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Kolkata · East
New government (BJP) — sworn in May 2026. Figures and findings below may span the previous administration.
Chief Minister
BJP · in office since May 2026
Declared figures from the ECI election affidavit (—), via MyNeta/ADR — as declared, not verified. Bars are the original publisher's 0–100 mappings (education mapping; legal: 100 − serious×18 − other×10) — theirs, not ours.
These 0–100 ratings are the original publisher's own, quoted here with their methodology. Audit India computes no score — the same way we carry UNDP's HDI as UNDP's number.
Transparency
32/ 100
the original publisher
Provenance note — this score is the original publisher's and is left as published, but the reasoning it rested on has been withdrawn. The four CAG findings it cited — Reports No. 01 to 04 of 2025 on WBSSC recruitment, PMAY-G, MGNREGS and Jal Jeevan Mission — are misattributions. Report No. 1 of 2025 audits land management in tribal areas and Anganwadi services, No. 2 of 2025 is the State Finances Audit Report and No. 4 of 2025 is a compliance audit of the State Disaster Response Fund and the Yuvasree scheme. No CAG report audits WBSSC recruitment, and none contains the figures quoted. The findings carried above are read out of four West Bengal reports that do exist.
Officials' Legal Integrity
100/ 100
the original publisher
Six officials were counted, each scored 100 for zero declared criminal cases, giving an average of 100. Provenance note — this score is the original publisher's and is left as published, but three of the six it counts are not in the ministry sworn in during May and June 2026. Suvendu Mondal holds no portfolio; finance is held by Swapan Dasgupta, whom the arithmetic counts against industry, a portfolio held by Tapas Roy; agriculture is held by Dudh Kumar Mondal, not Ashoke Dinda; and Agnimitra Paul holds urban development, not women and child development. The affidavit that is on record — Agnimitra Paul's 2021 declaration of two criminal cases — is not reflected in the arithmetic either. The officials list below is the sitting council; the arithmetic above is not.
Governance
57/ 100
the original publisher
Composite — indicators average (58/100) × 50% + transparency (32/100) × 25% + integrity (100/100) × 25% = 29 + 8 + 25 = 62, adjusted down to 57 for the scale of the school recruitment case whose proceedings carry into the new government's term, West Bengal's position as India's largest source state for human trafficking, and unresolved arsenic contamination and Sundarbans infrastructure gaps. Provenance note — the transparency and integrity components this arithmetic rests on both carry their own provenance notes above; the score is the original publisher's and is left as published.
The 0–100 rings are the original publisher's category scores, in their colour bands — theirs, not ours.
These statistics were carried over from the original publisher, which produced them with a language model rather than compiling them from the publications named beside them. We removed 38 whose figures were absent from the source they credit, and confirmed 45 against theirs. The rest name a publication we have not been able to check them against — read them as the original publisher's figures, not as verified fact.
Figures below are as declared by each individual in their own ECI or Rajya Sabha affidavit. We report them; we do not score them. The small bars under education are the original publisher's 0–100 mapping of the declared qualification — their construct, not a measurement of ours.
| Name | Office | Party · since | Declared cases | Declared qualification | Affidavit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SASuvendu Adhikari | Chief Minister | | — | — | — |
| RNR. N. Ravi | Governor | — | — | — | — |
| RBRathindra Bose | Speaker, West Bengal Legislative Assembly | | — | — | — |
| SDSwapan Dasgupta | Minister for Finance | | — | — | — |
| DGDilip Ghosh | Minister for Panchayats, Rural Development and Agricultural Marketing | | — | — | — |
| DKDudh Kumar Mondal | Minister for Agriculture | | — | — | — |
| TRTapas Roy | Minister for Industry, Commerce, Non-Conventional Energy and Public Enterprises | | — | — | — |
| SMSharadwat Mukherjee | Minister for Health and Family Welfare | | — | — | — |
| DBDipak Barman | Minister for School Education, MSME and Housing | | — | — | — |
| APAgnimitra Paul | Minister for Urban Development | | 2 | Graduate | 2021 |
| JCJagannath Chattopadhyay | Minister for Higher Education and Technical Education | | — | — | — |
| MKManoj Kumar Oraon | Minister for Environment and Forests | | — | — | — |
Findings from CAG audit reports on schemes as they ran in this state, quoted with their report references. We add no grade of our own.
