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Mamata rolls out new doles in Budget
The Daily Guardian
|February 06, 2026
BJP slams Budget for prioritising welfare over industrial growth calling it vote-bank politics at the cost of development.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference, in Kolkata on Thursday. ANI
With an eye on the impending Assembly elections, the Mamata Banerjee Government, in its Budget today announced doles designed to catch votes from all sections of society.
For women, who comprise nearly half of the state’s population and have emerged as the TMC’s most reliable voting bloc in successive elections, the Mamata Banerjee Government proposed to hike the monthly grant in the “Lakshmir Bhandar” scheme by Rs 500 from February this year.
The Bengal Government will launch scheme to provide Rs 1,500 monthly allowance to unemployed youths for up to 5 years, Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said on Thursday.
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