spending money to conduct sting operations. They are recording personal conversations of friends, married couples, journalists, judges, industrialists.

From computers to internet, mobile phones to banks, even the privacy of people was under attack, she commented.

We organise Durga Puja, Christmas, Eid, Buddha Purnima. We all participate in festivities. This is our pride.

In Bangla, even if we have to starve, we will share our food with others. We want our youths to conquer the world. They are our pride.

We love our country and we will not allow anyone to divide it.

Someone’s surname cannot become their identity.

We believe in the ideology of Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Netaji. We believe in the philosophy of Rabindranath and Nazrul. We believe in unity and harmony.

Does anyone ever ask whether Gandhiji was Gujarati or Bengali? No. Gandhiji was Gandhiji. Someone who takes everyone along can become the leader of the nation.

This country is our pride. Bangla’s soil is the purest. Where else can you find soil enriched with such purity? This soil taught us the meaning of freedom. This soil taught us about the renaissance. We must maintain the dignity of this land.

Let the new generation come forward. Even Swami Vivekananda used to say that playing football is an easier way to reach God instead of reading the Gita. Sports promote an environment of harmony and culture.

The Indian Cricket team has seen the captaincy of Md Azharuddin as well as Sourav Ganguly. Have we ever questioned whether they are Bengali or Hindu or Muslim? We work together in harmony.

Those who are the citizens of this country cannot be called foreigners. We are all citizens of this country. We vote; we all hold bank accounts. If one cannot provide their birth certificate of their parents, are they not citizens of the country? This is what is happening in the country. New agendas are being chalked up to discriminate against the people.

To become a citizen (as per the new Bill), one must be considered as a foreigner for the first six years; only then can one receive citizenship. This is the provision. These are election tactics, don’t believe them. Till the time we are alive we cannot be intimidated with such tactics.

If something happens to one person, another will stand up for him/her. People’s court is the highest court. Let everyone live in peace.

NKDA to set up a system for segregation of garbage at source

Posted on January 28, 2019 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

As a part of the Clean City Green City mission initiated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Newtown Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has decided to segregate the garbage collected from different places in Newtown at their sources.

Senior officials of the agency will meet the firms that undertake recycling work, to discuss the matter.

There is also a proposal for big housing complexes to do their own composting and the NKDA authorities will sit in meetings with them to discuss the issue.

In the Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA), there is already a composting machine and another one has been installed in Newtown. Both the machines are doing composting on an experimental basis. Manure from the compost will be used for rooftop gardening and rooftop urban farming.

Source: Millennium Post

State Govt comes up with Energy Action Plan

Posted on January 27, 2019 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

Bangla has seen a rapid growth in electricity consumption, both industrial and domestic. This is the result of the Trinamool Congress Government’s push, under the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, towards excellence of Bangla in all matters.

As per the government’s calculations, this is only expected to rise. To cope with that and in line with the current stress on non-conventional energy across the world because of environmental issues, the State Electricity Department has come up with an ‘Energy Action Plan’.

This is the first time that a State Government has decided to come up with a policy dedicated to exploring unknown areas on how power can be generated from unconventional sources. Power generation from non-conventional sources (also called renewable sources) like sun, wind, tides, etc. reduces emission.

This is also in line with India’s declaration at the 2015 Paris Convention that it would achieve 40 per cent power generation through renewable sources by 2030.

A senior official of the department said through the development of the ‘Energy Action Plan, the department aims to produce the best quality electricity, at par with the Western countries, in the next two to three years.

In the future, there will be a paradigm shift from conventional energy to renewable energy, and hence the government is taking all necessary steps to make the whole process more sustainable, said the official.

Stressing on the generation of hydroelectricity, the Bangla Government has taken up a number of new initiatives. Several hydroelectric projects are coming up on the Teesta River, namely Teesta-I, Teesta-II, Teesta-V, Teesta Intermediate State and Rammam Stage-I (on the Rammam River, a tributary of the Teesta) in Darjeeling, each having a capacity of 80 to 84 megawatts (MW).

In the solar energy sector, Bangla has already seen a great deal of improvement. To this end, solar panels have been set up on the rooftops of various government buildings, schools, colleges and other offices by the Power Department.

The government is also firming up plans for electricity generation from tidal energy and wind energy.

The main challenge is putting the energy produced from renewable sources into the grid. Unless the energy is supplied into the grid, the utilisation of power on a large scale cannot be possible. The Energy Action Plan would enable solutions to this issue.

In the renewable energy sector, according to another senior official of the State Power Department, Bangla has produced around 71 gigawatts (GW), and the department has set a target of reaching 175GW in the next two years.

He also said that with the increase in the demand for power in the State, hundreds of substations have been constructed in the past few years. In the last one year alone, 10 extra high voltage (EHV) substations have been constructed. Many 220 kV substations are also coming up.

Source: Millennium Post

Anti-fraud cell to protect cooperative banks

Posted on November 21, 2018 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

The State Government is coming up with an anti-fraud cell headed by a judicial magistrate to check incidents of fraud at cooperative banks across the State.

This was stated by the Cooperation Minister in the State Assembly on Monday, November 19.

He said that during the Left Front regime many cooperative banks were involved in financial irregularities. The Trinamool Congress Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has been taking various preventive measures in this regard.

Referring to the FRDI Bill, he said, “This Bill is destructive. The savings of common people are no longer secure in banks. People will face economic insecurity. We must strengthen the protests against FRDI Bill.”

Later in the day, the minister told the Assembly, “In the current fiscal the cooperative banks have disbursed short-term loans worth Rs 5713.27 crore and long-term loans worth Rs 230.34 crore. That apart, more than one lakh families have been given Rs 180 crore for animal rearing. More funds will be allocated for the same.”

Source: Millennium Post