Amit Mitra

West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Khardaha profile: Kajal Sinha to contest polls on TMC ticket

In the 2016 Assembly election, Amit Mitra of the Trinamool Congress retained the seat he had won in the 2011 polls

West Bengal reduces tax on petrol, diesel by Re 1; move will give respite to people, says state finance minister

Earlier, Nirmala Sitharaman said that Centre and state governments will need to figure out a mechanism to bring retail rates down to reasonable levels.

Mamata presents vote-on-account for Rs 2.99 lakh cr in Bengal Assembly; Opposition parties boycott speech

The West Bengal chief minister also made a slew of announcements, including a hike in the annual aid of farmers, 20 lakh houses for the SC and ST communities, 100 schools in tea garden areas as well as rural roads spanning 46,000 km, among others

West Bengal govt announces free electricity for quarterly consumption up to 75 units in state Budget, plans to set up 100 MSME parks

The West Bengal government on Monday announced setting up of 100 new Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) parks across the state in the next three years to generate employment as the Mamata Banerjee regime presented its last full Budget ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections.

GST compensation: States say Centre staring at sovereign default; GST Council sees first-ever voting

In a development with far-reaching implications, non-BJP ruled states on Wednesday said the union government may be headed for a sovereign default as it has refused to assure them of paying on time the GST dues guaranteed to them through a Constitutional amendment

GST Council meet: Most states were opposed to change in slabs, hikes; concerns raised over govt paying compensation on time

The GST Council, comprising state finance ministers and headed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is the highest decision-making body on the indirect tax rates

West Bengal approves implementation of 6th Pay Commission recommendations from January 2020, basic salary to increase by Rs 180

The West Bengal Cabinet on Monday approved recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission and said it will be implemented from 1 January next year.

Neither NDA nor UPA will form govt in 2019, there's hope and scope for Federal Front: Mamata Banerjee tells News18

Speaking to News18 in an exclusive interview Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at Narendra Modi's brand of divisive politics and claimed that she had excellent relations with regional leaders across India.

GST council cuts tax rates for under-construction flats to 5%, affordable homes to 1% in bid to boost demand

Currently, the goods and services tax (GST) is levied at 12 percent with input tax credit (ITC) on payments made for under-construction property or ready-to-move-in flats where completion certificate is not issued at the time of sale.

Populism picks up ahead of polls as Union Budget, state budgets in UP, Rajasthan, Bengal, MP hand out goodies

The Lok Sabha election is upon India and if the government at the Centre and in the states of Assam, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal and Uttar Pradesh are any indication, then populist budgetary allocations and scheme announcements are what parties in power are banking on as a surefire way of garnering votes.