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‘Didi Ke Bolo’ a huge hit – over 1 lakh calls to toll-free number

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The toll-free number inaugurated recently through the website, www.didikebolo.com has received a huge response. More than one lakh calls have been received in just a few days.

The number is 91370 91370. People can also send their suggestions and complaints through the website, which has provision for attaching documents as well.

More than 250 personnel have been engaged for taking the calls, who are working 24 hours a day.

Party leaders are also going door to door to listen to complaints. Wherever possible, they are providing solutions on the spot.

These new channels have been extremely successful. Many more calls are expected in the coming days and months.

Source: The Statesman

Plastic ban being implemented in various places in Bangla

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Various local administrations in Bangla are implementing ban on plastic, something which the State Government has been stressing for quite some time. In fact, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has also spoken on this issue several times in the past.

Plastic ban is in place at various parks, lakes and other spots where people congregate. Now two more major decisions have been taken by local administrations.

Digha

Digha is one of the most popular tourist spots in the State, and is being visited by more and more people from other States too.

To prevent environmental degradation through plastic and thermocol, from today (August 1), the Digha Sankarpur Development Authority is banning the use of plastic carry bags, and plates, glasses and cups made of plastic and thermocol on the beaches and adjoining areas. Anyone caught contravening the rule will be fined Rs 500.

Srabani Mela

The Srabani Mela is an annual month-long fair taking place in Tarakeswar from mid-July to mid-August. It draws lakhs of devotees, both from the State and neighbouring regions.

One of the rituals of the fair is collecting holy water from the Ganga (Hooghly River) at Nemai Tirtha Ghat in Baidyabati and carrying it for a distance of 34km to Tarakeswar Temple. There are many NGOs who set up stalls along this way for serving food and drink to the pilgrims. The plastic and thermocol plates and glasses, though, are dumped along the roads, and in drains and irrigation canals after use.

To combat this, like in Digha, the Hooghly district administration has banned the use of plastic and thermocol utensils by the NGOs. Biodegradable plates and glasses have been made mandatory. Night patrolling is also being carried out by civic volunteers along the entire stretch of the road.

‘Green’ Bangla

Led by the Chief Minister’s initiative, the Bangla Govt has been conducting a sustained drive towards a plastic-free environment. These are some of the latest efforts towards a plastic-free, environment-friendly, ‘green’ Bangla.

 

Bangla one of the top States for trade, says Australian govt report

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Bangla is one of the key States for trade and investment, says a report by the Australian government which was released at an industrial summit in Kolkata, organised by a leading business association, on July 17.

Report

The report, An India Economic Strategy to 2035: Navigating from Potential to Delivery, has identified four sectors in the State for collaboration: resource and energy (including mining equipment, technology and services), agriculture, vocational education (especially hospitality training) and healthcare, said the Australian consul-general while releasing the report.

As previously said by many other industry leaders and investors, the consul-general too said that Bangla is a gateway of investment to the entire eastern and north-eastern India, and hence has immense potential..

Highlights

The report highlights Bangla as ‘the centre of India’s mining and resources sector’, ‘India’s third largest in terms of mineral production’, ‘significant healthcare hub for eastern India’, ‘gateway to India’s north-eastern states and India’s eastern neighbours’, and ‘a strong agricultural state, including the largest producer of rice, fish, prawns and jute and major producer of tea, potatoes and pineapples’.

It also mentions Kolkata as a major urban market and one of the fastest-growing cities in India (and is being projected to be in the top 10 fastest-growing cities in Asia by 2021), Bangla being the ‘coal industry hub’, the agricultural success of the State (including the NSVA for agriculture sector being 17% and widespread irrigation), and its tourism potential.

Chief strengths, as per the report

The report mentions three current strengths of Bangla:

  • Strong growth higher than the national average, and capacity for mineral production
  • Kolkata is a significant healthcare hub for eastern India, with a large number of super-specialty hospitals and diagnostic centres
  • Digitised land records, high road and rail density and port facilities

 

Success of Mamata Banerjee’s vision

All these aspects mentioned in the report point to the widespread growth that Bangla has witnessed in so many sectors under the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

It needs to be mentioned in this connection that the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), a brainchild of the chief minister, has been one of the most successful business summits in India, with the last one in February 2019 having brought investment proposals worth Rs 2,84,288 crore for State.

