West Bengal rolls out ‘Lakshmi Bhandar’, largest cash transfer
The Hindu
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West Bengal government has started the process of rolling out its largest cash transfer scheme, ‘Lakshmi Bhandar’, and hundreds of thousands of women across the rural and urban areas of the State are queuing up to enroll for the scheme. Lakshmi Bhandar entails a direct benefit transfer of ₹500 per month to women of the general category and ₹1,000 per month to women from reserved categories. The scheme was a poll promise of the Trinamool Congress and, riding high on such promises and other welfare schemes, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came to power for the third consecutive time.
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