Samagra Shiksha — School Education, West Bengal
West Bengal could not spend the school education money it had. Utilisation of Samagra Shiksha funds ranged between 46 and 65 per cent over 2019-24, ₹395 crore of sanctioned civil works was surrendered unexecuted, and inefficiency in execution cost the state a further ₹2,428 crore in scheme funds it never received. The state mission never prepared the perspective plans the scheme framework requires.
What the audit measured
The audit found a shortage of 33,835 special educators — 95 per cent of requirement — leaving children with special needs without qualified teaching; 30 to 56 per cent of them got no transport allowance and 35 to 49 per cent no escort allowance. 29 per cent of primary and 30 per cent of upper primary schools breached the pupil-teacher ratio norm, short 31,684 and 2,058 teachers. In-service teacher training was effectively non-existent — 1.19 per cent of earmarked funds were used across the six test-checked districts over five years. 35 per cent of students scored below 40 per cent in mathematics and science in tests the audit team itself conducted, and vocational education reached 7.92 per cent of schools against the National Education Policy target of 50 per cent.
Public Health Infrastructure and Health Services, West Bengal
West Bengal's public health system was audited down to the sub-centre and found short of the people it needs at every level. Specialist doctor posts were 36 per cent vacant and general duty medical officer posts 49 per cent vacant statewide; in community health centres the specialist shortage reached 91.14 per cent. 89 per cent of sub-centres had no male health worker at all, and 92.35 per cent of primary health centres were running without a health assistant of either sex.
What the audit measured
Emergency obstetric care, including caesarean section, was unavailable in 90 per cent of primary health centres and in 284 of the state's 348 community health centres. 70 per cent of primary health centres had no functional beds. 55,000 deliveries took place at home over three years and 99.56 per cent of them had no skilled birth attendant, yet not one sub-centre had been upgraded to conduct deliveries. In district hospitals 63 per cent of notified essential drugs had never been procured. 57.33 per cent of the oxygen generating plants received under PM CARES and corporate social responsibility funding were not commissioned or not functional as of December 2023, and ICU ventilators and oxygen concentrators were found still packed. Health spending stood at 1.23 per cent of GSDP against the National Health Policy target of 2.5 per cent.
Anganwadi Services under ICDS, West Bengal
West Bengal's Anganwadi children were fed less than the law requires and taught with kits that were never bought. Take-home ration fell 21 per cent short of the National Food Security Act's nutritional standard for children and 34 per cent short for pregnant and lactating mothers, and was not provided at all for six months during the pandemic because the department issued no instructions. Procurement of pre-school education kits fell 96 per cent short over five years.
What the audit measured
The state's own utilisation certificates could not be reconciled with what it received — ₹6,564.70 crore of expenditure was certified against a central share of ₹4,334.78 crore, an excess of ₹2,229.92 crore the government did not explain, and food security allowance certificates showed ₹2,264.85 crore against ₹1,429.12 crore actually due — an unexplained ₹835.73 crore. Not accepting the lowest tendered rates for nutrition items cost a further ₹115.09 crore. Only 20 per cent of required medicine kits were bought. Of 18,319 sanctioned toilets only 2,056 were built, and not one of 11,174 drinking water projects was completed. Just 51 per cent of the state's 1,19,481 operational Anganwadi centres were in their own buildings.
