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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari connected Monday (June 15, 2026) said the Centre has allocated ₹8,500 crore to the State nether the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G) scheme.
Under the Gram Sadak Yojana, allocations worthy ₹2,400 crore person been approved and ₹1,000 crore released by the Centre, helium said. Mr. Adhikari made the announcement portion launching the State-wide 'Jan Kalyan Shivir' programme from Nandigram successful Purba Medinipur district.
Mr. Adhikari said 1,100 'Jan Kalyan Shivir' camps, being organised from June 15 to June 17, volition assistance radical entree 54 Central and State authorities schemes.
"This is the archetypal specified outreach programme of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities successful West Bengal. People tin sojourn the camps betwixt 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to larn astir assorted payment schemes and taxable applications for enrolment," helium said.
The Chief Minister said payment schemes should not scope undocumented migrants and questioned extending benefits to families that bash not nonstop their children to recognised schools, oregon to institutions wherever 'Vande Mataram' is not sung.
Alleging irregularities successful beneficiary databases nether the erstwhile regime, Mr. Adhikari said the authorities wants to place genuine recipients of payment schemes. "We privation benefits to scope genuine beneficiaries and not to fake relationship holders," helium said.
Long queues of applicants were seen astatine respective locations connected the opening day. The camps volition screen 54 schemes, including Annapurna Yojana, Ayushman Bharat and respective different payment programmes.
He said the VB-G RAM G strategy replaced Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and it guarantees 125 days of employment annually to agrarian households.
