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TMI BlogBengal committed to continue with schemes despite Centre not releasing funds: MinisterX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Bengal committed to continue with schemes despite Centre not releasing funds: Minister X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... emes are being run by the TMC government in the state and it has allotted due funds for the 2024-25 fiscal in the supplementary grant, she said. "We had launched the Kanyashree, Sikshasree and Lakshmir Bhandar schemes and have been running all these social welfare projects along with other social security schemes to help the people of the state who matter to us most," said Bhattacharya, a ministe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r of state with independent charge. The schemes she mentioned are financial assistance programmes of various types. "We keep hoping to get central funds but our hopes never get fulfilled. As the Centre is not forthcoming in releasing due funds for Bengal and withholding the amount for years, we have to mop up resources and make provisions for supplementary grants as not a single project should s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... top," she said. Bhattacharya asserted that the Centre has not been allocating state's dues for healthcare and water supply projects. "Despite the Centre's stand, the poor people should not be deprived of the benefits," she said. The BJP-led central government has been claiming that the state administration has not been following norms in various projects, forcing it to stop releasing funds. Th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e minister described the behaviour of BJP MLAs who staged a walkout from the House after suspension of a party member and eviction of two others by the Speaker as the "height of arrogance which goes against democratic principles". Bhattacharya said, "Learned economists like Ashok Lahiri questioned the necessity of allocation of supplementary funds. But when I am here to reply to their queries, th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ey are abstaining. Whom are they serving by this?" The House later put to voice vote the proposal for Rs 19,462 crore supplementary grant allocations which was unanimously passed with the opposition BJP staying away. The minister also referred to the sanction of spending over Rs 400 crore in the 2024-25 fiscal as a supplementary grant for running the schemes but that allocation was not put for v ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... oting. PTI SUS NN X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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