State Finances — West Bengal
West Bengal's total liabilities reached 38.66 per cent of GSDP in 2024-25, breaching the 38.00 per cent target its own fiscal responsibility law sets. The state ran a revenue deficit of ₹39,727 crore and a fiscal deficit of ₹61,924 crore, and has recorded a revenue deficit in every one of the ten years from 2015-16. In 2024-25, 41 per cent of revenue expenditure was met from net borrowing.
What the audit measured
Committed expenditure of ₹1,39,202 crore plus subsidy of ₹19,444 crore absorbed nearly 74 per cent of revenue receipts, leaving 26 per cent for development and capital spending; capital expenditure fell 25 per cent to ₹21,622 crore, and ₹1,031.84 crore of revenue expenditure was misclassified as capital, inflating even that. Excess expenditure of ₹13,486.92 crore under seven grants needs regularisation under Article 205, and unregularised excess from 2009-24 stands at ₹57,263.62 crore. Cess proceeds of ₹1,809.66 crore were never transferred to the Public Account, understating both deficits. Utilisation certificates worth ₹1,35,686 crore remained outstanding at 31 March 2025, though down 47 per cent on the year.
The promises and their delivery status come from the original publisher and are their assessment, not ours. They cite a party's homepage rather than a manifesto, so what was promised cannot be checked from the citation given. Audit India has verified neither the wording nor the status.
Where a CAG finding is quoted below, its figures have been checked against the report cited. Thirty-seven were withdrawn because the report they named does not exist or is a search page.
Lakshmir Bhandar: ₹500/month (general) and ₹1,000/month (SC/ST) to all women heads of household
Lakshmir Bhandar launched September 2021: ₹500/month to general category and ₹1,000/month to SC/ST women heads of household. 1.9 crore beneficiaries by 2023; DBT. GoWB expenditure ~₹12,000 crore/year. Enhanced to ₹1,000/month (general) and ₹1,200 (SC/ST) from September 2024. TMC's most successful and fastest-implemented welfare promise.
Kanyashree Phase 3: expand girl-child scholarship to post-graduate level
Kanyashree Phase 3 launched: annual scholarship ₹25,000 for higher education (graduation and PG) for eligible girls. Kanyashree has 81 lakh beneficiaries across all phases; UN Public Service Award winner. Phase 3 covers 5 lakh girls in higher education annually.
Student Credit Card: ₹10 lakh education loan at 4% for higher education
West Bengal Student Credit Card (₹10 lakh, 4%) launched September 2021. 1.2 lakh students received credit cards by 2025. State provides guarantee for SBI/Nationalised bank lending. Higher per-student limit than Bihar's ₹4 lakh scheme. Recovery rate monitoring ongoing; scheme extended to vocational and skill training courses.
Swasthya Sathi: ₹5 lakh free health cover for all WB families at any empanelled hospital
Swasthya Sathi (launched 2016, expanded under 2021 term): smart card-based ₹5 lakh annual cover for all WB families (BPL and APL). 10 crore+ beneficiaries — one of India's largest state health insurance programmes. 2,000+ empanelled government and private hospitals. GoWB expenditure ~₹3,500 crore/year.
Duare Sarkar: bring all government services to citizen doorstep via periodic camps
Duare Sarkar (Government at Doorstep) camps held 10+ times (2021-25). 18 crore service requests processed; documents like Swasthya Sathi cards, social pensions, caste certificates delivered at block level without office visits. Internationally recognised; won national e-governance awards. One of the most effective service delivery innovations among Indian states.
Restore peace and rule of law across West Bengal; end political violence
Following the TMC's landslide 2021 election victory (213/294 seats), West Bengal experienced its most severe post-election violence since Independence. NHRC (National Human Rights Commission) documented 122+ deaths in the first 2 weeks of May 2021 — BJP workers, TMC workers and civilians killed in targeted attacks. The Supreme Court constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and transferred 50 cases to CBI. GoWB disputed the NHRC figures. Political violence has been endemic in WB since the Left Front era: the 2021 episode was the worst in recent memory. Sandeshkhali crisis (January-March 2024): TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan allegedly orchestrated land-grabbing and sexual crimes against women in North 24 Parganas — triggering national outrage; Sheikh Shahjahan arrested (February 2024); ED found land encroachments. Political violence and targeted intimidation of opposition workers — attested by multiple court orders and NHRC reports — represents the clearest failure of the TMC's law & order promise.
