West Bengal government allows PM Kisan Samman scheme. On Monday, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced that they are ready to allow the scheme of central government. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in press conference,” Generally all central schemes are done through state government. So I wanted that to happen. I called agriculture minister but he said that they want to do it directly. I understand that there is politics in it. This is year of election, so Prime minister is always speaking about Bengal. But if farmers get the benefit, then it’s good”.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee had asked Bengal chief to highlight Netaji’s contribution towards society. State government will observe a year long celebration on Netaji’s 125th Birth anniversary. Speaking on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary, Mamata Banerjee said,” We will form a commission on how the anniversary can be celebrated”.
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