An interim budget was presented in the Bengal Legislative Assembly on Friday in Bengal. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee presented the interim budget in the Assembly due to deteriorating health of Finance Minister Amit Mitra.
How much budget was released for which department
Agriculture: 7125 crores, agricultural marketing: 391.93 crores, food and supplies: 9693.17 crores, food processing industries and horticulture: 220.89 crores, animal resource development: 1221.43 crores, fisheries: 426.58 crores, panchayats and rural development: 23983.27 crores, irrigation: 3647.03 Crore, Water resources investigation and development: 1467.29 crore, Cooperative: 516.06 crore, Forest: 901.58 crore, Health and family welfare: 12,561.19 crore, School education: 35333.53 crore, Higher education: 4893.05 crore, Technical education: 1284.80 crore, Sports: 727.97 Crores, Information and Culture: 804.83 Crores, Public Health Engineering: 3579.57 Crores, Transport: 1737.05 Crores, Land and Land Reforms: 1417.28 Crores, Electricity: 2598.66 Crores, Urban Development: 12446.22 Crores, Housing: 270.31 Crores, Women and Child Development: 6046.99 crore, Minority case: 464.17 crore, Backward class welfare: 2171.78 crore, Tribal development: 1068.38, Labor: 1093.16 crore,North Bengal Development: 776.51, Sundarbans Case: 573.53, Home and Hill Matters: 11523.45 Crores, Disaster Management: 1605.50 Crores, Fire Fighting: 435.33 Crores, Improvement Homes: 337.34 Crores, Industry & Commerce: 1291.91 Crores, Tourism: 457.38 Crores, IT: 183.51 crore, Environment: 97.46 crore, Science and Technology: 70.11 crore
Highlights of budget
– Bengal’s gross state domestic product increased by 2.7 times
State Plan expenditure increased 7.2 times
100 new English medium schools will be opened for scheduled castes / tribes and the poor.
500 new schools with unique language will be opened and 1500 para teachers will be appointed there
Announcement of opening of 100 new schools in Nepali, Hindi, Urdu, Kamatapuri and Kurmali languages
100 new schools to be opened in Chai Bagan areas.
50 crore grant to government aided madrasas
20 lakh houses to be constructed for scheduled castes / tribes
10 million new volunteer groups to be formed under the Matr Vandana scheme
About 45 lakh migrant laborers will be given a lump sum grant of Rs 1,000 under the ‘Uniform Social Security Scheme’.
– Azad Hind Memorial to be constructed in Newtown on 150th birth anniversary of Netaji
Jai Hind Bhavan will be constructed in Harike district
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Netaji battalion will be formed in Kolkata Police
Netaji State Planning Commission will be formed
Free ration allocation will continue even after June, 2021
Health partner scheme will continue,
Dual Government and Padaya Samadhan Projects will be held twice a year.
Special training centers will be opened for IAS and IPS.
– Three percent increase in the salary of para teachers.
– Construction of new rural roads up to 46,000 km.
-The bridge connecting Nandigram and Haldia will be constructed on Haldi river
Four lane road between Kolkata and Bamboo will be constructed
Five km flyover between Tala and Dunlop to be built on Kolkata’s BT Road
-West Bengal Highway and Bridge Corporation to be formed
