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WB CM slams Centre for not releasing funds for Bengal

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Mamata Banerjee once again slammed the Central government for not releasing funds for 37 schemes which was creating much hardship for the Bengal government and at the same time asked officials to complete all projects within three months.

WB CM was speaking to the media after a meeting with the senior bureaucrats at Town Hall and thanked them for their service to make the recent festival a major success.

She asked officials to go for an overdrive for completion of the projects for which the foundation stones had been laid. She warned if the declared projects were not started it should be started immediately.

The Chief Minister had slammed the Centre’s decision to withdraw funding for projects like ICDS, SSA, BRGF.

The CM said that the state government was performing better than the Centre and hit out at the Centre for not releasing any funds for the flood affected districts of Bengal.

WB CM’s stern message to tea garden owners over workers’ rights

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In a stern message to the owners of closed tea gardens in Dooars area, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the state government would take over if they cannot run the gardens.

“If you have tea garden and if you can’t run them, tell us. The state government will take over or we will give it to someone else,” the Chief Minister said at a public rally in Alipurduar. “If you can’t run the gardens, don’t betray the workers,” she added.

The Chief Minister said that payment of provident fund is compulsory and non-payment of it is a criminal offence. She said she had ordered resumption of drinking water and electricity supply to the closed tea gardens.

The state government has ordered a CID probe into the alleged non-payment of wages to workers at the Bagrakot tea garden of Duncan Industries in north Bengal.

No political gain can be achieved by disturbances: WB CM

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Condemning incidents of encroaching on freedom of individuals, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said no political gain can be achieved by creating instability and such elements don’t want development of the country.

“What a person should eat or what he should wear, what he should sing … are all matters of his freedom, independent choice. Everyone in this country has the equal right to profess things of his choice,” the Trinamool Congress Chairperson told reporters at the city airport in Kolkata.

Replying to queries on alleged incidents of creating disturbance and encroaching on individual freedom, Banerjee said she condemned them. The concept of ‘Bharat’ remained within unity in diversity and that was the country’s core strength, she said.

Asserting that West Bengal always stood for unity and amity among all sections of people, the CM said, “If anyone is trying to foment trouble (in the country) that is not the right thing.”

She added, “Had there been the issue of development before them (such elements) they won’t have resorted to such tactics.”

Mamata Banerjee condemns Delhi Police raid at Kerala House, Delhi

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday condemned the Delhi Police action at state-owned Kerala House in Delhi over beef served at its canteen and said that it was an unwise and unhealthy attempt to curb fundamental rights of the people.

“I strongly condemn what happened in Delhi at Kerala Bhavan. An unwise and unhealthy attempt to curb fundamental rights of people. Intolerance,” she tweeted.

This is what she tweeted:

CM invites captains of industry to invest in Bengal

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the negative publicity of the state was probably due to poor financial status of her party Trinamool Congress.

“There is negative publicity about the state despite its progress on all fronts. This may be due to the fact that we are poorest of the poor party,” she said at the CII National Council meet here.

She said, “This is a democratic right (for those who say it) and I can’t challenge that.”

Inviting the captains of Indian industry who converged here at the CII meet here, the chief minister’s narrative ranged from progress on economic parameters to increased industrial investments taking place in the state.

“Land is available with us in the land bank which is being used to provide for new cities and industrial parks,” she said.

No forcible acquisition of land

The Chief Minister said that she was against taking away land forcibly from farmers and advocated that the input should be purchased directly.

“It is our policy not to bulldoze or evict farmers or forcibly buy land from them.We have a land bank of 7,400 acres spread from Asansol to Kalyani. We also have land in Raghunathpur, Kharagpur and Panagarh. I know there is some issue with the land ceiling which doesn’t allow a person to keep land above 24 acres. But if you have a large parcel of land, you can form a group of three or four or more and keep the land,“ she said.

Helpline number for industry

Companies like SAIL, DVC and NTPC were investing in West Bengal, she said and welcomed investments to the state.

She gave the helpline number saying that any problem faced would be sorted out by just giving her a call.

She also invited the CII members to attend the global business meet to be held here in January.

Praise from captains of industry

The Chief Minister got local impetus when city businessmen Sanjeev Goenka and Y C Deveshwar praised the ease of doing business here.