Fill all vacant teaching posts in WB government schools; merit-based transparent recruitment
The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSSC) teacher recruitment scam is among the largest education corruption cases in Indian history. The Calcutta High Court (2023) cancelled the appointments of 25,753 teachers and 24,640 Group C/D staff — ruling that the entire recruitment process for 2016-21 was fraudulent. CBI and ED investigation found: answer sheets were manipulated, OMR sheets altered, merit lists falsified; candidates who paid bribes (₹5-15 lakh per appointment) were given jobs while meritorious candidates were rejected. Partha Chatterjee (WB Education Minister, 2021 manifesto signatory) was arrested by ED in July 2022; ₹50 crore cash and gold found from premises linked to his associate Arpita Mukherjee. TMC MLA and multiple Education Department officials arrested. The SC stayed the HC order cancelling appointments (April 2024) pending final review — leaving 50,000 teachers in legal limbo.
Universal quality education: reduce dropout, upgrade school infrastructure, fill teacher vacancies
West Bengal receives one of India's largest Samagra Shiksha allocations (~₹7,000 crore/year). The performance audit of Samagra Shiksha in West Bengal (Report No. 3 of 2026) found utilisation of scheme funds ranging between 46 and 65 per cent over 2019-24, ₹395 crore of sanctioned civil works surrendered unexecuted and ₹2,428 crore of scheme funds never received because of execution failures. 29 per cent of primary and 30 per cent of upper primary schools breached the pupil-teacher ratio norm, short 31,684 and 2,058 teachers. Secondary GER in WB: 79.2% — better than national 79.8% (roughly at par). But ASER 2023: only 42.3% of WB Class 8 students can read a Class 2 text — learning poverty despite high enrolment.
Clean rivers and water bodies in West Bengal; end industrial effluent discharge into the Hooghly
West Bengal has two of India's most polluted river stretches: the Hooghly (Kolkata to Diamond Harbour) and the Damodar (Durgapur to Howrah). The performance audit of measures to contain water pollution (Report No. 3 of 2025) found the state generating 5,457 MLD of sewage against an installed treatment capacity of 897 MLD, a gap of 4,560 MLD. Of 41 commissioned sewage treatment plants only 26 were in operation, using 60.60 per cent of their capacity, and almost 85 per cent of all sewage generated went into the Ganga untreated. West Bengal has still not framed a State Water Policy, 12 years after the National Water Policy of 2012.
CAG Report No. 3 of 2025, Performance Audit on containing water pollution — 5,457 MLD sewage generated against 897 MLD installed treatment capacity; only 26 of 41 commissioned STPs in operation at 60.60 per cent utilisation; almost 85 per cent of sewage released into the Ganga untreated; no State Water Policy framed 12 years after the National Water Policy 2012.
Kanyashree Phase 2: expand scholarship programme and increase annual benefit to ₹25,000
Kanyashree Phase 2 (₹25,000 for higher education, annual grant ₹750 for enrolled girls 13-18) implemented; 60 lakh+ beneficiaries by 2021. UN Public Service Award (2017). Dropout rates for girls at secondary level declined significantly. Phase 2 widely considered WB's most successful social scheme by international assessors.
Swasthya Sathi: free health insurance for all BPL families in West Bengal
Swasthya Sathi launched 2016 with smart card access to free treatment at empanelled hospitals. Initial BPL coverage expanded to universal by 2020. ₹5 lakh cover/family. GoWB absorbed the scheme cost rather than using central PM-JAY (to maintain independence from central government scheme). As of 2021, 9+ crore beneficiaries.
