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CM lends ear, draws line Offer of help but firm on land!US impressed with Mamata, keen to invest in WB

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US impressed with Mamata, keen to invest in WB

Priyanka GuptaPriyanka Gupta CNN-IBN
Posted on Jun 19, 2011 at 02:02pm IST

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee's mission industry has just got a leg-up. After decades of mistrust for everything American Bengal may soon see more dollars in its coffers. The US assistant secretary Robert Blake on a visit to the Chief Minister's office made America's intentions clear, that Bengal is destination next for large scale US investment. But there are hiccups like the law and order problem of the state.

Blake said, "For the investors it is important that there is a good law and order situation in the state. Mamata Banerjee has assured me that the law and order aspect as well as the general investor climate is being improved upon."

This came just a day before Mamata Banerjee hosts the who's who of Indian Industry who are in Kolkata for a business summit on Saturday. But many think that the recent Singur Bill and the land bill recommendations might make many investors turn cautious.

US impressed with Mamata, keen to invest in WB

Bengal Chamber of Commerce President Sandipan Chakrabarty said, "Mamata Banerjee needs to convey the industry people that she is willing to meet them half way and that her promise of co-existence of industry and agriculture will be delivered. Right now it doesn't appear that way."

The Left Front who once called Mamata Banerjee a US agent after a WikiLeaks cable showed US wanted to cultivate her, is watching the developments closely.

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CM lends ear, draws line 
Offer of help but firm on land
DEVADEEP PUROHIT AND SAMBIT SAHA
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the meeting with the industrialists on Saturday in Calcutta.

Calcutta, June 18: Mamata Banerjee today heard industry out and promised that her government would also do so every fortnight, the chief executive of the state offering all help but the politician in her not shy of iterating the known stand on land.

The first interaction between industry and the chief minister since the mammoth mandate sent out a message that the government was willing to accommodate the concerns of industry. Mamata also used the opportunity to suggest investors should be prepared for some parameters within which the new government will function.

On land, she gave the impression that the government's hands-off stand would not be diluted, at least not in the immediate future.

Ignoring demands for a government role in land acquisition, the chief minister said the administration would steer clear of acquiring land for private industry.

"You will have to solve these problems," Mamata said with a smile when Sumit Mazumder of Tractors India Ltd pointed out that industrialists were facing problems in acquiring larger tracts of land.

During the question and answer session, Mazumder mentioned that industry's attempts at directly buying land from farmers were not always feasible.

ITC chairman Y.C. Deveshwar echoed him, saying that his company's plans to roll out a food-processing venture in the state had hit the land hurdle.

In his carefully crafted but candid observation, Deveshwar sounded a word of caution: "It is going to be difficult to attract investment if buying land becomes difficult."

Mamata listened to the observation with full attention but did not say anything. She had bared her mind during her keynote address. "It is better that you directly purchase land. You may agree or not agree with me," said Mamata, who had received recommendations on land policy earlier this week from a panel that suggested the government stay off acquisition for private investors.

Mamata has been pursuing such a stand at the Centre, too. It would have been unusual if the chief minister had said anything contrary to her known stand but some industrialists appeared to have been nursing hopes that she would dilute her stand at the meeting.

But Mamata promised to revisit the issues discussed today after six months and said a land cell would be set up to help industry.

The more realistic among the industrialists pointed out that today's was an "acclimatisation" exercise and specific issues were expected to be taken up later at other sessions with the government.

"We got to know each other well. The nitty-gritty can be discussed later during closed-door meetings," an industrialist said.

Mamata did promise to hear out industry further and announced a mechanism for interaction every fortnight.

Her policy of "do it immediately" — which she explained with care — charmed the audience the most. "I don't want to sit quietly for years without doing anything…. Even Subhas Chandra Bose had said there is a right to make blunders," said Mamata.

If Mamata had on her mind the Singur land ordinance, which had to be replaced by a bill because the House was in session when the temporary measure was readied, it was an audacious gesture at an interaction with industrialists.

The Singur issue did not come up even once during the discussion as the industrialists vied with one another to congratulate her on her thumping election victory.

As sceptical voices were muted in the euphoria over Mamata's commitment to provide all other support such as prompt response to complaints, some businessmen praised the chief minister for her clarity. "It is good that she did not give any false hope. She made the rules of the game clear to everybody without keeping any ambiguity on the subject," said a city-based industrialist after the two-hour interactive session at a railway auditorium in Alipore this afternoon.

