West Bengal Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Mon, 03 Mar 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi released India's first-ever riverine dolphin estimation report, which counted 6,327 dolphins, at the NBWL meeting in Gir on 3 March 2025.
• The Union Government released Fifteenth Finance Commission untied grants of about ₹699 crore for rural local bodies in West Bengal, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said on 3 March 2025.
• The Indian Navy's Motor Car Rally Expedition on the East Coast was flagged off from INS Netaji, Kolkata, on 3 March 2025 and will end in Chennai on 21 March.

Sun, 02 Mar 2025

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on 2 March 2025 that courts have convicted 29 drug traffickers in 12 cases investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau across India.

Sat, 01 Mar 2025

• The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities organised 'Sugamya Yatra' at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, New Delhi, on International Wheelchair Day, 1 March 2025.
• Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu inaugurated a Boeing 737 flight on the Kolkata–Hindon–Goa route under UDAN at Hindon, Ghaziabad, on 1 March 2025.

Wed, 12 Feb 2025

• West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya tabled a ₹3.89 lakh crore Budget for 2025-26 in the Assembly on 12 February 2025.

Fri, 24 Jan 2025

• The 86th meeting of the Network Planning Group under PM GatiShakti, held on 24 January 2025, evaluated two railway and two highway projects, including Vadodara–Ratlam quadrupling.

Wed, 22 Jan 2025

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 22 January 2025 fixed the MSP of raw jute (TD-3 grade) for the 2025-26 season at ₹5,650 per quintal, ₹315 more than last season.

Mon, 20 Jan 2025

• The XXVII International Congress on Glass (ICG) 2025, organised by CSIR-CGCRI, was inaugurated on 20 January 2025 at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, by Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh.

Thu, 16 Jan 2025

• A two-day MoEFCC stakeholder workshop on 'Financing India's Green Transition Plan and Adaptation Needs' began in Kolkata on 16 January 2025 under the Green Climate Fund Readiness Programme.

Sat, 04 Jan 2025

• The ₹75.95 crore, 5.38-acre campus doubles first-year intake from 33 to 66.

Tue, 31 Dec 2024

• Projects worth ₹272 crore in Uttar Pradesh, ₹257 crore in Bihar and ₹8 crore in West Bengal were approved.

Fri, 20 Dec 2024

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the 61st Raising Day of the Sashastra Seema Bal at Siliguri, West Bengal, on 20 December 2024 as Chief Guest.

Wed, 18 Dec 2024

• INS Nirdeshak, the second ship of the Survey Vessel (Large) project, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam on 18 December 2024.

Tue, 26 Nov 2024

• On 26 November 2024, the Home Ministry said a High-Level Committee chaired by Amit Shah approved ₹1,115.67 crore for disaster mitigation and capacity-building projects, including a ₹1,000-crore National Landslide Risk Mitigation project in 15 States.

Thu, 21 Nov 2024

• On 21 November 2024, the fourth edition of the pan-India coastal defence exercise Sea Vigil 24 concluded after 36 hours, spanning India's 11,098 km coastline with over 21 agencies from six ministries.

Tue, 19 Nov 2024

• On 19 November 2024 in New Delhi, DPIIT celebrated the 8th anniversary of four industrial corridors — AKIC, CBIC, ECEC and BMIC — approved on 20 November 2016.

Sun, 17 Nov 2024

• On 17 November 2024 at Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd, Kolkata, the fourth 25-tonne bollard pull tug 'Yuvan' was launched and the keels of the fifth and sixth tugs were laid.

Mon, 11 Nov 2024

• On 11 November 2024, the Home Ministry said a High-Level Committee chaired by Amit Shah approved three projects worth ₹725.62 crore under 'Expansion and Modernization of Fire Services in the States' for Chhattisgarh, Odisha and West Bengal.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024

• On 5 November 2024 at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata, the keels of Yard 3037 and 3038, the first two Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Navy, were laid in a ceremony presided by West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose.

Sun, 03 Nov 2024

• On 3 November 2024 at its headquarters in Kolkata, Coal India Limited marked its 50th Foundation Day, where Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy launched the Golden Jubilee logo and unveiled the mascot 'Angara'.

Sun, 27 Oct 2024

• On 27 October 2024, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a new Passenger Terminal Building and a Maitri Dwar at Petrapole, West Bengal, built at a cost of ₹487 crore by the Land Port Authority of India.

Wed, 23 Oct 2024

• On 23 October 2024, along the West Bengal and Odisha coasts, the Indian Coast Guard Region (North-East) positioned ships and aircraft and broadcast weather warnings ahead of Cyclone Dana's forecast landfall on 24-25 October.

Mon, 21 Oct 2024

• On 21 October 2024, in India, Cabinet Secretary Dr T.V. Somanathan chaired a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) to review preparedness for the impending cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, with Odisha and West Bengal briefing on their measures.
• On 21 October 2024, at Air Force Station Kalaikunda, West Bengal, the Indian Air Force and the Republic of Singapore Air Force began the 12th edition of the Joint Military Training (JMT) exercise.

Sun, 20 Oct 2024

• On 20 October 2024, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stones and inaugurated multiple development projects, including airport projects worth over ₹6,100 crore.
• On 20 October 2024, in India, the Ministry of Defence announced that 528 NCC Naval Wing cadets would undertake the NCC's first-ever special sailing expedition of about 1,200 km along the Ganges and Hooghly, from Kanpur (21 October) to Kolkata (20 December 2024).

Sat, 12 Oct 2024

• On 12 October 2024, from Sukna, West Bengal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh virtually dedicated 75 Border Roads Organisation projects worth ₹2,236 crore across 11 States/UTs.
• On 12 October 2024, at Sukna Military Station, West Bengal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performed the traditional Shastra Pooja with troops on Dussehra.