Krishak Bandhu: ₹10,000/year income support to all WB farmers
Krishak Bandhu scheme launched January 2019 (within 2016-21 term): ₹10,000/year to landholders above 1 acre; ₹4,000 to those below 1 acre. 70 lakh farmers enrolled. Life insurance of ₹2 lakh included. The scheme predated PM-KISAN (2018) in its design concept. GoWB expenditure: ~₹4,500 crore/year.
Return Singur land to farmers; attract industry to West Bengal on consent-based terms
Singur was the defining political issue of Mamata Banerjee's rise. The Tata Nano land acquisition (997 acres, 2006-08) by the Left Front government through forced acquisition was opposed by TMC — leading to agitation, Ratan Tata shifting the plant to Gujarat (Sanand), and the Left Front's eventual electoral collapse. Mamata fulfilled the Singur land-return promise: the West Bengal Land (Restoration to Tillers) Act 2011 was upheld by the SC in August 2016. 217 acres returned to farmers. However, the Singur land remains largely uncultivated — contamination from site preparation (concrete foundations, soil compaction) made significant portions of the land economically unsuitable for agriculture despite their legal return. The broader industrial-attraction promise was contradicted by: Tata's departure to Gujarat; declining investment flows; WB's slide in ease-of-doing-business rankings (ranked 12th in 2022, down from 8th in 2015). Kolkata's industrial revival remained elusive through the 2016-21 term.
Transparent governance; no protection to chit-fund fraudsters; probe financial scams affecting lakhs of depositors
The Saradha Chit Fund scam (collapsed April 2013) defrauded ~17 lakh depositors — mostly rural WB poor — of ₹2,500 crore. Sudipta Sen (Saradha CMD) had close ties to TMC leaders. CBI took over after SC order (2014). Multiple TMC leaders — including former Transport Minister Madan Mitra and Trinamool MP Tapas Paul — were arrested. The Narada sting (2016): journalist Matthew Samuel filmed 12 TMC leaders including ministers accepting cash bribes — CBI filed chargesheets but trial proceedings were repeatedly stayed by the Calcutta HC amid claims of political interference. As of 2025, no senior TMC leader has been convicted in either Saradha or Narada. WB's anti-corruption promise remains among the most comprehensively unfulfilled governance commitments in Indian state politics.
Effective disaster response; transparent relief distribution to all affected households
Cyclone Amphan (May 20, 2020) — the most powerful cyclone to hit West Bengal in 21 years — caused ₹1.02 lakh crore in damage across 16 districts. 80+ deaths; 28 lakh homes damaged; 5 crore people affected in the North and South 24 Parganas, Kolkata, East Medinipur and Howrah. GoI provided ₹1,000 crore SDRF funds; GoWB allocated ₹6,000+ crore for relief. CM Mamata Banerjee personally supervised some distributions. FIRs alleging diversion of relief by local leaders were filed in South 24 Parganas and the Calcutta High Court ordered the state to submit relief utilisation data. The compliance audit of the State Disaster Response Fund (Report No. 4 of 2025) found ₹10.98 crore of NDRF money sanctioned for Amphan house building assistance in South 24 Parganas subsequently spent on cyclone YAAS, after a utilisation certificate for it had already been given; relief materials worth ₹15.38 crore issued from directorate and district levels could not be traced at all; and ₹29.77 crore of the ₹105.46 crore sub-allotted to eight districts was used for calamities outside SDRF norms and for distribution at Puja, Eid and in winter. WB's handling of Amphan was praised for early evacuation (14 lakh people in temporary shelters) but criticised for corrupt post-disaster delivery.
