Minister of State (independent charge) Chandrima Bhattacharya presented the state annual budget in the West Bengal State Assembly on February15, 2023. This is her second budget presentation. She presented a budget of `3.39 lakh crore for FY 2023-24. She focussed on farmers, women, the weak tea secto...
After independence, our policymakers formulated such policies that could benefit the people of India. Many schemes got rolled out for the welfare of the people and funds were provisioned for them in the respective budgets. However, various studies have highlighted that due to corruption, mismanageme...
West Bengal is rich in various mineral deposits. It has a coal reserve of around 31.67 billion tonnes. Other metallic and non-metallic mineral deposits have been located in various districts of West Bengal. In the Himalayan region, there are rich deposits of dolomite, talc and coal. Deposits o...
Now with the election beats are echoed from almost every corner of Bengal, the childlike enthusiasm of bagging big tickets and other clandestine moves by the politicians started to make voters’ mood soar. Like in every other elections, the voters are holed up in deep uncertainty whatever bei...
According to the classical economist Sir Robert Matthus, over population is the root causes of many problems like epidemic, natural calamity, man-made problems (war, robbery etc.). Today the whole world is facing problems, shortage of food, famine, epidemic, diseases, war invasions etc. The Coronavi...
The Indian government has recently published data informing that the last consecutive seven days have shown a decrease in the new number of infections among citizens nationally. But importantly, in few states, the recent festive season has increased the number of per day coronavirus case...
Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, has stated in an official letter to NS Nigam, Health Secretary, West Bengal, “To keep mortality less than 1%, weekly case fatality needs to be monitored.”West Bengal is being criticised for inad...
BE BureauA land shrouded in mystery and inhabited by a vibrant population passionately safeguarding their culture – dancers, warriors, head-hunters - form the portrait of Nagaland. From the essential mysticism to hosting the global Hornbill festival, Nagaland has come a long way, etching its...
The border clash in the Galwan valley between Indian and Chinese soldiers was sure to take its toll on trade between the world’s second and fifth largest economies. Even if the ban on 59 Chinese mobile apps by India is ignored, there are clear indications that India has taken a tough stance agains...
‘Kerala – God’s Own Country: Heaven never shuts down’, was a blog jointly written by Maithily P R and Suresh Menon, who are both management consultants. E-magazine website TakeOne.in picked it up and published it sensing its potential to drive the tourism sector during the Covid-19 pandemic....