Addressing an event by the state minority development department here, she also announced that all medical college hospitals in the state will provide free treatment. Till now only district hospitals have been providing such facilities.
“We will not allow any attempts to incite communal tension in the state. People with vested interests always want to divide people, but we will not allow that to happen,” she said.
Appreciating the performance of the minority community in academics and underlining the importance of <g data-gr-id="30">madarsas</g> in spreading education, Banerjee announced a grant of Rs 25 lakh to a <g data-gr-id="31">madarsa</g> in Kharagpur of West Midnapore district.
“I am granting you (Kharagpur <g data-gr-id="28">madarsa</g>) Rs 25 lakh as you have been able to spread education. Please make more doctors and engineers off the students.
“I will give such more grants to other institutes if they are also able to educate more people. This is a commitment from my side and is a standing instruction to the concerned department,” said Banerjee.
She also said the government was working towards making Urdu the second language in minority-dominated areas of the state.
Lambasting the erstwhile Left Front government for the burdening the state with debts, Banerjee enumerated her government’s schemes for the welfare of the minorities.
“Before we came to power, the minorities (affairs) department had a budget of Rs 472 crore where
even 80 percent was not spent. We have increased that budget to Rs 2,400 crore - an increase of five times and so minority development is happening,” she contended. She further said only eight lakh students from the minority communities got scholarship during the Left Front rule. “But during our regime in the past four years it is 82 lakh students,” she added.
She also said that the facility of free treatment that was now available only at district hospitals will be extended to all medical college and hospitals.
Mamata’s aid
*West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that all medical college hospitals in the state will provide free treatment. Till now only district hospitals have been providing such facilities.
*Banerjee announced a grant of Rs.25 lakh to a <g data-gr-id="80">madarsa</g> in Kharagpur of West Midnapore district
She also said the government is working towards making Urdu the second language in minority-dominated areas of the state.
*Lambasting the erstwhile Left Front government for the burdening the state with debts, Banerjee enumerated her government's schemes for the welfare of the minorities.
CM: soon, Free health facilities in West Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said free medicine and other health facilities will be available for people in all medical colleges under the state government within one month. “In the recent past months, we have come up with a new scheme — shortly the Department of Health and Family Welfare in all West Bengal government-owned medical colleges and hospitals will offer free medical services to all people,” Banerjee said.