West Bengal announces stipend for unemployed youth and increased payout for women

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West Bengal announced a new stipend for unemployed youth and a 50% payout increase for women beneficiaries of the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme. The vote-on-account budget also includes a 4% dearness allowance hike for state government employees and renames the Karmashree scheme to Mahatma Shree, increasing workdays. These measures are seen as pre-election populist moves, with an opposition MLA criticizing the budget as a party manifesto lacking fiscal details.


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