Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), on August 22, 2019, said it would replace nearly four lakh street lights in West Bengal with LEDs. State urban development and municipal affairs minister Firhad Hakim, dedicated 56,000 … READ FULL STORY
The West Bengal assembly, on July 10, 2019, amended an act to enable associations of a housing project to form a federation, to look after the maintenance and management of common areas and facilities … READ FULL STORY
A bench headed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, while noting that illegal installation of tubewells was an offence under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, asked the Delhi Jal Board … READ FULL STORY
A concession agreement was signed, on June 5, 2019, for the Howrah, Bally and Baranagar and Kamarhati sewage treatment plant (STP) projects under the centre’s Namami Gange initiative, the Jal Shakti Ministry said. The … READ FULL STORY
It has been two years since the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA) came into force across the country and the centre’s aim to enforce it in every state, is gathering visible momentum. … READ FULL STORY
While the ratio of working males in India is higher in comparison to women, yet, a recent report (Bankbazaar-Moneymood 2019) indicates that when it comes to taking a home loan, women borrowers have outpaced … READ FULL STORY
West Bengal environment minister Suvendu Adhikary, on February 13, 2019, said that saving wetlands was the top-most priority of the state government. He said 12,500 hectares of wetlands was protected in recent times by … READ FULL STORY
The University of Strathclyde has announced that it has signed agreements at the Bengal Global Business Summit with the University of Calcutta; the Department of Environment, West Bengal government; and Bengal Chamber of Commerce … READ FULL STORY
Reliance Industries’ CMD Mukesh Ambani, on February 7, 2019, announced Rs 10,000 crores more of investment in West Bengal, in expansion of his firm’s telecom network, as also a new e-commerce venture. Ambani, who … READ FULL STORY
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, on January 9, 2019, said her government will ensure that refugees, settled in different parts of state for years, were given land deeds at the earliest. The exercise … READ FULL STORY
The West Bengal cabinet has taken a decision, to introduce an online system for granting mutation of properties, the state’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee said, on December 24, 2018. The move will benefit people … READ FULL STORY
West Bengal’s new IT policy aims to disseminate the IT/ITeS activities across the state, for the benefit of the population in the fringe and rural areas. This will be a game-changer for the state’s … READ FULL STORY
Social service organisation, Sulabh International, known for achieving success in cost-effective sanitation, on December 5, 2018, started an innovative water project in Mirzapur village in Bolpur that will convert contaminated pond water into pure … READ FULL STORY
