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Fish-rice meals at ₹5, curbs on liquor shops: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari announces new initiatives
Adhikari also announced ₹3,000 monthly cash transfers for women and free rides on state-run buses starting June 1.
- On Tuesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced a 1 km liquor ban around schools, colleges, and temples during an administrative review meeting in Kalyani, Nadia, while launching subsidised fish-rice meals for ₹5 across nearly 400 canteens statewide.
- Three weeks into his tenure as Bengal's first BJP Chief Minister, Adhikari began restructuring welfare programmes by converting the previous Trinamool Congress government's Maa Canteen, Swastha Saathi, and Lakshmir Bhandar schemes to align with Central government initiatives including Ayushman Bharat.
- Under the Annapurna Yojana, eligible women will receive ₹3,000 monthly as direct cash-transfer, a BJP poll promise; application forms launch May 27 from Nabanna State Secretariat with Minister Agnimitra Paul and Adhikari publishing them.
- Only Indian citizens qualify for Annapurna Yojana benefits; Bangladeshi nationals are excluded. From June 1, women will access free state-run bus rides and receive transparency cards to enhance system accountability.
- Nearly 400 dedicated canteens will expand affordable meal distribution as the Annapurna Bhandar scheme begins Wednesday, May 27, while the government establishes a separate AYUSH department independent of health services.
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No liquor shops near schools, fish-rice meals for Rs 5: CM Suvendu Adhikari's key announcements in Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday announced a series of welfare and regulatory measures in Kalyani, including a ban on liquor shops within one kilometre of educational institutions and temples, a monthly financial assistance scheme for women, and subsidised fish-rice meals across the state. CM Adhikari said liquor shops would not be permitted within a one-kilometre radius of schools, colleges and temples. In another major an…
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