CAG Report No. 4 of 2025, Subject Specific Compliance Audit on Utilisation of the State Disaster Response Fund — ₹10.98 crore of NDRF funds sanctioned for Amphan house building assistance in South 24 Parganas was spent on cyclone YAAS after a utilisation certificate had been given; relief materials worth ₹15.38 crore could not be traced; ₹29.77 crore of ₹105.46 crore sub-allotted to eight districts was used outside SDRF norms.CAG-flagged: ₹15.38 crore
Ensure MGNREGS 100-day guarantee; end delays in job card issuance and wage payment
WB has 1.1 crore MGNREGS job card holders — 3rd largest among Indian states. Average employment days (2019-20): 47 days per household — significantly above the Bihar/UP averages and near the national average. However GoI withheld MGNREGS funds to WB repeatedly (2022-25) over misappropriation allegations: ₹7,800 crore (2022) and ₹2,400 crore (2024) releases were frozen after central inspection teams found ghost beneficiaries and fund diversions. The TMC government contested these findings, calling them politically motivated. Calcutta HC directed an independent audit. WB's MGNREGS FTO (Fund Transfer Order) rejection rate was 18% in 2023 — meaning 1 in 5 wage payments failed due to Aadhaar-account mismatches, leaving workers without wages for months.
Attract manufacturing investment to West Bengal; develop industrial corridors at Rajarhat and Kharagpur; grow IT sector in Kolkata
The Singur controversy (2006-08) — where TMC led the opposition against forced land acquisition for Tata Nano, resulting in Tata withdrawing to Gujarat — left West Bengal with a reputation as investment-hostile. The TMC 2016 manifesto promised to reverse this image. Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS): held annually from 2015, the 2016 summit attracted ₹2.35 lakh crore in investment intentions; 2018 summit: ₹2.96 lakh crore. Actualisation: DPIIT estimates ~18-20% of BGBS MoUs translate into real investment — giving approximately ₹50,000-60,000 crore actual investment over 2016-21. IT/ITES: Kolkata IT sector grew from ₹28,000 crore to ₹42,000 crore (2016-21) — the Sector V (Salt Lake) and Rajarhat New Town IT hubs together employ 4.5 lakh. Manufacturing: political violence concerns, labour laws and land availability continue to deter greenfield industrial investment. The state's ease-of-doing-business ranking improved from #14 (2016) to #9 (2020) but fell back to #12 (2022) amid political turmoil. West Bengal remains under-punching relative to its human capital — 2nd highest number of IIT/NIT graduates after Maharashtra, but far lower industrial absorption.
Provide bicycles to all Class 9-12 students through Sabuj Sathi; extend Kanyashree scholarship to all girls through college
Sabuj Sathi (Green Companion) — TMC's flagship education scheme — provided free bicycles to Class 9-12 students in government and government-aided schools. Launch: 2015 (before the 2016 election). By 2021: 1.03 crore bicycles distributed — one of the world's largest such programmes. Impact: school dropout rate (Class 9-12) declined from 28% (2015) to 19% (2021); girl students' attendance in rural areas increased by 32%. Kanyashree: internationally awarded (UN Public Service Award 2017) conditional cash transfer for girls — ₹1,000/year for girls aged 13-18 in school, ₹25,000 one-time scholarship at 18+ (provided unmarried). 74 lakh beneficiaries. Extended to college: Kanyashree K3 component provides ₹25,000/year for college education — 4.2 lakh college-going beneficiaries. Both schemes are considered TMC's most successfully delivered social programmes — tangible, measurable and with documented outcomes.