The A-list of Bengal Inc attended the programme during which Mamata — along with industries minister Partha Chatterjee and finance minister Amit Mitra — fielded questions from the audience.

Although the preparations, done in haste, had raised some apprehensions earlier, industry did get an opportunity to get across its views as a patient Mamata ensured that all had their say, intervening at one point to let a speaker take time to finish his question.

Adi Godrej of Godrej and Shivinder Singh of Fortis were among the notable guests from outside Bengal.

"A dilution of her stand on land may have earned her brownie points but she likes to set the rules that suit her," said a close aide of Mamata.

She set the rules several times during the two-hour interaction as she told the industrialists to make her industries minister and department secretaries work harder to solve their problems.

The chief minister sent out a message on land use. When Mamata said "land is there with certain industrial groups but they are not doing anything. Jindals in Salboni…", minister Chatterjee said something to her.

"I know they have asked for time," Mamata then said, referring to the steel plant proposed by the group.

When the menace of extortion was raised by an industrialist, Mamata said there would be an administrative shake-up in the area soon but also requested industry to ensure that they did not encourage the mafia by paying them.

She introduced a host of secretaries — industries secretary Deepankar Mukherjee, power secretary Malay De, WBIDC managing director Subrata Gupta — to the audience and said her officials would be available to solve any problem.

Her attempt to promote industry — with focus on IT, tourism and agro and food-processing industries — drew a huge round of applause from the audience.

She made it a point to request the audience to have tea and snacks before leaving the venue.

"There is a freshness all around and there is hope," summed up Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Industries.

Front row (from left): Harsh Neotia, S.K. Birla, US consul-general Beth Payne, Sanjiv Goenka, Y.C. Deveshwar, S.K. Roy, Adi Godrej and S.K. Rungta. Second row (from left): C.K. Dhanuka, Sumit Mazumder, K.K. Bangur and Rajive Kaul. Pictures by Pradip Sanyal

HIGH POINT

Eye-catchers
Adi Godrej of Godrej, Shivinder Singh of Fortis, Y.C. Deveshwar of ITC, Sanjiv Goenka of RPG Enterprise, Aditya Khaitan of McLeod Russel, Harsh Neotia of Ambuja Realty, Karan Paul of Apeejay Group, H.M. Bangur of Shree Cement and S.K. Roy of Peerless

Not seen
Pawan Ruia

Surprise appearance
Shivinder Singh of Fortis. Few people knew he would turn up. Has recently opened a hospital in Calcutta

Best observation
I will suggest that you announce a five-year plan to ensure a double-digit growth for the Bengal economy. If this happens, the perception and branding of the state will change…. Also, please consider abolishing the urban land ceiling act. Housing development will add to the growth of the state. Education and skill-building are two other areas
Adi Godrej, 
chairman, Godrej Industries

Best of Mamata
I am in a hurry. I don't want to sit quietly for years without doing anything. If you don't rush into things, then work cannot be done. If you do things in a hurry, mistakes are bound to happen. Subhas Chandra Bose had said there is a right to make blunders. Bhul na korle kaaj hoy na (You can't work without making mistakes)

Most candid observation
Investors are looking at your government for the reforms made in the first 200-300 days…. ITC is planning to enter the food-processing business, but land is not available. You want us to buy land directly. It is possible to purchase small pieces of land. But it is difficult to get large plots of land. It is going to be difficult to attract investment if buying land becomes difficult
Y.C. Deveshwar, 
chairman, ITC

Sensitive moment
S.K. RungtaFicci member: Can Bengal follow the Gujarat model by developing clusters of industries with all facilities?
Mamata: Gujarat is Gujarat and Bengal is Bengal. We want to follow the Bengal model for industrial rejuvenation

Takeaways from the meet
 A core group, including the chief minister, the finance and industries ministers, representatives of chambers of commerce and departmental secretaries, will meet every fortnight. The first meeting of the core group will be held next Friday.
 Mamata's slogan: Do it immediately
 Mamata's intent: She means business but political compulsions cannot be wished away
 Mamata's promise: The government will work for industry 

The big laugh
He (Partha Chatterjee) has to run a bit more. Make him run faster…. He will never lose weight because his structure is such
Mamata Banerjee

Big yawn
Most repeated opening line by industrialists: Let me first congratulate you (Mamata) on 
the great electoral victory

Heard but off the record
She did not make much eye contact. But people are still hopeful this government would be better than the last one

