The Mamata firewall against central welfare schemes
The Mamata firewall against central welfare schemes | India Today Insight
Why the West Bengal chief minister is keeping her state away from the Modi government’s welfare benefits
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UPDATED: December 29, 2020 00:31 IST
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public meeting, in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, Dec. 16 (ANI)
On December 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, saying it was preventing central benefits, under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, from reaching the state’s 7 million famers. Modi said the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) as well as the Left parties and the Congress were playing petty politics over the central grant, which entitles farmers to a dole of Rs 6,000 every year.