West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya connected Wednesday presented the authorities fund for 2025-26, pegged astatine Rs 3.89 lakh crore, with a important absorption connected societal welfare, agrarian maturation and infrastructure.
The authorities has unveiled a bid of infrastructure and cultivation improvement projects successful its budget, allocating important funds for agrarian connectivity, stream erosion control, and agrarian enactment initiatives.
In a cardinal announcement, Bhattacharya announced that the authorities authorities would summation the Dearness Allowance (DA) by 4 per cent from April 1, 2025.
This would bring the full DA to 18 per cent for the authorities employees, providing much-needed alleviation to them, amid rising inflation.