1. Under Kanyashree Prakalpa an unmarried girl child who is 13 to 18 years old and reading in any recognized school in class VIII/IX/XI/XII will get annual scholarship of Rs. 500/- if annual income of her both parents is upto Rs. 1,20,000/-. Eligible girl students will apply in K1 Form ...
Read More »Kanyashree Scheme For Girls In Bengal Wins UN Award
Kanyashree Prakalpa, the scheme launched by Mamata Banerjee in October 2013, two years after she became West Bengal chief minister, today won her government the United Nations Public Service Award at The Hague. India was named first in the Asia-Pacific group for the category: ‘Reaching the Poorest and Most Vulnerable ...
Read More »Educational Schemes of West Bengal
Sikshashree: A new scheme named “Sikshashree” have been launcher for SC Day scholars studying In classes V to VIII implementation during 2014-15 by merging the existing schemes of Book Grant, Maintenance Grant. The objective of the scheme is to provide financial assistance to improve their participation in Pre-matric stages and ...
Read More »Information and Communication technology Policy of WB
West Bengal Information and Communication Technology Policy, 2012 was implemented with the goal of making the state one of the leaders in IT/ ITeS and ESDM sectors and to transform it into a knowledge-driven welfare society. Objective: To be in the top three states in India in terms of turnover ...
Read More »Emerging West Bengal: The new Investment and Industrial Policy
West Bengal Investment and Industrial Policy 2013 In a bid to reduce the financial debt of over $37.88 billion in 2011, West Bengal government formulated Industrial and Investment Policy, 2013. The main agenda of this policy is to improve infrastructure to advance economic growth and also by adding another 4000 ...
Read More »Special Benefits for SC/ST Community in WB
Special Component Plan and Tribal Sub Plan are strategies for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes that were introduced in by the central government in the Sixth Five Year plan to give the people of SC/ST community their share of physical as well as financial benefits and dues. In the state ...
Read More »Self-Employment Schemes for Minority Communities in WB
Self-employment Schemes under West Bengal Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (WBMDFC) are schemes launched by the state to provide loans to promising entrepreneurs from minority communities i.e. Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Farsi, etc to improve their finances as well as a social condition. Loan provided: A term loan is given ...
Read More »USKP-a Scheme by WB Govt. to Boost Entrepreneurship
Udiyaman Swanirbhar Karmasansthan Prakalpa is a scheme by West Bengal government to grant loan to unemployed youth by providing them with subsidized credit from commercial banks. The scheme launched in 2008 is provided to those youth who are registered with employment exchanges. Nodal Agency: Directorate of Employment, Labour Department, West ...
Read More »A Glimpse of West Bengal’s MSME Policy for 2013-2018
West Bengal not only has huge number of MSME units but also at the same time has diversified approach towards production and services. The various business sectors include but not only limited to food processing, agro industries, leather, gems and jewelry, iron and steel industries, mineral based industry, manufacturing, handicrafts, ...
Read More »West Bengal State Electricity Board launches payment app
News: The West Bengal State Electricity Board has announced a new mobile app for payment of bills. Christened mywbsedl, the app would be free of cost for users and available on android and windows app store. Consumers would have an option of paying their bills directly through the mywbsedl app. The ...
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