Kolkata: The West Bengal government has launched the Unnayoner Panchali report card on the administrative performance over the last 15 years.
The state GDP has increased 4.4 times to Rs 20.3 lakh crore since 2011.
The government has provided jobs to more than two crore people and this has helped in lifting 1.7 crore people above the poverty line between 2011 and 2023.
The flagship schemes since 2011 include Swasthya Sathi, Lakshmir Bhandar, Khadya Sathi and Duare Ration among others.
Swasthya Sathi is a medical insurance scheme of the state government that offers coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family.
The state government has spent Rs 13,156 crore on Swasthya Sathi, which now reaches 2.5 crore families.
Lakshmir Bhandar beneficiaries get Rs 1200 (SC/ST) and Rs 1000 every month. The government has spent over Rs 74,000 crore on this scheme, which has benefited 2.2 crore women.
Under Khadya Sathi, the government provides 5 kg of rice at Rs 2 per kg to each beneficiary family per month. It covers nine crore people, with the government spending Rs 1 lakh crore on it to date.
Duare Ration is a doorstep delivery of items through the public distribution system. It currently benefits seven crore people, with the government spending Rs 1717 crore on it.
The state tax revenue has increased 5.3 times, capital expenditure 17.7 times, social sector expenditure 14.5 times, agriculture sector expenditure 9.2 times and physical sector expenditure 6.9 times.
More than 1.3 crore people are employed in small-scale manufacturing. 93 lakh MSME units employ over 1.3 crore people. There are 607 MSME clusters with women-led MSMEs leading.
Meanwhile, 43 lakh youths have received skill training.
In Durgapur-Asansol, only Rs 22,000 crore has been invested in shale, gas and oil factories. In Ashoknagar’s ONGC zone, Rs 35,000 crore has been invested.
In Silicon Valley, 2800 IT companies operate with more than two lakh IT professionals working.
Work has begun on thr world’s second-largest coal and mining block in Deucha Pachami in Birbhum that will create one lakh jobs.
Another Rs 45,000 crore has been invested in real estate in just two years.
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