Suvendu govt ends religion-based schemes in Bengal, scraps state OBC list

NEW DELHI: The main curate Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal furniture Monday scrapped the assistance to the groups based connected spiritual categorisation, effectual ending the religion based schemes tally during the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government.The BJP authorities has besides done distant with the exisiting authorities OBC database successful accordance with the Calcutta precocious tribunal judgement and would acceptable up a sheet to determine quota eligibility.A fewer days ago, the Suvendu goverment reportedly withdrew petition filed by Mamata authorities against the precocious tribunal enactment connected authorities OBC database rotation out.Last twelvemonth connected July 28, the CJI-led seat of the Supreme Court had vacated precocious court's enactment connected implementation of the caller OBC database that had a full of 140 sub-groups nether OBC-A and OBC-B categories, including 80 belonging to the Muslim community. The Supreme Court had said that it was good settled that the Executive tin notify specified a database without passing legislation. The earlier list, which was struck down by the precocious tribunal , had 113 OBC sub-groups with 77 from the Muslim assemblage and 36 from others."The Bengal furniture decided to discontinue authorities assistance to groups based connected spiritual categorisation from June. The authorities besides scrapped the existing authorities OBC database successful accordance with the Calcutta High Court judgement and volition acceptable up a sheet to determine quota eligibility," said curate Agnimitra Paul.

She said schemes being implemented nether spiritual categorisation by the departments of Information and Cultural Affairs and the Minority Affairs and Madrasa Education would proceed till the extremity of this period and would beryllium stopped from June.Addressing a property league aft the gathering astatine the authorities secretariat Nabanna, curate Agnimitra Paul said women, who applied for citizenship nether the CAA and approached tribunals for inclusion successful elector rolls successful the aftermath of the SIR exercise, volition besides person 'Annapurna' strategy benefits."The furniture gave a motion to the 'Annapurna' strategy of Rs 3,000 monthly assistance to women from June 1. It besides approved a connection to let escaped question for women successful government-run buses from adjacent month," she said aft the 2nd gathering of the authorities assembly of ministers.The BJP, during the caller assembly canvass campaign, had pledged that its authorities would guarantee escaped question for women successful state-run buses and connection a Rs 3,000 monthly strategy to them, arsenic against the Rs 1,500 provided nether the erstwhile TMC government's "Lakhsmir Bhandar" scheme.Paul, the women and kid improvement minister, said the authorities besides approved the constitution of the 7th authorities wage committee for its employees, and staffers successful allied statutory civic bodies, acquisition boards and those moving successful state-run acquisition institutions, she said.Asked whether the contented of dearness allowance was taken up successful the meeting, chaired by Suvendu Adhikari, Paul said, “There was nary treatment connected DA today. Such discussions volition beryllium held later."