Godrej Group chairman Adi Godrej said: “Land is no longer an issue now. The CM is trying her best. I believe things have started moving in the state.“ Apollo Hospitals vicepresident Shobana Kamineni also appreciated the move.

“We had a very good interaction with her,“ she said. Sanjiv Goenka, too, added that the interaction with the CM was “very inspiring“.

President designate of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Noushad Forbes held that things are “now moving in Bengal.“

WB Govt declassifies state cabinet files of 1938-47 era

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After the declassification of Netaji files, Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal government today made public, the files of the cabinet meetings that were held during 1938-47, which was the crucial pre-independence era.

Reiterating the fact that she believes in transparency, the Chief Minister said: “Just talking about Digital India is not enough. It must be followed by action. Digitisation of files is one such step taken by us. We hope the stand taken by our government regarding declassification of files will be adopted by other governments also.”

A total of 401 files have been declassified today and in future the government plans to declassify files of post-independence era, WB CM said.

“In this age of internet and social media, we believe in transparency. That is why we declassified files. People must know the truth,” she added.

WB CM tweeted:

Bengal shines at SKOCH Awards for smart governance

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Fair Price Medicine Shops and CCU in districts of West Bengal have been ranked best project in the country in the health sector and were honoured with the prestigious SKOCH Award of Excellence.

Also, Bengal is on the top spot nationally in Finance and amongst the top three states in Agriculture and Rural Development and Governance.

Kanyashree, e-Governance project of KMC, web-based integrated monitoring system of panchayat bodies and GRIPS of the Directorate of Commercial Taxes are also among the winners.

Overall, the award authorities have adjudged Bengal as the state with maximum improvement in performance during last one year.

Reacting to the honour for Bengal in various sectors, West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee wrote on her social media pages: “Hearty congratulations and best wishes to my entire ‘Paschimbanga Paribar’.”

After Netaji files, WB Govt to digitise 1938-47 Cabinet files

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After the Netaji files, West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday indicated that the Bengal government would make public next week the minutes of the cabinet meetings from 1938-47 — the crucial pre-Independence decade.

Ruing that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s contribution and legacy haven’t been assessed properly, Mamata Banerjee told the state assembly that the Centre should follow the state’s example and open up the files it has on the freedom fighter.

“We have declassified 64 Netaji files. The immense contribution of Netaji has not been evaluated properly. We feel that the Centre should follow us and declassify the files,” the Chief Minister said.

She added that her government would also digitise files of cabinet decisions taken by the British administration between 1937 and 1947.

Here’s what the Chief Minister tweeted:

Kolkata Police performing their duty diligently: WB CM

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday lauded the Kolkata Police for their “good performance” saying the force was carrying out their duties quite diligently.

Mamata Banerjee, also the Police Minister, was speaking at the Investiture Ceremony of the Kolkata Police held at the Netaji Indoor Stadium this evening.

She said earlier the forces’ job was limited to arresting, which nowadays has expanded beyond many things starting from managing crowds during the Durga Pujas to being present at sporting events and entertainment programmes, besides looking after regular law and order of the city.

“With changing time and lifestyle, crime has also changed its character adding to the duties of the police personnel. They are doing a very good job and we must give them their proper recognition,” she said.

WB CM inaugurated the new Santiniketan Police Station in Birbhum district at the programme and said in the last four years of her government in the state, 91 new police stations have been set up out of which 21 came up in the Kolkata Police limits.

“We have set up 30 women police stations and ten more have been sanctioned today… So there will be 40 women police stations. We have set up eight coastal police stations and five police stations for cyber crime. We have also set up 88 fast track courts, including 45 courts for women and 19 human rights court,” the Chief Minister said.

Netaji files declassification: Bose family members thank WB CM

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The members of the family of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose burst into a round of applause when chief minister Mamata Banerjee demanded the declassification of the 130 Netaji related files that are in the custody of the Union government.

All the family members burst into an ecstatic outburst after the Bengal chief minister demanded that “truth must come out as the entire nation is eagerly waiting to hear the truth”.

Netaji’s family members could not suppress their joy after Mamata Banerjee stressed on the declassification of the 130 secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose by the Centre.

The Netaji family members were eager to know the fate of Netaji as soon as the files were opened for public viewing.

“The state government has made all the files that were with them public. Now, it is the Centre’s turn to let us know about the contents of the 130 files because they may well reveal the truth behind Netaji’s disappearance,” Krishna Bose said.