Essential welfare services for the poor differ fundamentally from indiscriminate largesse aimed at electoral gains.

(MENAFN- Live Mint) As the West Bengal Assembly election 2026 draws closer, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has rolled out some big-ticket promises in the ₹4.06 lakh crore interim state budget aimed at ...

Several targeted initiatives by the West Bengal government headed by Mamata Banerjee has carried women from the realm of welfare to political participation and economic self-reliance.

Kolkata: With an eye on the upcoming Assembly Election in West Bengal, the Trinamul Congress government hiked the monthly financial assistance under its poll-winning women-oriented welfare scheme, ...

The Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme investment option through Post Office Gram Suraksha Yojana allows investors to build up to ₹45 lakhs with a monthly contribution of around ₹1,500. This government-backed ...

Not all government spending is equal. PRS India’s report, State of State Finances (2023-24), distinguishes between subsidies for "merit goods", like education and infrastructure, and "non-merit goods" ...

Even as the Trinamul Congress is yet to officially announce its candidates for the forthcoming Assembly elections, Siliguri Mayor Goutam Deb on Friday publicly stated that he intends to contest from ...

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The Food Safety department seized food items from four tea and sweet shops at Polo Market on Friday after detecting the use of cooking oil that exceeded the permissible limit of Total Polar Compounds ...

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has approved 1.25 lakh new applications under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme ahead of the Assembly elections. Civic officials said the beneficiaries would start ...

KOLKATA: Days after West Bengal chief minister and Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee hiked monthly aids in public welfare schemes including Lakshmir Bhandar in the interim budget with an eye ...