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21-02-2025
International Mother Language Day Celebration - 2025
Hon’ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wished all on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. In commemoration of International Mother Language Day, she laid a wreath at the Bhasha Shahid Tombstone at Deshpriyo Park. She also paid respects to late Pratul Mukhopadhyay from the same stage. Mother language is one’s identity. Hon’ble Chief Minister informed that the ancient Bengali language achieved recognition as a 'classical' language. She said that, everyone should respect not only their mother language but also the languages of all ethnic groups and tribes equally because each language has its own uniqueness. That is why West Bengal Government recognized many languages including Kamtapuri, Gorkha, Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Kurmi, Rajbangshi, and Alchiki in the court of the world. The day was celebrated soaked in the grief, emotion and heartfelt respect of losing a loved one in the brilliant presence of eminent personalities.
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20-02-2025
Inaugural Ceremony of Banglar Hat - 2025
Hon’ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated ‘Banglar Hat’ – the collection of handicrafts of West Bengal at Newtown, Kolkata. On this auspicious occasion, she also named the exhibition centre adjacent to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre as 'Rupanna'. An exhibition of crafts and GI tagged goods from four districts will be held in the 'Banglar Haat' on every fifteen days. She extended her best wishes to the handicraft artisans of West Bengal.
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06-02-2025
Closing Ceremony of Bengal Global Business Summit - 2025
The Bengal Global Business Summit 2025 concluded with a Farewell Session at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre. Hon’ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shared that the eighth edition of BGBS yielded 212 MoUs and Letters of Intent, with investment proposals of Rs 4,40,595 crore. Creating more and more employment and eliminating poverty in the State is the mission of West Bengal Government, she added. Moreover, Hon’ble Chief Minister announced that coal extraction began at Deucha Pachami in Birbhum, unlocking vast reserves that would fuel West Bengal’s industrial future and additionally, oil exploration at Ashoknagar would place the state firmly on India’s petroleum map.
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05-02-2025
Inaugural Ceremony of Bengal Global Business Summit - 2025
The inaugural session of the Bengal Global Business Summit proved to be a majestic and grand success. International and national statesmen like ministers of Bhutan and Jharkhand, industrial and business tycoons like Mukesh Ambani to Sajjan Jindal to other great corporate captains from different countries as well as celebrities like Sourav Ganguly joined the iconic programme. They all applauded West Bengal government’s public policies, and unwavering commitments to promotion of industries, infrastructure and employment. Series of major announcements followed with investment decisions involving lakhs of crores. It was suggested that there would be a State Level Investment Synergy Committee under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary for effective, one-stop and time-bound clearance mechanism for investment projects, fortnightly meetings would be held by the Committee with all the Departmental Secretaries to ensure 'NO DELAY'.
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