The other side
If the chief minister can proceed by asking industrialists to procure land for themselves, let that happen. It will be good if she can do that. We had acquired around 8,000 acres after talking to farmers and after seeking their consent. The new government can use that to set up industrial parks or other units
Nirupam Sen, 
former state industries minister, at the CPM office in the evening


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Mamata meet before Delhi parleys

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US official calls for pro-biz climate

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Rain prompts change in high-tea plan

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Mamata to Meet Pranab for Financial Aid to WB

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'Rough' CM talks tough on violence

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Mamata takes Food Department by surprise

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promises to keep

Calcutta Telegraph - ‎Jun 17, 2011‎
It is a name imbued with heavy political symbolism since it was the agitation there that put Mamata Banerjee on the comeback trail. She had no need to look back since then. But as chief minister, she cannot afford not to look back on Singur. ...

Mamata to meet Pranab in Delhi

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Kolkata, June16 (IBNS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is to visit the capital in a few days, to meet the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. This is the first time Banerjee is going to Delhi after she became Chief Minister. ...

Mamata storms 'corruption den'

Calcutta Telegraph - ‎Jun 15, 2011‎
Mamata Banerjee described the food and supplies department's main office as "ghugu-r basa" (den of corruption) and promised to clean it up during a surprise visit on Wednesday. She later went over to the fire brigade headquarters next door and was not ...

Mamata weekend trip to Delhi

Calcutta Telegraph - ‎Jun 15, 2011‎
New Delhi, June 15: Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Delhi this weekend to press for the proposed bailout package for Bengal and meet the Planning Commission deputy chairperson to finalise the state's plan size. A source said Mamata's visit — her ...

A Red Tutorial, And Enemies In The Class

Outlook - Dola Mitra - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
As one student puts it, "We're waiting for the new chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, to deliver us from the present rot that has set in the education system in our state." By common consensus, at the top of the list is what a Burdwan University student ...

Banerjee admonishes food department officials

Mangalorean.com - ‎Jun 15, 2011‎
Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) On a sudden visit to the state food department headquarters, West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee Wednesday admonished officials for disorganised filing and ordered them to create a data base of computerised information ...

Carrom in 'corruption den'

Calcutta Telegraph - ‎Jun 16, 2011‎
A day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee promised to break the food and supplies department's "den of corruption", its employees were busy playing carrom even an hour past lunchtime. Change may be the new government's mantra and "Do it immediately" ...

Will supply good quality rice: Bengal minister

iNewsOne - ‎Jun 16, 2011‎
Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee admonished officials of his department for the poor state of affairs, Food and Supplies Minister Jyotipriya Mullick Thursday announced a series of measures to check ...

Fisherman dies as boat capsizes in storm

iNewsOne - ‎Jun 16, 2011‎
Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) A fisherman in West Bengal's South 24-Parganas district was killed after his boat capsized in the coastal area following a storm, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here Thursday. 'We were very concerned because around 50 ...

Not just a man's world

The Island.lk (subscription) - sushila ramaswamy - ‎Jun 15, 2011‎
Miss Mamata Banerjee is the first woman chief minister of West Bengal and the 14th woman chief minister in India. In Tamil Nadu, Ms J Jayalalitha has become chief minister for the third time, the other two terms being from 1991 to ...

Mamata to meet Pranab to seek financial assistance for state

IBNLive.com - ‎Jun 16, 2011‎
PTI | 10:06 PM,Jun 16,2011 Kolkata, Jun 16 (PTI) To tide over the financial crisis in West Bengal, Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee will meet Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi next week to seek the Central government's assistance. ...

Mamata to canvass for Jamshedpur bypoll

Deccan Chronicle - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
PTI West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee would visit this steel city to campaign for her party candidate contesting the July 1 Jamshedpur parliamentary by-elections. "Party leaders, including Banerjee and Union minister of state for railway Mukul ...

Mamata postpones Delhi trip

IBNLive.com - ‎Jun 17, 2011‎
PTI | 10:06 PM,Jun 17,2011 Banerjee said that to stand beside the people at this hour she had deferred her visit to Delhi on Saturday to take up with the Finance Ministry and the Planning Commission matters relating to the state's finances. ...

Biz bosses want chief minister's support

Times of India - ‎Jun 17, 2011‎
Digjam chairman Sidharth Birla made it clear that he always believed in Bengal and is looking forward to interact withMamata. Rana Sinha, managing director of Telcon, the JV between Tata Motors and Hitachi, feels that the new CM would like to ...

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Save the Universities!

RSS might replace Gandhi with Ambedkar on currency notes!

