WB CM launches Sabuj Sathi scheme in Murshidabad district

WB CM launches Sabuj Sathi scheme in Murshidabad district

Posted on December 16, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

West Bengal Chief Minister today launched the Sabuj Sathi scheme for Murshidabad district at a government programme held at Dhamua Sports Complex in Sagardighi. She also inaugurated the 500 MW third unit of the Sagardighi Power Project.

The Chief Minister inaugurated a bouquet of developmental projects for the district ranging from two super specialty hospitals at Jangipur and Sagardighi blocks, a number of health centres, government buildings, youth hostels, water supply projects to model schools and Karma Tirthas.

A number of projects like new roads, Government and school buildings, arsenic-free water supply projects were initiated by the Chief Minister by laying foundation stones. Besides, cycles of Sabuj Sathi, the Chief Minister will distribute benefits and grants including Kanyashree, Sikshashree and Kisan Credit Cards.

Highlights of her speech:

Today we have inaugurated the 3rd phase of thermal power plant at Sagardighi which has capacity of 500 MW

Fourth phase of Sagardighi power plant with 500 MW capacity will also happen soon in future

We make promises which we can fulfill. We have inaugurated two multi super speciality hospitals in Murshidabad district today

We are also inaugurating a mother and child hub in Murshidabad district. Gone are the days of load-shedding.

Bengal has become self-sufficient in power. We are developing a power bank.

Lakhs and lakhs of students in Murshidabad district will get cycles under Sabuj Sathi scheme.

Students and youths are our future. They will make us proud before the whole world.

We have made healthcare free in Bengal. Beds and medicines are free at govt hospitals.

We have unleashed a surge of development across the State. 41 new multi super speciality hospitals coming up across Bengal.

There were 6 SNCUs in Bengal till 2011. We set up 50 new units in four years.

100% schools are covered under mid-day meal scheme in this district.

We have created 25000 new beds at hospitals in the last four years.

We have set up fair price medicine shops and diagnostic centres that offer discounts up to 70% on medicines.

Procedures like dialysis can be performed at minimal cost at fair price diagnostic centres.

We are setting up 22 Kisan Mandis in Murshidabad district. Has so much work happened in this district before?

30 lakh people have received land pattas in the last four years.

We had a target of creating 50000 ponds under Jal Dharo Jal Bharo scheme. We have already created 1.3 lakh ponds.

In Swachh Bharat scheme, 3 out of top 4 districts are from Bengal.

3.2 crore out of 9 crore people in Bengal receive rice at Rs 2/kg. From 27 Jan, additional 3 crore people will get rice at Rs 3/kg

84 lakh students from minority communities & 14 lakh SC/ST students have received scholarships in the last 4 years.

30 lakh girls are registered under Kanyashree scheme. 40 lakh students will get cycles under Sabuj Sathi scheme.

500 Karma Tirthas are coming up across the State. Unemployed youths will get shops there.

Tourism is flourishing in the State. A lot of tourists are visiting Murshidabad district. We are very happy.

We want to reach people’s hearts with our developmental work.

We follow the path shown by Rabindranath, Nazrul, Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna. For us there is no difference in Maa, Mother, Ammi.

The Left Front incurred huge debt and now we are paying for their sins.

We increased our revenues from Rs 20000 Cr to Rs 41000 Cr. But Centre is taking away major share of our revenue.

Our earning is Rs 40000 Cr and Centre is taking away Rs 30000 Cr. How will we continue with our developmental work?

There can be no politics over development. I challenge the Opposition to counter me on development plank.

There are a lot of talented gold zari workers in Murshidabad. We have to promote their talent. We cannot let them go to other states.

Tyag ka naam hai Hindu, Imaan ka naam hai Musalman. Pyaar ka naam hai Isaai, Mera Bharat Mahaan.

Our motto is to work for people of all faiths. We do not discriminate among people. We will not allow divisive forces in Bengal.

We will not allow Bengal to be insulted. We will fight for our rights.

Icons of music world honoured at Bangla Sangeet Mela inauguration

Posted on December 14, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated Bangla Sangeet Mela 2015-16 at Nazrul Mancha.

Like every year, the Chief Minister felicitated a galaxy of stars from the music world with Sangeet Samman for their contribution to the field. Apart from mainstream artists, folk artists were honoured too.

A special category of awards was created named after the iconic artists who defined the golden era of music, like Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Hemanta Mukhopdhyay, Salil Chowdhury, SD Barman, Pratima Bandyopadhyay, RD Barman, Firoza Begum and others. Some of the recipients under this category were Samir Khasnabis, Rupam Islam, Dillep Roy, Dilip Das, Subhomita, Aneek Dhar and Kartik Das Baul, Subhankar Banerjee, Suparno Kanti Ghosh, Rajib Banerjee.

Bishesh Sangeet Samman was awarded to Dwijen Mukhyopadhyay, Ajoy Chakraborty and Sandhya Mukherjee. Apart from them, Shantanu Moitra was honoured with Maha Sangeet Samman along with Mohammad Aziz, Kumar Bose, Shibaji Chattopadhyay, Sriradha Bandyopadhyay, Dileep Kumar Bose and fakir Alamgir. Nachiketa was given special Sangeet Samman.

