Adhikari cabinet approves BSF land transfer for border fencing, initiates Census exercise in Bengal

KOLKATA: (May 11) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced a series of significant administrative and policy measures, including the states induction into the Centres Ayushman Bharat health scheme, transfer of land to the BSF for border fencing, and implementation of the BNS criminal law.

The decisions were taken during the first cabinet meeting of the BJP government in West Bengal, chaired by Adhikari and attended by the five ministers who had taken the oath of office, along with senior bureaucrats.

Bengal would now become part of the Ayushman Bharat scheme, alongside multiple other central welfare projects like PM Jan Arogya Yojna, PM Fasal Bima Yojna offering crop insurance for farmers, PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme for upgrading state-run schools, PM Viswakarma scheme supporting artisans and craftspeople, the CM told a press conference.