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Rural workers left waiting as Bengal lags in VB-GRAM G

Newz Desk, Durgapur: West Bengal has emerged as one of the poorest performers in implementing the Centre’s newly launched Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-GRAM G), with delays in preparing labour budgets and administrative bottlenecks severely affecting rural employment. The Union Ministry of Rural Development launched the VB-GRAM G scheme on…

‘Flats Are Not Our Future’: Harishpur residents stand firm on land demand

Newz Desk, Durgapur/Andal, July 30: Five years after a major land subsidence forced residents of Harishpur village in Andal to seek rehabilitation, uncertainty continues over their permanent resettlement. Villagers remain dissatisfied, insisting that they will not accept flats offered by Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) and instead want houses with land. West Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul…