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The West Bengal government headed by Mamata Banerjee has 40 ministers. Among them, 11 are Ministers of State holding independent charge, 8 are junior ministers and 21 are senior ministers. Among them, 11 are Ministers of State holding independent charge, 8 are junior ministers and 21 are senior ministers.
The State Emblem of India. West Bengal has come under President's rule on four occasions, all between 1968 and 1977. With over 23 years in office, Jyoti Basu of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is India's third longest-serving chief minister. Basu's successor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who served for over 10 years.
In West Bengal's North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, and Purba Medinipur districts, 50 multipurpose cyclone shelters are to be built, with a budget of Rs. 138.65 crore approved from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. After construction was finished, the 50 cyclone shelters were turned over to the West Bengal state government and local ...
The Nandigram violence was an incident in Nandigram, West Bengal where, under the orders of the Left Front government, more than 4,000 heavily armed police stormed the Nandigram area with the aim of stamping out protests against the West Bengal government's plans to expropriate 10,000 acres (40 km 2) of land for a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to ...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that ₹ 5 lakh (US$6,000) in compensation would be paid to the families of passengers from West Bengal who had been killed, ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) to those who had been critically injured, and ₹50,000 to those with minor injuries. Excavators clearing the tracks two days after the event
Amit Mitra. Dr. Amit Mitra is an Indian economist and politician and the current Special Advisor to Chief Minister of West Bengal on Finance. Previously he was the Finance, Commerce & Industries Minister of the government of Indian state of West Bengal. He was the incumbent MLA in the West Bengal state assembly from the Khardaha state assembly ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting after the aerial survey of the Cyclone Amphan affected areas of West Bengal, in Basirhat on May 22, 2020. On 22 May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted an aerial survey over Kolkata, along with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Modi announced a ₹10 billion (US$132 million) immediate relief ...
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly ( IAST: Paścima Baṃga Vidhāna Sabhā) is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the B. B. D. Bagh area of Kolkata, the capital of the state. Members of the Legislative assembly are directly elected by the people. The legislative assembly comprises 294 Members of ...