Mamata Banerjee Current Affairs, GK & News
Vedic Planetarium : World’s largest religious monument
India is home to many architectural marvels. The Vedic Planetarium Temple in Mayapur, West Bengal will soon become the world’s largest religious monument. Currently, the largest religious monument in the world is Angkor Wat, a huge Buddhist temple complex located in northern Cambodia. Key Points The purpose behind the construction of this temple is to ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Acharya Prabhupada • Chaitanya Mahaprabhu • Hinduism • International Society for Krishna Consciousness • ISKCON • Mamata Banerjee • Mayapur • US Capitol building • Vaishnavism • Vedic knowledge • Vedic Planetarium • West Bengal
How will GST Exemption lead to Price rise?
The West Bengal Chief Minister recently requested the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exempt COVID medicines and oxygen tanks from taxes. Several other states such as Odisha were also asking for tax exemption on key medicines. The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently said that full exemption of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Vaccines will ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: CGST • COVID-19 vaccine • GST • IGST • Mamata Banerjee • Nirmala Sitharaman • PM Modi
West Bengal announces several initiatives for SC and ST people in the state
On November 4, 2020, the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a number of initiatives for the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and refugee population. This included land pattas and setting up of cultural and development boards. Key Highlights The initiatives have included all the refugees in the colonies spread across the state. Around 1,25,000 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Dalit • Mamata Banerjee • Refugees • Scheduled Caste • Scheduled Tribes • West Bengal
Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman 2019
On the occasion of Durga Puja, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee presented Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman 2019 to 79 community Durga Pujas that received awards in different categories. The Durga Puja festival helps in community development, building relations among people to people besides generating income. From past your years the state government of West ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman • Durga Puja • Mamata Banerjee • West Bengal
West Bengal government to set up Kanyashree University to empower girls
The West Bengal government has decided to set up a Kanyashree University at Krishnagar in Nadia district and Kanyashree colleges across the state. The university would be only for women. Earlier, in 2013, CM Mamatat Banerjee started the Kanyashree scheme to improve the life and the status of the girls by helping economically backward families ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Government of India • Kanyashree Prakalpa • Krishnanagar, Nadia • Lok Sabha • Mamata Banerjee • UNICEF • West Bengal
West Bengal govt. to set up Kanyashree University in Nadia district to empower girls
The state government of West Bengal is setting up Kanyashree University in Nadia district and Kanyashree colleges across the state so as to empower girls. The Kanyashree university would be only for women. Earlier in January 2019, the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone of new Kanyashree university at Krishnagar in ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Kanyashree scheme • Kanyashree University • Mamata Banerjee • Nadia district • West Bengal