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Mamta started giving grants to the pandals in 2018. Then there were 28 thousand pandals and each was given 10 thousand rupees.
This time there are more than 45 thousand Durga pandals in West Bengal. Of these, 3100 are in Kolkata alone. Assembly elections are also to be held early next year. In such a situation, this time Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gets Rs 1.10 lakh for each pandal. Giving grant amount of
According to this, the state government is spending about 500 crore rupees on the help of pandals. Mamta started giving grants to the pandals in 2018. Then there were 28 thousand pandals and each was given 10 thousand rupees. Now the pandal has increased by 60% and the grant is 11 times.
Last year, 85 thousand rupees were given. This time you have increased 25 thousand rupees directly. The BJP alleges that the elections are near, so Mamta has increased the grant.
Expert said- the backbone of the economy of Navratri Bengal HOD Panchanan Das of the Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, says, the 10 -day Shardiya Navratri is the backbone of the economy of Bengal. It gives economic strength from small to large sectors.
The government figure is that in these 10 days last year, there was a turnover of more than 80 thousand crore rupees. This time it can reach Rs 1 lakh crore, because the prices of everything are more than last year and the pandals have also increased.
Pooja committees say that in the last 7 years, the cost of labor, raw materials, lighting, worship material, decoration etc. has increased by more than 60%. Therefore, the pandals also have to spend more money.
BJP’s charge- Mamta is campaigning with pandals Sajal Ghosh, BJP spokesperson and organizer of Santosh Mitra Square Pooja Pandal, says that we do not take grants from the Trinamool government, as the government has made them a platform for his own publicity. The state has assembly elections next year, hence Mamta is giving 25 thousand rupees more grant.
At the same time, Biman Banerjee, the speaker and Trinamool leader of the assembly, says that the government does not make any political difference in giving the grant. There are 4-5 BJP-backed big pandals in Kolkata, but the government also offers grants to them.
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