Launch Swasthya Sathi: ₹5 lakh/year cashless hospitalisation for all West Bengal families regardless of income
Swasthya Sathi (Healthy Companion) — announced in the 2016 manifesto and launched December 2016. The scheme provides ₹5 lakh/year cashless hospitalisation to all West Bengal families — not means-tested. From 2021: 7.5 crore people (100% of WB population) declared eligible. 2.07 crore families enrolled with Swasthya Sathi smart card. Treatment at 1,800+ empanelled hospitals. Total claims settled 2016-24: ₹18,400 crore. WB chose NOT to integrate with Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY — remaining one of only 3 states to reject PM-JAY (with Odisha 2018-22 and Telangana under BRS). Mamata's position: Swasthya Sathi has no disease exclusion list unlike PM-JAY. The performance audit of the scheme (Report No. 5 of 2025) found families enrolled about 10 per cent in excess of the ration cards held in the state, 31 of 50 test-checked private hospitals graded higher than their infrastructure justified — ₹14.48 crore of excess payments — ₹31.33 crore of penalty never recovered from three insurers for delayed claim settlement, and ₹46.97 crore of excess expenditure on enrolment and smart card distribution.
Provide housing to all landless BPL families under Nijashree; complete 25 lakh PMAY-G homes in West Bengal by 2022
West Bengal's housing programmes operate on two tracks. (1) Nijashree/Gitanjali Awas (state scheme): TMC continued and renamed the Congress-era scheme — providing ₹1.2-1.5 lakh per unit to landless BPL families. 14.2 lakh homes built (2011-21) under Nijashree/Gitanjali. (2) PMAY-G (Central scheme): WB has sanctioned 34 lakh PMAY-G homes since 2016 but completed only 22 lakh (65%). The TMC government and GoI have repeatedly clashed over PMAY-G — GoI withheld ₹11,000 crore in funds (2021-23) citing beneficiary list irregularities and construction quality; WB called this politically motivated. No CAG audit of PMAY-G or of the state housing schemes in West Bengal has been published. The paper-completed-homes, stalled-funds and bribe-intimidation figures the import attributed to a 2023 audit appear in no audit report and have been withdrawn.
Ensure land allocation for fencing along the India–Bangladesh border within 45 days of forming the government.
First cabinet meeting (11 May 2026, day 2 of the government) approved allocation/transfer of ~600 acres to the BSF for India-Bangladesh border fencing, well inside the 45-day window; phased physical handover began 20 May and 142.79 acres across nine districts had been handed over by 28 May, with the rest in process. (Source: https://thefederal.com/category/states/east/west-bengal/west-bengal-hands-over-14279-acres-to-bsf-for-india-bangladesh-border-fencing-push-244661)
Release a comprehensive White Paper detailing 15 years of corruption and breakdown of law and order under the TMC administration.
A Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta is preparing department-wise White Papers on alleged TMC-era corruption and misuse of funds; work is underway but no White Paper had been tabled in the Assembly or published as of 21 Aug 2026. (Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/west-bengal-gom-meets-to-finalise-white-papers-on-alleged-tmc-era-corruption)
Clear all Dearness Allowance arrears and implement the 7th Pay Commission for state government employees and pensioners within 45 days of assuming charge.
The 45-day deadline (approx. late June 2026) was missed: as of late July the 7th Pay Commission had not been constituted (CM said only its terms of reference were 'prepared'), DA arrears remained uncleared with no announced timeline, and the 2026-27 budget scheduled a DA rise from 18% to 38% only from 1 Oct 2026 under a 'phased approach'. (Source: https://www.business-standard.com/finance/personal-finance/west-bengal-eyes-7th-pay-commission-rollout-promises-more-da-hikes-126072700478_1.html)
Bring in legislation to implement a Uniform Civil Code and ensure a total crackdown on cattle smuggling.
Cattle-smuggling crackdown ordered on day one (11 May directives to all SPs/CPs). On UCC, a drafting committee under retired SC Justice Ranjana Desai was constituted, the draft went to cabinet on 2 July and the bill was slated for the August 2026 Assembly session, but passage of the legislation was not yet confirmed as of 21 Aug 2026. (Source: https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/west-bengal-govt-to-introduce-ucc-bill-in-assembly-in-august-panel-led-by-former-sc-judge-constituted20260629221925/)
Implement all central government schemes blocked in West Bengal, including PM Vishwakarma Yojana, PM KUSUM, PM Ujjwala 3.0 and Khelo India.
