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West Bengal

Waterways to Success

Being a state with a great network of rivers and expansive water bodies, West Bengal boasts of one of the longest navigable waterway networks in the country, with approximately 4,593 kilometers of rivers and canals, of which 97 per cent are navigable.

Get set to pay more for app-cab ride from May

Citing the hike in fuel prices, the unions are demanding the new rates to be Rs 20 for non-AC and Rs 25 for AC cabs. Following the demand, the department has agreed to issue a fresh notification with a revised fare chart for online app-cabs by 3 May.

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.