The budget of West Bengal, the most important state of the eastern part of the country, has presented the budget on Thursday. If we look at the state budget, it has increased by about 28 percent. The special thing is that this budget of Bengal will be the last full budget of the current government. Elections are going to be held in the year 2026. In such a situation, the Mamta government will present the interim budget next year. If we look at the size of the budget, it is about 45 billion dollars. The GDP of many countries of the world is also not $ 45 billion. Which includes countries like Paraguay, Libya and Nepal. Let us also tell you what is the size of the budget of the government of West Bengal and how much GDP of these countries of the world.
The Government of Bengal has put the last full budget of the current tenure in front. The size of this budget is Rs 3.89 lakh crore is about 44.9 billion dollars. West Bengal Finance Minister Chandima Bhattacharya has presented the state budget for 2025-26. In which important attention has been given to social welfare, rural development and infrastructure. The government has announced infrastructure and agricultural development projects at a large level in its budget. In which important funds have been allocated for rural connectivity, river erosion control and agricultural assistance initiative. On the other hand, the government has informed in the budget that the state government will increase the dearness allowance (DA) by four percent from April 1, 2025. This will make the total DA 18 percent for the state employees, which will give them a lot of relief amid rising inflation.
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The special thing is that the government has increased the budget by about 28 percent compared to last year. This increase is said to be quite big. If we look at the data, in the last financial year 2024–25, the government presented a budget of Rs 3,04,689 crore. Which has been increased to Rs 3.89 lakh crore this time. It is believed that Id bar has increased by about 85 thousand crore rupees towards the government. According to experts, this time the budget may have been increased keeping in mind the election next year. In such a situation, it will not be wrong that this year the government can make many other announcements which will give direct benefits to the people of Bengal.
The special thing is that as much budget budget has been fixed by the government for the financial year 2026. There is no GDP of about 100 countries of the world. The budget of Bengal is more than $ 44.9 billion. While the total GDP of Paraguay in South America is around $ 44.9 billion in 2025. On the other hand, Libya, one of the big countries of Libya North Africa, Libya's total GDP 2024 is seeing a possible $ 44.8 billion. If the total GDP of India's neighboring country Nepal is also $ 43.7 billion. Meaning that even the GDP of many countries of the world is not able to stand in front of the one -year budget of Bengal.
