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| India, World Bank sign USD 125 million loan to support access to Social Protection Services in West Bengal |
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India, World Bank sign USD 125 million loan to support access to Social Protection Services in West Bengal
The Government of India, the Government of West Bengal, and the World Bank signed a $125 million IBRD loan to support efforts to help poor and vulnerable groups access social protection services in the state of West Bengal.
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West Bengal runs more than 400 programs that provide social assistance, care services, and jobs. Most of these services are offered through an umbrella platform called Jai Bangla.
The West Bengal Building State Capability for Inclusive Social Protection Project will support these interventions at the state level, with particular focus on vulnerable groups such as women, tribal and scheduled caste households, and the elderly, as well as households in the state’s disaster-prone coastal regions.
Background
A recent survey found that while food and in-kind transfers reach most poor and vulnerable households in West Bengal, the coverage of cash transfers is weak. Access to social pensions by the elderly, widows, and disabled persons is also weak due to cumbersome application processes and a lack of automated systems for application and eligibility verification.
Over the next four years, the project will help strengthen the state’s capability to expand coverage and access to social assistance and to deliver cash transfers for the poor and vulnerable through a consolidated social registry.
Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic
- Establishment of West Bengal: 26 January 1950
- Capital city of West Bengal: Kolkata
- Largest city of West Bengal: Kolkata
- Total Districts in West Bengal: 23
- Governor of West Bengal: Jagdeep Dhankhar
- Chief Minister of West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee (AITC)
- Total Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal: Unicameral (294 seats)
- Total Parliamentary constituency in West Bengal: Lok Sabha (42 seats) and Rajya Sabha (16 seats)
- High Court of West Bengal: Calcutta High Court
- Total Population of West Bengal (2011): 91,347,736
- Official language of West Bengal: Bengali & English
- Additional official language of West Bengal: Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Odia, Santali, Punjabi, Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi, Kurmali, Kurukh and Telugu
- Literacy of West Bengal (2011): 77.08%
- Sex ratio in West Bengal (2011): 987 ♀/1000 ♂
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