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West Bengal

Welfare Economics

Ms Bhattacharya’s Rs 3.21 lakh crore budget is riveted to continuing the welfare schemes, even extending them to cover a wider net. Specifically, priority has been accorded to ensure social safety for the poorest of the poor in West Bengal. After all, the state has been on the cusp of poverty for as long as it has.

Time to pause

It bears recall that at the Glasgow climate summit last November, all countries, including India, had agreed to the procedure of coal phase-down chiefly to curb global emissions and warming. Green activists wonder whether the detailed project report and the assessment report on the environmental impact have been prepared. They say work on the project has started without such crucial assessments.

Emphatic victory

As she savours the triumph, Mamata Banerjee has been notably gracious ~ “Me and my party are yet again in boundless gratitude to the people. Celebrate these victories in peace, without getting trapped in provocation of any sort.” The BJP has been routed, most importantly in urban centres where it had performed well during the Assembly elections last summer.

Sandhya Mukherjee – the voice of Bengali romantic heart

Later she got Ustad Bade Golam Ali Khan and his son Ustad Manwar Ali Khan as her Guru (Teacher). The experts have always said that though Mukherjee has sung numerous songs for films but she never ignored Indian Classical Music. The Indian classical Music and Modern Bengali Songs melted in her.