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

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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 CM releases handbook citing state’s achievements in eight years

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Bangla Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee released a handbook on October 16, 2019. The book highlights the achievements of the State Government over the last eight years. The handbook has been named ‘Two Zero Eleven – Two Zero Nineteen’.

The book showcases how the economy of Bangla has improved, despite the slump in the national economy. From the 2.5 fold increase in GSDP to the 11 fold rise in capital expenditure, for physical infrastructure creation, or the 3.9 times decrease in revenue deficit – the handbook highlights Bangla’s performance in every sphere.

It may be mentioned, in the last eight years, the planned expenditure of Bangla has increased six fold, agriculture budget has increased by nine times, social sector spending has increased by four times, school education budget by nine times, higher education budget by six times.

Since assuming office in 2011, Mamata Banerjee has been working tirelessly to put Bangla on the course of development. The data presented in this handbook is testimony to the fact that the State is on the fast-track of development now.

“Vision 10 and Vision 20” for development in Bangla

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Drawing up “Vision 10 and Vision 20” plan for better performance and development in the next 10-20 years, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the state’s Gross Domestic Product has gone up by 2.5 times in the past eight years.

Mamata Banerjee said in 2011 when the Trinamool Congress-led government came to power in Bengal, the state GDP was Rs 4.74 lakh and in 2018 it is Rs 11.55 lakh crore. “See the jump, it is over 2.5 times. Compare the performance of the state government from 1947 when the state was divided and India got Independence and today you will find that Trinamool Congress has gone excellent work in the past eight years.”

The Chief Minister maintained that in tax revenue collection, the state government’s achievement is huge. It is Rs 65, 541 crore in 2018-19 against Rs 21,000 crore in 2011. Similarly, in capital expenditure in 2018-19, it is Rs 23, 787 crore against Rs 2,225 crore in 2011. The Bengal government’s expenditure in the physical infrastructure sector in 2018-19 is Rs 9,553 crore against Rs 1,758 crore in 2011.

She said projects like Kanyashree, Sabuj Sathi, Sabuj Shree, Utkarsh Bangla and Khadya Sathi have helped crores of people in the state. “These projects have pushed Bengal forward,” the CM maintained.

Mamata Banerjee gives away Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman 2019

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The Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman awards for 2019 were presented by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a function at Nabanna Sabhaghar today.

The list for this year is as follows: 

Highlights of the chief minister’s speech:

UNESCO is going to enlist Durga Pujo in its List of Intangible Heritage. I will be the happiest person when the whole world will say that Durga Pujo is the greatest festival of Bangla.

Though there are carnivals held in other places across the world, over the last four years, the Durga Pujo Carnival we have been organising has caught the world’s attention.

I support constructive criticism, not negative, destructive criticism. I always stand by the motto: Think Positive, Be Positive.

The Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman is given to all clubs, irrespective of whether they are big or small. As a result of rewarding the smaller clubs, now they too have started thinking innovatively in every aspect of Durga Puja.

Many unknown clubs have become famous as a result of the Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman.

The livelihoods of lakhs of people depend on Durga Pujo. Durga Pujo and the various cultural programmes surrounding it are also the reasons for people meeting each other. My sole aim is to make Bangla the best in the world.

A mother is a mother – she has no religion, caste or creed. A mother can be given respect by giving her love. When some people start speaking negatively of the people and culture of Bangla, I feel sad. Bangla is the best.

Bengalis are spread all over the world and many are famous in their respective fields. I want to see more and more Bengalis getting success in all corners of the globe.

C40 World Mayors Summit applauds Bangla’s innovative Sabujshree Scheme

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The Bangla Government has created another milestone with the Sabujshree Scheme, the latter having received an overwhelming response at the recently-held C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The mayor of Kolkata (also the State Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister) had gone to Copenhagen to accept the C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Award for the city’s environment-friendly electric public transportation project.

Sabujshree aims at planting a sapling with the birth of every child in the State. Under Sabujshree, a sapling is given to the mother of every child born in a government hospital anywhere in the State.

The saplings given to the mothers are usually of commercially viable trees like mahogany or sal. The parents are requested to nurture the tree like their own children. When the child becomes an adult, the parents are allowed to sell the tree and spend the money on the child’s education.

It is this aspect of the scheme that received widespread recognition at the conference. Mayors of several cities showed interest in how trees can become an asset to a family.

The scheme is the brainchild of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and was introduced in 2016.

Source: Millennium Post

 

No national leader should create divisions and distrust: Mamata Banerjee

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Gandhi Jayanti this year is special, being the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation. Inevitably, the day was celebrated with fervour, splendour and respect across the State.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led the special celebrations. First, she garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on Mayo Road. She then opened to the public a museum at the renovated and refurbished Gandhi Bhavan in Beleghata. In her speech, she exhorted everyone to follow the ideals of the Mahatma.

Highlights of her speech:

The holy day of Chaturthi has coincided with the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

We are inspired by the thoughts and deeds of the great leaders of our country. We remember them every moment of our lives. They may have spoken different languages, but their outlook was the same.

We are celebrating Gandhi Jayanti today across Bangla.

The day India gained Independence, Gandhiji chose to spend the historic occasion at Gandhi Bhavan in Beleghata instead of in Delhi. He had sat there appealing to people of every religion, caste and creed in the country to stop rioting and bring peace.

We have renovated Gandhi Bhavan and set up a museum in his memory there.

We are also setting up a university named after Mahatma Gandhi in Purba Medinipur district.

The area surrounding Gandhi Ghat in Barrackpore is being built as a tourist spot, and will be named ‘Utsadhara’.