 

 

 

Sources: An India Economic Strategy to 2035: Navigating from Potential to Delivery, The Statesman

 

State Govt decides to fill up more than 30,000 vacancies

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The Bangla Government has decided on a programme of recruitment to fill up more than 30,000 vacancies in various departments that have arisen over the last few years.

The government has been regular in conducting recruitments but despite that these vacancies have remained and so this new programme has been decided upon. Filling up these vacancies would enable the government to provide better services to the people.

According to the official notification brought out, there are 33,687 vacancies in groups A, B, C and D.

Of these, 18,527 are for the general category and 15,160 are reserved, of which, 7,411 are for SCs, 2,011 are for STs and 5,728 are for OBCs. Of the total number, 1,347 are reserved for the differently abled.

 

Centre not helping Bangla to complete power projects

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Despite all the big talk about cooperative federalism, the BJP-led Central Government’s vindictive attitude towards Bangla continues.

During his department’s Budget speech in the Assembly on Monday, July 8, the Power Minister said the Centre has failed to make the Katwa power project operational despite the State Government providing land for the same.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had taken initiative to arrange land for the 1,320 MW power project, but the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is yet to take any major step in this regard. Even the officers who were posted there have been withdrawn.

The minister also pointed out the Centre’s apathetic attitude towards other power projects in the State.

Despite the State Government’s writing to the Centre, the latter has not issued clearance for various coal mines, including Barjora I and II, and Deocha-Pachami, which holds one of the biggest reserves in Asia. The coal from these mines would go a long way in supporting the thermal power requirement of the State.

However, despite these unavoidable shortcomings, the minister pointed out later in reply to a question, since March 2017, the State has not hiked the price of electricity despite recommendation by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, proving the Trinamool Congress Government’s commitment to serve the people to the best of its capacity.

To compensate for the loss due to not hiking the rates, the State Government has been giving the Power Department a subsidy of Rs 1,000 crore.

Source: Millennium Post

 

Bangla ahead of many States, says Economic Survey

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Bangla is ahead of many States in the areas of employment, agriculture, women’s empowerment, school education and rural roads, according to the latest Economic Survey (for FY 2018-19).

The rate of total unemployment in the State is 4.6 per cent, and the rate of rural employment is only 3.8 per cent and of urban unemployment is 6.4 per cent.

In production of paddy, the State is already number one in the country, having produced 15 crore tonnes.

In the production of jute, Bangla is on the top again, and has increased production by 16 per cent over the previous financial year.

Another area of achievement, for which Bangla has been described in glowing terms, is empowerment of women, especially in rural areas. Through various women-centric schemes and through financial strengthening of the MSME sector, the State Government has enabled economic gains for women, which has resulted in their increased role in household decision-making.

In population reduction too, the State has found pride of place in the report, since being on course to having a population growth rate from 2011 to 2021 (when the next census would be held) of just 0.74 per cent. Anything less than 1 per cent is very good.

For the period of 2021 to 2031, the number is predicted to fall to 0.50 per cent and for the period of 2031 to 2041, to 0.14 per cent. This is another strong point for Bangla, as mentioned in the Economic Survey.

In school education, the State’s gross enrolment ratio, ratio of students to teachers in both schools as a whole and in classrooms, and dropout rate are among the best in the country.

In construction of rural roads too, Bangla is among the top States.

Therefore, despite the rants of the Opposition, Bangla under the Trinamool Congress Government has performed in a commendable manner and is contributing in a big way to the India growth story.

Source: Bartaman

 

Bangla wins first prize for the development of SC community

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Bangla has won the first prize of the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation on Tuesday for its performance for SCs for 2017-18.

“I am happy to share with all of you that National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation has awarded first prize to Bengal for excellence in performance for Scheduled Castes for the financial year 2017-18. My heartiest congratulations to all,” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote on her Twitter handle.

“Incidentally, today I had a meeting with all SC and ST MLAs of all political parties in the assembly and took stock of development activities and other works for SC, ST communities. My best wishes,” she added.

State Backward Classes Welfare Minister Rajib Banerjee said the state has won Rs 7 lakh for the award.