Highlights of WB CM’s speech:

We are giving opportunities to new talent so that people may know about their art.

We have felicitated loksangeet and folk artists also. We consider ourselves proud.

Sangeet Mela 2015 will be held for the next 10 days over a range of venues where 5000 artists will participate.

My Adivasi brothers from Jangalmahal are here with dhamsa-madol. We also have our baul brothers and sisters.

Artists are very close to our heart. I always listen to music. Specially when I am travelling. Music brings a breath of fresh air in our lives.

Bengal is a land of immense talent. But our artists were ignored in the past.

In the last four years we have registered thousands of folk artists who will get monthly stipend and perform at govt functions.

Artists are our assets. One day Bengal’s culture will win over the world.

From 23 December, we will have Lok Sanskriti Utsav. On 23 December, we will have a beautiful cultural function on a ‘vajra’ at Lal Dighi in BBD Bag.

We are proud for being able to give a platform to our artists. One day Bengal will become the best.

About Bangla Sangeet Mela 2015

The festival, which launches various artistes and gives chance to new talent, will be held from December 15-21, 2015 at various auditoriums and open-air grounds in different parts of the city.

Performances will be held at Rabindra Sadan, Shishir Mancha, Fanibhushan Vidya Binod Jatra Mancha, Rabindra-Okakura Bhavan, Deshapriya Park, Rabindra Sadan Mukta Mancha, Madhusudan Mukta Mancha, Mohor Kunjo, Hedua Park and Princep Memorial.

Exhibitions on Lalon Fakir, Abbasuddin and Rajanikanta Sen will be on display at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshanshala from December 15-21, 2015.

The closing ceremony, an all-night event, will be held at Rabindra Sadan on December 21.

WB Govt organises three-phased Chhatro-Yuva Utsav

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The Youth Services Dept of the West Bengal Government is organising the Chhatro-Yuva Utsav like every year. Conceptualized by the West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee, the student-youth festival received tremendous impulse even from the remote areas of Jangalmahal.

Competitions and different cultural activities will be held at three levels: blocks and boroughs, district and state level.

The three phased festival that kicked off on December 10, 2015 will first be held at block/ municipality/ corporation/ notified area and borough level, till December 15, 2015.

From December 20-23, the competitions will be held at district level and from January 2-4, 2016, competitions will be held at state level.

Goa keen to know about Bengal’s Kanyashree & e-governance schemes

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday highlighted the state’s achievement in electronic payments.

“Our unique initiatives in Bengal continue to show way to other states. Media reports that Goa is keen to know about our ‘Kanyashree’ and our e-governance in revenue management. In fact, Reserve Bank of India has appreciated our achievement of doubling tax revenue, and our use of electronic payment that can be a role model for other states,” the Chief Minister said on her Facebook page.

The Chief Minister further mentioned, “West Bengal is the first state to use the e-Kuber platform of RBI for electronic payment. More than 31 lakh transactions involving more than Rs 6000 crore was processed electronically in just October alone, giving huge pace to financial management work.”

“Bengal is ahead and striving to do even better,” the Chief Minister’s Facebook post said.

WB CM assures full support for dyslexia research in Bengal

Posted on December 12, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday assured that the state government will extend all cooperation to any organisation, national or international, working on dyslexia, in setting up centres in the state and carrying out research.

She was speaking at a seminar on dyslexia organised by Dyslexia Management Trust at International Management Institute. She was touched by the personal experiences recounted by other speakers at the occasion.

“Life poses several problems before us. But it offers solutions also. Just because someone is weak in studies does not mean that child is not good. We must take care of them, find out their problem. We have to think out of the box,” the Chief Minister said.

The Chief Minister also said that social media tools can come in handy in raising awareness about these issues.

WB CM pays rich tributes to former Speaker of Bengal Assembly

Posted on December 12, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

The West Bengal Assembly Friday unanimously adopted a resolution to pay tribute to former Speaker Hashim Abdul Halim, the longest-serving Speaker of any Legislative Assembly in the country, who passed away recently.

Speaking on the resolution in the state Assembly, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her deep condolence on Halim’s demise and extended sympathies to the bereaved family members, who were present in the House as guests.

“Halim saheb was such a personality whom everybody, cutting across party lines, admired as their friend and advisor,” she said paying her rich tributes to the former Speaker.

The Chief Minister said she had seen him from near when she went to meet him at his residence after his daughter’s death.

“Halim saheb welcomed me dearly and I will cherish that memory,” Mamata Banerjee said.

Describing Halim as a great personality and an able administrator, the CM said he would remain alive with his successes in administering office for such a long tenure.

“Some deaths are touching. Emotions make you think and conscience inspires you to work,” she said in her tribute to the departed leader.

She even suggested the Chair to bring out a special publication in the memory of the former Speaker, which was accepted by Speaker Biman Banerjee.