Our State Government has published a book ‘Jatir Janak’ (‘Father of the Nation’) to spread the ideals of Gandhiji among students.

His ideals are also being spread among the people through various schemes for the backward classes of the State.

Today, we strengthen our pledge to move ahead in step with the three core beliefs of Gandhiji – non-violence, peace and brotherhood. We don’t need anyone else in India to lecture us on what to do for the good of the country. Such advice could only be given by someone who had the capability to become the ‘Father of the Nation’.

People like Netaji and Gandhiji are the true leaders of the nation because they led people irrespective of religion or caste. Dividing people, instigating fighting, creating trouble, shedding blood cannot be the aim of any leader of the country. These are the evils Gandhiji used to propagate against all through his life.

Gandhiji is famous and respected across the world for his non-violent and humanistic approach.

He was a great leader of the nation. His principles and vision have taught us to think of newer ways to strengthen our democracy and develop our country while taking everyone along.

Communal harmony, peace and prosperity come up again and again in Gandhiji’s teachings. It is only when we follow them and imbibe his ideals in our day-to-day lives that we would be able to pay him due respect.

Let there be more research on Mahatma Gandhi. Let more people be inspired by him. We have to move ahead in our lives following his great ideals.

Gandhi Bhavan in Kolkata to open as a full-fledged museum

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Gandhi Bhavan, the house in Beleghata, Kolkata where Mahatma Gandhi stayed for a few weeks in 1947 in an effort to quell communal tensions, has now been developed into a full-fledged museum by the Bangla Government. It would be inaugurated today to commemorate his 150th birth anniversary.

When the Mahatma stayed there, it was known as Hyderi Manzil. It was renamed Gandhi Bhavan to honour him.

The Bangla Government under the administration of Mamata Banerjee took over the building in 2018 and has fully upgraded it in an effort to raise awareness among the present generation about Gandhiji and his association with Bangla.

The museum has several divisions including:

* Rare photographs capturing Gandhiji’s life during his 1947 visit to Bangla and stay at Hyderi Manzil

* Articles used by him during the over three-week period of his stay in 1947

* Photographs and articles spanning Gandhiji’s entire life

* Items used by him in the ashram he set up at Sodepur, 10km from Beleghata, to help inmates weave clothes using the charkha

* His correspondence (letters) with people in Noakhali, in present-day Bangladesh, during the period of the turmoil in Kolkata and Noakhali

* Newspaper clippings recording the turbulent phases in Bangla’s history

* Glass case with three swords surrendered to the Mahatma by the rioters

* Audio-visual presentation with voice-over

* Frescoes depicting non-violent movements of Gandhiji on the walls of the museum

* Walls of the central hall are adorned with paintings depicting the 1947 communal violence, made by students of Visva-Bharati University

Fire license fees reduced by 92%

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The Bangla Government has announced its decision to reduce the fire license fees by about 92 per cent. This decision was announced by the Finance and Industry Minister, Dr Amit Mitra recently.

The minister said that during the administrative review meetings held across the State, small and medium-scale business-owners had been requesting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for reducing the mandatory fire license fees to make it easier for them to set up their businesses.

Mamata Banerjee kept her word, and now the fees have been reduced by approximately 92 per cent, in comparison to the last fee structure that was decided in 2017. And the reduction has been across all categories of buildings. This decision was taken after a detailed meeting with the Fire and Disaster Services Department.

There are four categories of fees:

Buildings above 14.5 metres (m) in height (including residential complexes, dharamsalas, educational institutions, art galleries, libraries and museums): Reduced from Rs 53.80 per sq m or Rs 25,000, whichever is higher, to Rs 4.35 per sq m – reduction of 91.91%

5,000 sq m buildings (hospitals, nursing homes, resorts and guest houses): Reduced from Rs 80.70 per sq m or Rs 30,000, whichever is higher, to Rs 6.52 per sq m – reduction of 91.92%

Ports, airports, terminals, shopping complexes, offices and market areas: Reduced from Rs 107.60 per sq m or Rs 50,000, whichever is higher, to Rs 8.70 per sq m – reduction of 91.91%

Hazardous buildings like godowns and warehouses: Reduced from Rs 161.40 per sq m or Rs 1 lakh, whichever is higher, to Rs 13.05 per sq m- reduction of 91.91%

Durga Pujo theme song, penned by Didi, launched

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Religion is personal but festivals are universal – this is the underlying theme of the song written by Mamata Banerjee’s theme for Suruchi Sangha Club on the occasion of Durga Pujo. This is the fifth consecutive year that she has penned the Durga Pujo theme song.

The song was released on September 28, on the occasion of the auspicious day of Mahalaya. The song is part of an album of songs, sung by Shreya Ghoshal and composed by Jeet Ganguli. A video was also published, featuring Parambrata and Nusrat Jahan, and directed by Sujit Mukherji.

Durga Pujo festival goes beyond the barriers of religion, caste or age, and is one which brings unfettered happiness in every household. The festival brings people together in a great celebration – this is the underlying message of the lyrics.

State Govt training homestay owners

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In an effort to make homestays more popular, the Bangla Government recently organised a two-day training session in Darjeeling for owners of homestays.

The State Tourism Minister inaugurated the training. He announced that such training sessions would henceforth be held two to three times a year. He also asked the homestays to register with the State Government so that they were able to get all the facilities provided by the State.

Representatives of 287 homestays from Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts participated in the training. Among the issues tackled during the training were adequate supply of drinking water, cleanliness, environment-friendly facilities (creating a plastic-free environment, etc), adequate power supply, stable Wi-Fi facilities in the rooms, transportation facilities for tourists and others.