 

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray speaks on the delay by Centre in renaming West Bengal as Bangla

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FULL TRANSCRIPT

Sir, after the partition of Bengal in 1947, following the Act passed by the Boundary Commission, commonly known as the Radcliffe Commission, the eastern districts of Bengal formed the parts of East Pakistan, which is now the independent country known as Bangladesh, whereas the western parts stretching from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal in the south was named as West Bengal, although no geographical territory ever existed officially known as East Bengal. 

The word Bangla is believed to have been derived from ‘Banga’, a Dravidian tribe that settled in the region around 1000 BCE. Everybody knows that in our national anthem that Gurudev Tagore wrote Dravida Utkala Banga. So in July 2018, the West Bengal Legislative Assembly passed a resolution in fulfillment of a long standing demand of the people of West Bengal that the state should be renamed as ‘Bangla’ and it is still pending for the consideration of the Central Government.

Sir, the Central Government is sending advisories frequently. Within months three advisories have been sent on different issues but the Resolution which have been passed by the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is still pending for the renaming of the state. This is a question of our identity, the question of the identity of Bengali people. Why should we be called as people of West Bengal as there was no East Bengal ever in the history of India? Therefore, I would urge upon the Government of India through you Sir, to consider the Resolution of the State Legislature and to give effect to the same at the earliest possible time to restore the actual identity of Bengali people.

স্যার, এই ব্যাপারে আমি বাংলায় এক লাইন বলতে চাই আপনার অনুমতি নিয়ে যাতে আমার রাজ্যের লোকেরা অন্তত বুঝতে পারে সংসদে আমরা এই বিষয়টি তুলছি। এই নিয়ে বাঙালি জনসমাজে অনেক অসন্তোষ আছে যে কেন এখনও বাংলাকে পশ্চিমবঙ্গ হিসেবে চিহ্নিত করা হচ্ছে, কারণ পুর্ববঙ্গের কোনও অস্তিত্ব কোনও কালে ছিল না, যেটা পূর্ব পাকিস্তান ছিল আজ তা বাংলাদেশ হয়ে গেছে।

তাই স্যার, আপনার মাধ্যমে আমার সরকারের কাছে নিবেদন যে আমাদের পশ্চিমবঙ্গ বিধানসভার এই প্রস্তাবটাকে যত দ্রুত সম্ভব স্বীকার করে এই নামটা পরিবর্তন করা হোক। ধন্যবাদ স্যার। 

Bangla’s crop insurance scheme to benefit farmers

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The State Government has announced a crop insurance scheme, in collaboration with the Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC), for the 2019 kharif season. The scheme, called Bangla Shashya Bima (BSB), is applicable for farmers in 15 districts, viz., Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman, Purba Medinipur, Malda, Hooghly, Nadia, Murshidabad, Cooch Behar, Birbhum, Purulia, Dakshin Dinajpur, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas.

 The crop insurance scheme would be free of cost for the farmers since the government will pay the full premium.

 Aim of scheme: To protect farmers from natural disasters, and to ensure a steady income in case of unstable market prices.

 Insurable crops: Aman paddy, aus paddy, jute, maize

 Insurers: Concerned gram panchayat for aman paddy and concerned block administration for the other crops have been selected as the insurers

 Eligible farmers: Compulsory for all farmers taking loans (granted or applied for), and even those not taking loans can avail of the insurance

 Four stages of payment of insurance: For any losses suffered during planting, during cultivation, during the period post-cutting when crops are lying in the field, and for adverse weather situations

 Amount: As decided by the State Government, calculated per hectare

 Last date: Documents have to be submitted by August 31, 2019

Significant achievements in financial management in Bangla

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Mamata Banerjee today shared on social media some of Bangla’s significant achievements in development and financial management over the last seven and a half years.

State Plan Expenditure has increased by nearly six times – from Rs.14,615.16 crore in FY 2010-11 to Rs 85,328.53 crore in FY 2018-19.

Capital Expenditure, leading to creation of infrastructure and social assets, has increased by more than 11 times – from Rs.2,225.75 crore in FY 2010-11 to Rs 25,287.20 crore in FY 2018-19.

State’s Own Tax Revenue has increased by three times – from Rs 21,128.74 crore in FY 2010-11 to Rs 62,746.58 crore in FY 2018-19.

She also wrote that the Tax Settlement Dispute Scheme announced last year has helped in settling nearly 29,000 cases by March 31, 2019, with a revenue collection of nearly Rs 754 crore.

Here is the Facebook post: