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February

WPI inflation declines to 3.85 per cent in February

The Wholesale Price Index for primary articles declined by 0.57 per cent to 173.0 (provisional) from 174.0 for the month of January 2023. The prices of food articles (0.45 per cent) increased in February 2023 as compared to January 2023.

State govt’s flagship outreach programmes to re-start next month

The month-long Duare Sarkar programme would be held from 15 February to 15 March while the Paray Samadhan from 1 February to 15 March. Under the Duare Sarkar programme, camps would be held for receiving applications in two rounds from 15 to 21 February and 1 to 7 March. Following which, applications would be enquired and subsequently services would be delivered from 8 to 15 March.

Bengal: Polling in four civic bodies deferred till Feb 12

The decision to defer the election was taken after the state government wrote a letter to the Commission on Saturday morning that they do not have any objection if the SEC decides to postpone the election for another 4 to 6 weeks considering the Covid situation in the state.