First cabinet (11 May 2026) approved rollout of previously blocked central schemes including Ayushman Bharat/PMJAY, PM Vishwakarma, PM Ujjwala, PM SHRI and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, and the budget adopted PM Fasal Bima from Kharif 2026; no confirmation yet on PM KUSUM or Khelo India specifically. (Source: https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2026/05/11/west-bengal-suvendu-adhikari-holds-first-cabinet-meeting-makes-6-key-decisions.html)
Provide monthly financial assistance of ₹3,000 to women.
Annapurna Yojana (replacing Lakshmir Bhandar) launched 1 June 2026 with first Rs 3,000 DBT from 4 June; by August about 1.45 crore women (of 1.80 crore applicants) were receiving Rs 3,000/month, the third installment was credited from 17 Aug, and the CM announced the scheme budget rising from Rs 36,000 crore to Rs 48,000 crore. (Source: https://www.goodreturns.in/personal-finance/west-bengal-annapurna-bhandar-yojana-august-installment-when-will-rs-3-000-be-credited-to-your-bank-1525803.html)
Provide free transportation for women in all state-run buses and a working women's hostel in every district.
Free bus travel for women in state-run buses was announced in the 2026-27 state budget (22 June 2026); no evidence yet of working women's hostels in every district, and operational rollout details of the bus scheme were not independently confirmed. (Source: https://www.studyiq.com/articles/west-bengal-budget-2026/)
Provide a monthly allowance of ₹3,000 to unemployed youth during their job search.
The Rs 3,000/month unemployment allowance was formalised as the Bhorsa Karmasathi scheme in the 2026-27 budget (22 June 2026: Rs 3,000 for unemployed graduates, Rs 2,000 for others, income-linked), with disbursal reported to start from October 2026; no payments made and no registration portal open as of 21 Aug 2026. (Source: https://ianslive.in/main-budget-copy-based-on-budget-proposals-speech--20260622135242)
Give age relaxation of up to 5 years to candidates affected by paper leaks and stalled recruitment since 2015.
The first cabinet meeting (11 May 2026) approved raising the age limit for government job applicants by five years, matching the manifesto pledge of up to 5 years' relaxation for candidates hit by stalled recruitment and paper leaks. (Source: https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2026/05/11/west-bengal-suvendu-adhikari-holds-first-cabinet-meeting-makes-6-key-decisions.html)
Establish a Sports University, AVGC Content Creator Labs training over 1,00,000 youth in five years, and ₹15,000 one-time assistance for students preparing for competitive exams.
The 2026-27 budget announced a one-time grant of Rs 25,000 (exceeding the promised Rs 15,000) for college students preparing for competitive exams, though disbursal has not begun; no action yet on the Sports University or AVGC Content Creator Labs. (Source: https://ianslive.in/main-budget-copy-based-on-budget-proposals-speech--20260622135242)
Provide ₹9,000 to all farmers under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi and raise the MSP for rice to ₹3,100.
The 2026-27 budget commits a state top-up of Rs 3,000/year over PM-KISAN's Rs 6,000, taking farmers to the promised Rs 9,000 (payment rollout pending); no evidence found of the Rs 3,100 rice MSP/procurement price being implemented. (Source: https://prsindia.org/budgets/states/west-bengal-budget-analysis-2026-27)
Implement Ayushman Bharat with ₹5 lakh free coverage, and build an AIIMS, an All India Institute of AYUSH and a cancer hospital in North Bengal.
The first cabinet (11 May 2026) formally approved implementing Ayushman Bharat/PM Jan Arogya Yojana in West Bengal (alongside continuing Swasthya Sathi); the AIIMS, All India Institute of AYUSH and North Bengal cancer hospital are long-horizon components with no action yet. (Source: https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2026/05/11/west-bengal-suvendu-adhikari-holds-first-cabinet-meeting-makes-6-key-decisions.html)
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