British MPs showed 'keen interest' in Bengal girl child scheme: Mamata

Posted on 18th Feb 2015 12:09 pm by mohit kumar

Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said a delegation of British parliamentarians have expressed a "keen interest" in the state government's 'Kanyashree' scheme for girls and other developmental projects.

"Today (Tuesday), I received a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Delegation of eight MPs of the United Kingdom representing various political parties and officials led by Baroness D'Souza CMG, Lord Speaker, at state secretariat Nabanna.

"We had a very useful discussion on wide range of topics," Banerjee said in a post on her Facebook page.

The Trinamool Congress supremo said the delegates were apprised on initiatives pertaining to women's empowerment in the state.

"They wanted to know about the priorities of the state government like empowerment of women, paid maternity leave for women employees, reservation of seats for women in local bodies and urban and rural development initiatives.

"The delegation expressed keen interest about our 'Kanyashree' scheme. I am so happy that 'Kanyashree' scheme for our girl child has evoked so much of interest all over the world. They also wanted to know about the constraints we face in carrying out development work.

"I mentioned to them about the legacy of huge debt left over by the previous government and our repayment burden as the major hurdle to development work and how hard we are working to overcome this obstacle," she added.

Other news

GST: Government's earnings increased as customers spent, Finance Ministry said- better compliance of rules also increased

The government's earnings in the form of GST increased by 11 percent year-on-year in November on

Ayodhya Divya Deepotsav 2021: 14000 volunteers will light nine and a half lakh diyas, preparing to make a world record!

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has set a target of lighting nine lakh 51 thousand l

IND vs ENG: If Akash Deep does not play, who will take his place in the playing-11? Prasiddhi and Kamboj are among the contenders.

The Indian team has geared up for the fourth Test match against England starting in Manchester fr

World Economic Forum: World leaders will gather at Davos conference today, India will have an important participation

The conference of global leaders will start today i.e. Monday in Davos, a city with snowy plains

Congress should accept coal block responsibility: Naidu

New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Not just an individual but the Congress party should take the respon

Despite being such an expensive phone, the camera of another company is used on the iPhone! CEO Tim Cook himself disclosed

Apple iPhone Camera: Many people are crazy about the camera of the iPhone. Some people want to bu

Slow economic growth is a challenge for all economies, and the risk of a falling global growth rate is not averted: IMF

In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted

Canada to settle 1.5 million migrants in 3 years: Probability of benefit to Indians, work-education visa permit will be simplified

Canada plans to resettle 1.5 million migrants in the next three years. Canada's Minister of Overs

Kejriwal, Naidu Discuss Delhi's Development

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Delhi Chief minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday met Urban Dev

Only Putin knows the next move: 40 percent of the Russian army deployed in the position of attack on Ukraine, the attack can happen on any pretext

Russia's stand on Ukraine is still unclear to the world. Only their President Vladimir Putin know