West bengal
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May 2024
Muslim communities given OBC certificates
41 Muslim Communities have been given OBC Certificate by Mamata govt which enabled them to get priority in Govt jobs – Calcutta High Court
June 2024
A Muslim - Chairman of Tarkeshwar Mandir
Mamata Banerjee appoints a Muslim as Chairman of great Tarkeshwar Mandir, West Bengal.
February 2025
Slashed reservation of OBC by including muslims under it
- Earlier, Mamta Banerjee unilaterally slashed reservations under the OBC sub quota and arbitrarily included muslims, denying OBCs their rightful dues. The Calcutta High court struck it down and now it is being heard in Supreme court.
KMCP school cancelled the Vishkarma Pooja
- An earlier notice in Hindi-medium KMCP schools cancelled a break for Vishwakarma Puja in compensation for extending the Eid-ul-Fitar holiday.
- the Kolkata civic body later clarified that the notice was issued without the authority's permission. A corrigendum was issued immediately cancelling the original memorandum that had typographical mistakes.
- It further said that the matter has been taken seriously, and "necessary action" is being initiated against the officer behind the matter. India Today
Spending 5,602.29 crore for Minorities
Spending for the year 2025 - 2026: MSME - 1,228.78 crores Non Conventional and Renewable Energy Resources - 82.65 crores North Bengal Development - 866.26 crores X
January 2026
Interim budget - ₹4.06 lakh crores
Rs 4.06 lakh crore interim budget for the financial year 2026-27
- Focus on women and unemployed youth
Hike in Lakshmi Bhandar scheme
- Lakshmi Bhandar scheme hiked the monthly grant for women by ₹500 for both categories, available from February, 2026.
- Provides monthly assistant of ₹1000 for the general and ₹1200 rupees for the reserved category women.
- Additional allocation of ₹1500 crores
- Add 20.6 to lakh womens as beneficiaries
- Currently has 2.21 crore members as beneficiaries
- BJP claimed to provide monthly aid of ₹3000 under the scheme if voted to power
New scheme for unemployed youth
- Banglar Yuba Sathi to extend unemployment aid of ₹1500 to youth in 21 to 40 age group.
- ₹5000 crore has been allocated
- To be rolled out from August 15 which means will be implemented only when TMC returns to power
Additional allocation for increasing salaries
- Additional allocation of ₹1000 crore to increase the salary of 1.25 lakhs civic and village police personal by ₹1000.
- ₹100 crore to increase the salary of asha worker
- ₹250 crore to increase the salary of Anganwadi workers
- ₹100 crores to increase the salary of para teachers
Revenue deficit to be narrowed
Despite the highest pending it is projected the revenue deficit will narrow to ₹21,759.34 crore in 2026-27 from the revised to ₹41,164.05 crore in the current fiscal.
- ₹41,164.05 crore (2025-26) —> ₹21,759.34 crore (2026-27)
Model Code of Conduct from February 14th
After the publication of the final voter list on February 14th the model code of conduct will be enforced under The MCC the government cannot increase the financial benefits.
