Transport Bodies Threat Renew Indefinite Strike Demanding Fare Hike

After pulling the plug on UPA government opposing Centre's recent reforms initiatives, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee now may have to initiate “unpopular” reform in the state transport sector.

After several transport bodies in West Bengal resorted to indefinite strike last week demanding fare hike following increase in diesel price, West Bengal government somehow managed to break the deadlock temporarily with a fare-hike bait.

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Decision on bus fare hike on October 8: Mitra

Transport Minister Madan Mitra on Sunday said he will sit with the private bus operators once again on October 8 to resolve the issue of fare hike.

Speaking to mediapersons at Belghoria in Kolkata, Mitra said in the meantime the committee, which has been formed to look after the bus fare hike, will review the fares. Based on their recommendations, I will talk to the bus operators, he added.

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Call From CPI(M) West Bengal

THE two-day extended meeting of CPI(M) West Bengal state committee, which took place during September 15-16, 2012 in Kolkata, called for more organised movement on the burning issues of the people.

After extensive discussion, the meeting noted that there are discernible signs of peoples’ discontent against the state government which has to be translated into concrete movement. The extended meeting reviewed the political situation in the state and the condition of Party organisation at different levels.

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Massive Response to Hartal on Protest Day

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) congratulates the people for the massive response to the protest day on September 20, 2012. Eight parties had given a call for observing the day through hartal, picketing and court arrests against the steep rise in prices of diesel, limiting of gas cylinders and opening retail trade to FDI. The NDA had also called for a bandh on this day.

The hartal has been successful in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and other states.

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Mamata Banerjee's Pullout From Center May Cost Bengal Rs 1 Lakh Cr
Alliance Turns Opposition In West Bengal
Minorities In West Bengal To Get 500-Bed Hospital, Medical College Too

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Mamata Banerjee's Pullout From Center May Cost Bengal Rs 1 Lakh Cr

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee may hope to reap rich electoral dividends by pulling her party out of the UPA, but stands to miss proactive help from the Centre at a time when her state desperately needs central funds for key projects. Uncertainty looms over Bengal’s finances with its revenue pegged at Rs. 76,943 crore and expenditure at Rs. 83,801 crore for the current financial year. Its outstanding debt is set to soar to nearly Rs. 2.26 lakh crore.

Railway projects worth Rs. 70,000 crore may face an uncertain future if CP Joshi, the new railway minister, sets his priorities elsewhere.

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Didi's rhetoric will hurt West Bengal the most 

All of India had hailed Mamata's historic victory because she came with the promise of a new dawn, but her opposition to reforms, to the idea of growth that we desperately need to rid ourselves of the dead weight of poverty, makes her no different than the political order she replaced.

The Left, in fact, had warmed up to business and India Inc has started seeing West Bengal with favourable eyes.

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Alliance Turns Opposition In West Bengal
Minorities In West Bengal To Get 500-Bed Hospital, Medical College Too
West Bengal To Get Funds From Centre For Sarva Siksha

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UPA 2 Approves West Bengal Metro Corridor Project With Mamata Banerjee's Farewell

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and UPA have finally parted ways, but not before TMC leader and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee managed to get the nod for her pet project despite stringent opposition from ministries.

The Union Cabinet had on August 23 approved the transfer of the under-construction 15 km East-West Metro corridor project in Kolkata - a joint venture between the West Bengal government and urban development ministry - to the railway ministry.

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Mamata's move to quit UPA won't impact investments in Bengal 

The Mamta Banerjee-led West Bengal government will continue to attract more and more investments and it was committed to protect the interest of investors. This was revealed by Bengal's minister for urban development and municipal affairs Firhad Hakim who spoke to Business Standard on the sidelines of a roadshow for international financial hub at Rajarhat-New Town in Kolkata.

However, Hakim said the government would not adopt "fast" economic policies of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh but implement Nehruvian and Gandhian economics to achieve higher economic growth. 

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