Bengal Budget

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged the BJP-led central government to withdraw GST on life and medical insurance premiums, saying that it adversely affects people's ability to take care of their vital needs.

Deviating from the stand taken by her counterparts belonging to other parties in the INDIA alliance, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she will attend the Niti Aayog on Saturday because it is in the interest of her state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on Congress using West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks on differences in the INDIA bloc over seat-sharing.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said she would skip the meeting of the 'one nation one election' committee in New Delhi on Tuesday, citing engagements related to the upcoming state budget.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit New Delhi on Monday after attending the inaugural day of the state budget session to attend the meeting of the 'one nation one election' committee slated for February 6.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday called the interim budget the "antim" (last) budget of the BJP-led central government, indicating that the party will taste defeat in the Lok Sabha polls this year.

Based on the FY24 first budget estimates, the top three states are Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana, and the bottom three states are Bengal, Punjab and Kerala.

Nine states, including Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal, have withdrawn general consent to the CBI to probe cases, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said today.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she would stage a two-day sit-in demonstration in Kolkata from March 29 to protest the BJP-led Union government's alleged discriminative behaviour towards the eastern state.

The Bengal budget has brought good news to government employees, with the state government announcing a 3 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance, which had become a hot political issue.

Ahead of panchayat elections, the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government on Wednesday presented a Rs 3.39-lakh crore budget for 2023-24, focusing on farmers, an ailing tea sector.

Budget 2023: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a fierce critic of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, today slammed the union budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, saying she could have made it in half an hour.

Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today took a dig at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying she has applauded disorder in the House on the inaugural day of the budget session when he had to cut short his inaugural speech and table it instead.

BJP lawmakers Sudip Mukhopadhyay and Mihir Goswami were on Wednesday suspended from attending the West Bengal assembly for the rest of the budget session for creating disturbances in the House during Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's inaugural speech.

The West Bengal assembly saw unruly scenes on the first day of the Budget session as BJP members protested in the well of the house over alleged post-poll violence in the recently held local body elections.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged the BJP-led central government to withdraw GST on life and medical insurance premiums, saying that it adversely affects people's ability to take care of their vital needs.

Deviating from the stand taken by her counterparts belonging to other parties in the INDIA alliance, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she will attend the Niti Aayog on Saturday because it is in the interest of her state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on Congress using West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks on differences in the INDIA bloc over seat-sharing.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said she would skip the meeting of the 'one nation one election' committee in New Delhi on Tuesday, citing engagements related to the upcoming state budget.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit New Delhi on Monday after attending the inaugural day of the state budget session to attend the meeting of the 'one nation one election' committee slated for February 6.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday called the interim budget the "antim" (last) budget of the BJP-led central government, indicating that the party will taste defeat in the Lok Sabha polls this year.

Based on the FY24 first budget estimates, the top three states are Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana, and the bottom three states are Bengal, Punjab and Kerala.

Nine states, including Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal, have withdrawn general consent to the CBI to probe cases, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said today.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she would stage a two-day sit-in demonstration in Kolkata from March 29 to protest the BJP-led Union government's alleged discriminative behaviour towards the eastern state.

The Bengal budget has brought good news to government employees, with the state government announcing a 3 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance, which had become a hot political issue.

Ahead of panchayat elections, the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government on Wednesday presented a Rs 3.39-lakh crore budget for 2023-24, focusing on farmers, an ailing tea sector.

Budget 2023: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a fierce critic of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, today slammed the union budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, saying she could have made it in half an hour.

Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today took a dig at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying she has applauded disorder in the House on the inaugural day of the budget session when he had to cut short his inaugural speech and table it instead.

BJP lawmakers Sudip Mukhopadhyay and Mihir Goswami were on Wednesday suspended from attending the West Bengal assembly for the rest of the budget session for creating disturbances in the House during Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's inaugural speech.

The West Bengal assembly saw unruly scenes on the first day of the Budget session as BJP members protested in the well of the house over alleged post-poll violence in the recently held local body elections.