Resource Mobilisation in Burdwan recorded unprecendented growth in last two years.

Reviewed Revenue generation in Burdwan district with Commercial Tax, Motor vehicles, excise, Sdos, Asansol cess collector, Land, district registrar and other Govt deptt. Rs 1286 crores collected in this year till date compared to 644 Cr in 2010 and 871 cr in 2011 during same period. Good collections of Cess& Royalty from coal, sands and bricks plus land revenue 798 cr, Registration stamp duty 92Cr, Excise 218cr, Electricity duty 91cr and MV taxes Rs 80Cr. Overall growth of Rs 415Cr over last year.
All asked to further increase raids and realise dues of arrears.

Burdwan got Rs 10 crores to create Good Quality sanitary toilets to rural households

Burdwan district received Rs 10 crores to cover all the households of selected 39 GPs, one each block and two in some blocks who got open defecation free status. This fund will be utilised to construct pucca sanitary latrines for all BPL, ST, SC, Women headed families, Landless Agricultural labourers and farmers owning less than 7.5 bighas (marginal farmers).

• Each toilet costs Rs 5500 out of which Rs 900 is the beneficiary contribution and rest Rs 4600 is subsidy grants under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan.
• In case the beneficiary wants to construct sanitary latrines of higher specification, say Rs 10000, he/ she can avail the facility of MGNREGA convergence where additional funds from MGNREGA is contributed for purchase of material (upto Rs 1800), labour cost as required @ Rs 130 per day etc.
• It's good scheme to cover all rural houses with quality sanitation facilities at affordable rates. Funds will be released to GPs by the end of this month after District Level workshop on 16th November 2012.

Review of NGNB and other rural housing schemes for landless homeless- process to be expedited

Nijo Griho Nijo Bhumi, NGNB is the most successful initiative of West Bengal Govt. to provide lands to landless and homeless. Last year District Land & Land Reforms Office in Burdwan issued NGNB patta to 1945 families and also provided funds for construction of houses from IAY, Gitanjali, Amar Thikana and Amar Bari schemes where funds were sanctioned for construction of houses in a large number of cases. Achievement of Burdwan was one of the best and well appreciated.

• This year 400 NGNB Pattas have been issued already and further 832 pattas are ready for distribution in the first week of December 2012.
• I had a review of NGNB Pattas and allotment of funds for houses to these homeless families/ Economically Weaker Sections. DLLRO, ADM Development and concerned district officers attended the review.
• As per the reports, District submitted list of 1435 minority families under Gitanjali, 521 Paschimanchal Unnayan Parishad, 374 Fishermen under Gitanjali, 250 Housing for ST SC and 1280 Amar Thikana of Panchayat Department for sanction of funds to construct houses. Tender for PUP already finalised and work orders issued from blocks for construction of houses. Projects for all these houses are likely to be sanctioned shortly.
• We have prepared a detailed database of these identified beneficiaries and shared with blocks so that they can submit their proposals under different rural housing projects. All NGNB will get house construction cost irrespective of the facts where they are names appear in BPL or not.
• They will also be covered under SHGs, MGNREGA and other Govt schemes.
• Now, it is decided that 9139 homeless landless families identified in the district will be covered as early possible. Govt vested lands are being given priority for issuing pattas by Sub divisional level committee headed by SDOs in consultation with local MLAs, officials of concerned departments,  in addition to purchase of lands at market rates in the areas where Govt lands are not available. By the end of December 2012 further 1500 NGNB patta with house construction cost will be sanctioned in Burdwan.

Team Burdwan keep it up. We are committed to cover all homeless and landless undr rural housing and socio economic development.