Recollecting her similar experiences with leaders of several other parties including former chief ministers Ajoy Mukherjee, Siddhartha Shankar Ray and Jyoti Basu, besides CPI stalwart Indrajit Gupta, Mamata Banerjee said relationship knows no barriers and leaders have to do some work going above politics.

The Chief Minister said she had discussed many important issues with these leaders including Jyoti Basu and SS Ray that could not be discussed in public.

“Secrecy needs to be maintained out of mutual respect,” the Chief Minister said.

A two-minute silence was also observed in the House as a mark of respect to the departed leader.

Bengal is being discriminated, we will say what we will have to say: WB CM

Posted on December 11, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee after returning to Kolkata from her three-day visit to Delhi said she has discussed all the major issues concerning the state with the Central government during her visit to the national capital.

“Tea, jute, flood, drought – we had talked about all issues,” the West Bengal Chief Minister said at the NSCB International Airport on her return to Kolkata.

“We will say what we will have to say. This is our right. Bengal is a state of India. But Bengal is being discriminated against,” she said.

The West Bengal Chief Minister called on Prime Minister and sought adequate Central funds for the State during her stay in Delhi. She had reiterated the issue of Central aid for the flood victims of the State.

Second phase of Shaktigarh Industrial Hub comes up in Bardhaman

Posted on December 8, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

Following the wave of development in West Bengal under the Trinamool Government, the West Bengal Small Scale Industrial Development Corporation has set up the 2^nd phase of the Shaktigarh Industrial Hub at Bardhaman.

On the other hand, sticking to the promise by the Trinamool Congress to supply every household with pipelined purified drinking water, the State Panchayat and PHE Minister Subrata Mukherjee will inaugurate a drinking water supply project at Mandalgram Bazar in Memari-II block, also in Bardhaman.

Seven mouzas will be benefited by this project covering more than 2258.70 hectares, which is being supplied by three deep tubewells.

West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee who held a review meeting for the district at Mangalkote last week had distributed thousands of cycles under the Sabuj Sathi scheme to school students. Keeping with the pace of developmental works, the two new projects will bring a ray of light to the people of the district.

Do not neglect Bengal: WB CM tells Prime Minister

Posted on December 8, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee with the Prime Minister to India today and will reiterate the demands of the State.

“Bengal should not be deprived and neglected. I raised this issue with the PM,” she said after her meeting. “No state should be neglected. We want every state to prosper. People of Bengal also should not be neglected,” she added.

The Chief Minister said, “Bengal suffered a lot due to Left rule. They incurred heavy debt. We increased our revenues but it is taken away to pay installment.”

“Earlier CMs could raise issues of their State and plan sizes were made at Planning Commission. There should be a full-fledged meet of Niti Ayog where CMs can raise issues of their States,” the CM added.

WB CM also highlighted how Bengal has been ignored in the list of heritage tourism sites by Centre. “Centre has drawn up a list of heritage tourism sites but places like Belur, Dakkhineshwar, Tarapith etc do not feature in it. Bengal is the land of Netaji. Bengal is where Tagore was born, where Ramakrishna spread spirituality. Bengal should not be neglected,” she said.

Bengal deprived of funds

West Bengal is being denied and deprived by the Centre in every sector and has not yet received the financial assistance for flood and drought relief.

The Centre has slashed funds for 37 projects and 50 schemes in the last one year. Earlier, under the ICDS scheme, the State contributed 10 per cent and the Centre 90 per cent. Now it has become the reverse.

The West Bengal Chief minister has been repeatedly asking for funds from the Centre for relief and rehabilitation of flood victims in 12 districts, but no money was received from the Centre.

The State Government had arranged for Rs 1500 crore for flood relief and Rs 3000 crore for developmental work at Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore districts which were under BRGF.

The Centre has also been slashing funds for other projects such as police modernisation and Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan. Bengal has 18,000 SSKs and 2,000 MSKs that are run by the panchayat department. For these, the Centre used to provide 65 per cent of the salary bills of 75,000 teachers engaged in the units. The Centre has now put more burdens on the State by changing the Centre-State share.

In August, the Chief Minister met the Prime Minister and demanded Rs 6,000 crore to tackle the post-flood situation in Bengal.

Flight to Delhi starts from Andal, WB CM among the first passengers

Posted on December 7, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee today left for for Delhi by taking the first ever flight from Andal to the national capital.

The Chief Minister reached Durgapur today at around 2 PM and held a meeting with the business delegation from the Asansol-Durgapur region and representatives of the Chamber of Commerce.

“My best wishes to everyone. Flights for Delhi will commence from Andal today. This move will help people in south Bengal as well as neighbouring areas in Jharkhand. Travelling to Delhi will be hassle-free now,” she said.

The Chief Minister is expected to meet the Prime Minister on Tuesday and will reiterate the demands of the State before him. The State has still been denied of its previously allotted funds as well as the promised aid for the flood situation, from the Centre.

The Andal Airport is one of the greatest achievements of the Trinamool Government as it connects the industrial zone with the rest of the country.

The West Bengal Chief Minister is expected to visit the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party Office and may pay a visit to the Parliament Central Hall as well.