जैसे जर्मनी में सिर्फ हिटलर को बोलने की आजादी थी,आज सिर्फ मंकी बातों की आजादी है।

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Palash Biswas on BAMCEF UNIFICATION!

THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS ON NEPALI SENTIMENT, GORKHALAND, KUMAON AND GARHWAL ETC.and BAMCEF UNIFICATION! Published on Mar 19, 2013 The Himalayan Voice Cambridge, Massachusetts United States of America

BAMCEF UNIFICATION CONFERENCE 7

Published on 10 Mar 2013 ALL INDIA BAMCEF UNIFICATION CONFERENCE HELD AT Dr.B. R. AMBEDKAR BHAVAN,DADAR,MUMBAI ON 2ND AND 3RD MARCH 2013. Mr.PALASH BISWAS (JOURNALIST -KOLKATA) DELIVERING HER SPEECH. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLL-n6MrcoM http://youtu.be/oLL-n6MrcoM

Imminent Massive earthquake in the Himalayas

Palash Biswas on Citizenship Amendment Act

Mr. PALASH BISWAS DELIVERING SPEECH AT BAMCEF PROGRAM AT NAGPUR ON 17 & 18 SEPTEMBER 2003 Sub:- CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT 2003 http://youtu.be/zGDfsLzxTXo

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THE HIMALAYAN TALK: INDIAN GOVERNMENT FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM RISKIER

http://youtu.be/NrcmNEjaN8c The government of India has announced food security program ahead of elections in 2014. We discussed the issue with Palash Biswas in Kolkata today. http://youtu.be/NrcmNEjaN8c Ahead of Elections, India's Cabinet Approves Food Security Program ______________________________________________________ By JIM YARDLEY http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/indias-cabinet-passes-food-security-law/

THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS TALKS AGAINST CASTEIST HEGEMONY IN SOUTH ASIA

THE HIMALAYAN VOICE: PALASH BISWAS DISCUSSES RAM MANDIR

Published on 10 Apr 2013 Palash Biswas spoke to us from Kolkota and shared his views on Visho Hindu Parashid's programme from tomorrow ( April 11, 2013) to build Ram Mandir in disputed Ayodhya. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77cZuBunAGk

THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS LASHES OUT KATHMANDU INT'L 'MULVASI' CONFERENCE

अहिले भर्खर कोलकता भारतमा हामीले पलाश विश्वाससंग काठमाडौँमा आज भै रहेको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मूलवासी सम्मेलनको बारेमा कुराकानी गर्यौ । उहाले भन्नु भयो सो सम्मेलन 'नेपालको आदिवासी जनजातिहरुको आन्दोलनलाई कम्जोर बनाउने षडयन्त्र हो।' http://youtu.be/j8GXlmSBbbk

THE HIMALAYAN DISASTER: TRANSNATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT MECHANISM A MUST

We talked with Palash Biswas, an editor for Indian Express in Kolkata today also. He urged that there must a transnational disaster management mechanism to avert such scale disaster in the Himalayas. http://youtu.be/7IzWUpRECJM

THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS CRITICAL OF BAMCEF LEADERSHIP

[Palash Biswas, one of the BAMCEF leaders and editors for Indian Express spoke to us from Kolkata today and criticized BAMCEF leadership in New Delhi, which according to him, is messing up with Nepalese indigenous peoples also. He also flayed MP Jay Narayan Prasad Nishad, who recently offered a Puja in his New Delhi home for Narendra Modi's victory in 2014.]

THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS CRITICIZES GOVT FOR WORLD`S BIGGEST BLACK OUT

THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS CRITICIZES GOVT FOR WORLD`S BIGGEST BLACK OUT

THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALSH BISWAS FLAYS SOUTH ASIAN GOVERNM

Palash Biswas, lashed out those 1% people in the government in New Delhi for failure of delivery and creating hosts of problems everywhere in South Asia. http://youtu.be/lD2_V7CB2Is

THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS LASHES OUT KATHMANDU INT'L 'MULVASI' CONFERENCE

अहिले भर्खर कोलकता भारतमा हामीले पलाश विश्वाससंग काठमाडौँमा आज भै रहेको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मूलवासी सम्मेलनको बारेमा कुराकानी गर्यौ । उहाले भन्नु भयो सो सम्मेलन 'नेपालको आदिवासी जनजातिहरुको आन्दोलनलाई कम्जोर बनाउने षडयन्त्र हो।' http://youtu.be/j8GXlmSBbbk