Kajer Hisab

Budget puts ₹36,000 crore behind the scheme, but eligibility is fixed at ages 25 to 60 — narrower than the promise of support to women across the state

#1 Monthly Financial Support

A month on, the cover stands at ₹5 lakh — Swasthya Sathi's ₹1.5 lakh raised to the Ayushman Bharat level on a 60:40 centre-state split. The promised ₹25 lakh is not part of the scheme as launched, and middle-class families Swasthya Sathi covered may not qualify for Ayushman Bharat

#2 Ayushman Bharat ₹25 Lakh Cover

The 45-day deadline passed in June. Three months in, the arrears are still pending and no payment schedule has been announced — the government now talks of closing the DA gap in phases

#3 Clear DA Arrears

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders meet the Chief Minister seeking a permanent solution and an alternative to the GTA; a tripartite meeting with the Centre is expected

#26 Permanent Solution for Hill Regions

Metro work goes to a new state-railway task force under the Chief Secretary, set up to clear the land that is holding the lines up

#36 Stalled Kolkata Metro Completion

State sets up a task force under the Chief Secretary with the railway zones, meeting weekly on land hurdles holding up projects

#37 61 Stalled Railway Projects

Doubled pensions are being paid, and beneficiaries of the central old-age, widow and disability schemes get ₹500 more from 1 August

#9 Doubled Aid for Widows, Seniors & PwDs

Chief Minister hands citizenship papers to 300 Matua applicants; 23,956 certificates issued against 2.31 lakh applications, with a promise to clear the rest in six months

#25 Hindu Refugee Citizenship

Terms of reference are ready and the government now aims to roll the pay commission out within this financial year — well past the 45-day promise

#4 7th Pay Commission

State hands the BSF 31.9 acres and land along 27 km of border; fencing work starts at Phansidewa and the Union Home Minister lays the foundation stone for a 4 km stretch at Siliguri. The 45-day deadline passed with fencing only beginning

#42 India-Bangladesh Border Fencing