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For 12 Months Migrants to get ₹5K a month on return: Mamata

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August 19, 2025

Migrant workers from West Bengal will get financial benefits on their return to the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced.

- KAUSHIK PRADHAN @ Kolkata

After a cabinet meeting on Monday, Banerjee said migrant workers on their return to West Bengal from other states would get monthly financial aid of ₹5,000 for next 12 months in addition to social benefits like 'Khadya Sathi' and 'Swasthya Sathi', coining the new 'Sramasree' scheme to roll out the ben

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