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WB Govt writes to Centre to expedite renaming of state

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The West Bengal government has written to the Centre urging to expedite the process required to change the name of the state as passed in the Assembly on August 29, 2016.

It may be recalled that the West Bengal Legislative Assembly had passed the resolution of renaming the state as “Bangla” in Bengali and “Bengal” in English in the special session that was held on August 29.

A letter has been sent to the Centre requesting it to do the necessary as early as possible. The decision of the House in passing the resolution to change the name of the state will immensely benefit lakhs of students and people from all walks of life in coming days.

 

রাজ্যের নাম বদলের প্রক্রিয়াকে ত্বরান্বিত করতে কেন্দ্রকে চিঠি দিল রাজ্য সরকার

রাজ্যের নাম বদলের প্রক্রিয়াকে ত্বরান্বিত করতে কেন্দ্রকে চিঠি দিল রাজ্য সরকার। গতবছর ২৯শে অগস্ট বিধানসভায় রাজ্যের নতুন নামকরনের সিদ্ধান্ত পাশ হয়। বাংলায় নতুন নাম হবে “বাংলা”, ইংরাজি ভাষায় “Bengal” এবং হিন্দিতে ‘বাঙ্গাল’।

রাজ্য সরকারের পক্ষ থেকে কেন্দ্রকে অনুরোধ জানানো হয়েছে এই প্রক্রিয়া তাড়াতাড়ি সম্পন্ন করার জন্য যাবতীয় পদক্ষেপ গ্রহণ করতে।

এই সিদ্ধান্তটি সংসদে গৃহীত হলে লক্ষ লক্ষ পড়ুয়া ও সর্বস্তরের মানুষ উপকৃত হবেন। রাজ্যের জনগণ ও ছাত্রছাত্রীরা রাজ্যের নতুন নামকে স্বাগত জানিয়েছে।

WB Govt eases trade license rules

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The West Bengal Government, on Wednesday, eased the rules to get a trade license in an effort to weed out procedural delays. From now on, people can get a provisional certificate for a year, pending all the regulatory approvals, immediately on application.

They will have a year to get the Permanent Enlistment Certificate, which will be valid for three years. At present, that licence is valid for only a year.

The Bill proposed by Urban Development Minister Mr Firhad Hakim in the State Assembly on Wednesday was supported by the opposition. Trade licence, an essential prerequisite to trade, own a shop or office premises, is granted by the municipal bodies for a fee of Rs 2,500. This licence has to be renewed every year for a fee.

According to the earlier procedure, a person had to formally apply to the municipal department and submit updated tax receipts, owner ship documents and consent letters or tenancy certificates for rented places along with the application. Professionals had to submit another set of documents to prove that their jobs were valid. This, however, was only one aspect.

For specific trades, a different set of regulatory approvals were also needed. To run a wine or liquour shop, it required an additional police and excise approval and for import-export units, separate approvals from customs, excise and appointing authorities were required. An applicant had to wait till all of these came through.

These things are long winding and take a lot of time -anything from three to six months. However, according to the amended laws, those under Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Howrah Municipal Corporation and other municipalities in the state, can log on to the web portal (or make a formal application over-the-counter) and pay the requisite fee.

If, prima facie, their documents are in order, it will immediately lead to the issuance of provisional certificates pending the statutory approvals. These certificates are valid for only a year and permanent certificates have to be obtained within that time.

“So no one has to wait. Multiple agencies have their own procedures for verification and this may take time. In the meantime, one can ply their trade with the provisional certificates,” the Urban Development Minister said.

WB CM proposes a number of schemes for poor at the Assembly

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee asked all to join hands and work together for the development of the State while speaking at the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. She also said that the Trinamool Congress members will lay down their lives but not let divisive force to set foot in Bengal and create communal tension. “Trinamool Congress workers will give up their lives but will not allow these divisive forces to set foot in Bengal. This is our pledge. Our party symbol is twin flowers,” the West Bengal Chief Minister said.

Regarding, the financial crisis of the State, the Chief Minister elaborated that she has written to the Prime Minister re-stressing for a special package for West Bengal. “The devolution of more Central Grants from 32% to 42% comes with a footnote, it clubs nearly seven central projects which was already there. So it’s a misnomer really. West Bengal is unique in that case, where a significant part of our revenue is spent on debt servicing. It is imperative that this demand (to grant a special status) is met. From the UPA-2 regime to NDA we’ve only got assurances in this regard,” the Chief Minister said.

The Chief Minister laid down a proposal for the workers of the closed tea gardens. She said that a fund of Rs 100 crore may be formed for their welfare. She also proposed that the Kendu leave collectors may be registered with Social Security Scheme.

The Chief Minister also laid down statistics which proved that the State was in a much better position compared to others regarding crime against women.

The West Bengal Chief Minister also announced that the Furfura Sharif Development Council is being set up with the Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim as one of the heads.

The Chief invited the members of the Opposition Party members to join a delegation that will meet the Prime Minister and place the demands of the State for immediate relief from the debt burden, so that growth and development efforts continue unhindered.

British House of Lords delegation meets WB CM

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A delegation of British parliamentarians today called on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, besides having an interaction with Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee and members of the state Legislative Assembly to strengthen links between Indian and British legislators.

The 10-member British delegation, consisting of members from the House of Lords and the House of Commons and led by Baroness D’Souza, the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, began its visit to the city with an interactive session with elected representatives from the Legislative Assembly.

The Chief Minister later said in a Facebook post that she received a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Delegation of eight UK MPs representing various political parties and officials led by Baroness D’Souza CMG, Lord Speaker, at the state secretariat Nabanna.

“We had a very useful discussion on a wide range of topics. They wanted to know about the priorities of the state government like empowerment of women, paid maternity leave for women employees, reservation of seats for women in local bodies and urban and rural development initiatives,” she said.

“The delegation expressed keen interest about our ‘Kanyashree’ scheme. I am so happy that the scheme for our girl child has generated so much interest all over the world,” the CM said, adding, “They also wanted to know about the constraints we face in carrying out development work.”

“I mentioned to them about the legacy of huge debt left over by the previous government and our repayment burden as the major hurdle to development work and how hard we are working to overcome this obstacle,” Ms Banerjee said.

Here is what the West Bengal Chief Minister tweeted: