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<keyword id="20114810" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="West-Bengal-chief-minister" source="keywords">West Bengal Chief Minister</keyword> <keyword id="19909056" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mamata-Banerjee" source="keywords">Mamata Banerjee</keyword> has written another letter to <keyword id="19898052" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Prime-Minister-Narendra-Modi" source="keywords">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</keyword>, expressing concern over the lack of response to her previous communication regarding the rape and murder of a PG <keyword id="22760814" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="trainee-doctor" source="keywords">trainee doctor</keyword>. In her letter, dated August 30, Banerjee emphasised the gravity of the situation and urged for prompt central intervention, highlighting the inadequacy of the reply received from the Union Minister of <keyword id="20086338" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Women-and-Child-Development" source="keywords">Women and Child Development</keyword>. The letter reads, "No reply was received from your end on such a sensitive issue. However, a reply has been received from the Minister of Women and Child Development, Government of India (vide their No. 1/RESC/HMWCD/2024 dated 25th August 2024), which barely addresses the gravity of the issue raised in my letter. I am of the view that the seriousness of the subject and its relevance to society have not been adequately appreciated in this generic reply." The letter was posted on her social media handle, X. In response to Union Minister Annapurna Devi's allegations regarding the state government's failure to implement essential safety measures for women and children, including Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs), CM Mamata stated that the state government has approved 10 exclusive POCSO FTSCs, while 88 FTSCs and 62 POCSO-designated Courts are functioning with complete state funding. The letter mentioned, "Moreover, I would also refer to some of the initiatives in this area that our State has already undertaken, which appear to have been overlooked in the reply. Regarding Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs), 10 exclusive POCSO Courts have been approved by the State Government. In addition to this, 88 FTSCs and 62 POCSO-designated Courts are functioning throughout the State with complete State funding. Monitoring and disposal of cases are entirely in the hands of the Courts." Highlighting the issue of appointing Presiding Officers in FTSCs, she further stated that this process requires examination and action from the Government of India, which, according to her, needs PM Modi's intervention. "As per Central Government guidelines, only retired Judicial Officers can be posted as Presiding Officers in FTSCs, but the Hon'ble High Court has observed that, in view of the severity of the cases, permanent Judicial Officers need to be appointed. This requires examination at the level of the Government of India and appropriate action thereafter, for which your intervention would be necessary. Moreover, Helpline Nos. 112 and 1098 are functioning satisfactorily in the State. Additionally, Dial 100 is also extensively used in emergency situations," the letter added. Urging for central <keyword id="20082569" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="legislation" source="keywords">legislation</keyword> and exemplary punishment for heinous crimes, the West Bengal CM expressed hope for very considered attention from PM Modi. Mamata Banerjee mentioned in her letter, "I would reiterate and earnestly request that a stringent Central legislation and exemplary punishment for heinous crimes of rape/rape and murder be considered, with a mandatory provision for the disposal of cases within a specific timeframe by the trial authorities. I hope this matter would receive very considered attention at your kind end in the interest of our society at large." On August 26, Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi criticised the West Bengal government for its failure to implement essential safety measures for women and children in the state. In a letter written to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, the Union Minister stated that 123 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) were allocated to the state, but none of them are functional yet. Earlier, on August 22, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the central government to bring in central legislation and set up fast-track courts for "sensitive" issues to ensure a speedy trial. Mamata, in the letter, mentioned that such "sensitive" issues need to be addressed comprehensively through stringent central legislation prescribing exemplary punishment against the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. The Bengal Chief Minister suggested the setting up of "fast-track special courts" to deal with such cases, which require a speedy trial. This development comes after the trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.

"No reply received, hope this matter receives considered attention": CM Mamata writes to PM Modi again on rape-murder case

The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has been allocated Rs 13,539 crore in the 2024-2025 budget, an increase of 37 per cent from the 2023-2024 revised estimates of Rs 9,853.32 crore. This increase is primarily focused on enhancing <keyword id="20312810" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="welfare-programmes" source="keywords">welfare programmes</keyword> for <keyword id="21384605" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="marginalised-communities" source="keywords">marginalised communities</keyword> and improving infrastructure for social services. The key areas of funding include Rs 9,549.98 crore for the 'Umbrella Scheme for Development of Scheduled Castes', a significant increase from the Rs 6,780 crore in the previous financial year. For achieving social justice comprehensively, the saturation approach of covering all eligible people through various programmes, including those for education and health, will be adopted, Finance Minister <keyword id="19916618" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nirmala-Sitharaman" source="keywords">Nirmala Sitharaman</keyword> said on Tuesday while presenting the 2024-25 Union Budget in Parliament. She said to ensure <keyword id="22517725" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="inclusive-human-resource-development" source="keywords">inclusive human resource development</keyword>, a social justice saturation approach will be adopted. Social justice through the saturation approach refers to a strategy where the government aims to ensure that all eligible individuals are covered by various programmes and initiatives. The department has been allocated Rs 2,150 crore for the 'Umbrella Programme for Development of Other Vulnerable Groups' and Rs 314 crore for the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction. The establishment expenditure of Rs 145.80 crore for the central administration includes allocations for the secretariat and national commissions. The amount is a slight decrease from the previous year's Rs 152.60 crore. The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has been allocated Rs 38 crore and the National Commission for Backward Classes Rs 21 crore. The budget of the Development and Welfare Board for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities remains at Rs 5 crore. Central sector schemes and projects are among the focus areas of this budget, with the <keyword id="22517726" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="scholarships-for-higher-education" source="keywords">Scholarships for Higher Education</keyword> for Young Achievers Scheme for Scheduled Castes being allocated Rs 428 crore. This scheme encompasses various sub-schemes, including the National Fellowship for SCs, Free Coaching for SCs and OBCs, Top Class Education for SCs and the National Overseas Scholarship for SCs. The Scheme of Residential Education for Students in High School in Targeted Areas for SCs has been allocated Rs 133.07 crore. The department also prioritises <keyword id="22024434" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="economic-assistance" source="keywords">economic assistance</keyword> and <keyword id="20068989" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="skill-development" source="keywords">skill development</keyword> through initiatives like the Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana -- that has been allocated Rs 130 crore -- and the <keyword id="20245482" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="venture-capital-fund" source="keywords">Venture Capital Fund</keyword> for SCs and OBCs -- that has bee allocated Rs 50 crore. Additionally, the Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers, which previously had allocations, does not feature in the current budget, indicating a possible reallocation of funds or a change in strategy. Support for marginalised individuals, particularly through the Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise programme, which includes comprehensive rehabilitation for persons engaged in begging and welfare of transgender persons, has been allocated Rs 98.46 crore. This marks a substantial increase from the previous year's Rs 32.82 crore, highlighting a growing commitment to addressing these vulnerable groups' needs. Transfers to states and Union Territories under centrally sponsored schemes form a major part of the budget.

Budget: Rs 13,539 cr allocated to social justice department, 37% higher than last year

Finance Minister <keyword id="19916618" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nirmala-Sitharaman" source="keywords">Nirmala Sitharaman</keyword> on Tuesday announced <keyword id="20404375" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="income-tax-relief" source="keywords">income tax relief</keyword> for the <keyword id="20071167" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="middle-class" source="keywords">middle class</keyword>, a Rs 2 lakh crore outlay for <keyword id="22517841" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="job-creation-schemes" source="keywords">job creation schemes</keyword> over the next five years and a spending splurge for states run by her party's new coalition partners as she unveiled <keyword id="20509939" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Modi-3-0" source="keywords">Modi 3.0</keyword> government's first budget after the general elections. With rural distress and unemployment being blamed for BJP losing its majority, Sitharaman in her seventh straight budget provided Rs 2.66 lakh crore for <keyword id="20027688" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rural-development" source="keywords">rural development</keyword> and maintained spending on long-term infrastructure projects at Rs 11.11 lakh crore to boost <keyword id="19900794" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="economic-growth" source="keywords">economic growth</keyword>. She abolished 'angel tax' for all classes of investors in startups, cut customs duty on mobile phones and gold and simplified capital gains tax. She, however, raised the securities transaction tax (STT) on futures and options of securities, which led to tanking of stock markets. "India's economic growth continues to be the shining exception (in a world that is gripped by policy uncertainties) and will remain so in the years ahead," she said. "In this budget, we particularly focus on <keyword id="19898684" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="employment" source="keywords">employment</keyword>, <keyword id="20374219" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="skilling" source="keywords">skilling</keyword>, MSMEs, and the middle class." Besides Rs 2 lakh crore provided over a five year period for schemes and initiatives to facilitate employment, skilling and other opportunities for 4.1 crore youth, "I have made a provision of Rs 1.48 lakh crore for education, employment and skilling," she said. For Bihar, where assembly elections are due next year, the finance minister announced spending of Rs 60,000 crore on infrastructure projects like expressways, power plant, heritage corridors and new airports. The support to Bihar, whose ruling party and BJP's partner JD-U has been demanding an economic package and special category status for the state, is in the form of capital projects but not subsidy or cash dole. Similarly, for Andhra Pradesh, whose ruling TDP recently joined BJP-led NDA, she allocated Rs 15,000 crore in financial aid through multilateral agencies. A similar request for support to Bihar will be expedited, she said. For the middle class, she raised standard deduction -- a flat deduction from total salary earned by an employee in a year before calculating applicable income tax rate -- by 50 per cent to Rs 75,000 and tweaked tax slabs for taxpayers opting for the new income tax regime. This will lead to taxpayers under the new tax regime -- which offers lower rates of taxes but permits limited deductions and exemptions -- saving up to Rs 17,500 in tax annually, she said. To spur employment, the Budget provided for incentives for companies, including paying for one-month salary for first-time employees, incentive at specified sale to both employee and empower with respect to their retirement fund contribution in the first four years of employment and reimbursing employers up to Rs 3,000 per month for 2 years towards EPFO contribution of each additional employee. Also, a programme to improve skills as well internship for students and subsidised loans for higher education will be provided, she said. India's official unemployment rate in urban areas is pegged at 6.7 per cent but private agencies put it at much higher levels. Buoyed by robust tax collections and a higher-than-expected dividend receipt from the Reserve Bank, Sitharaman said the government's fiscal deficit -- the difference between the total revenue earned and total expenditure -- will be trimmed to 4.9 per cent of the GDP in 2024-25, below the 5.1 per cent figure estimated in the interim budget she presented in February. She reduced gross market borrowing marginally to Rs 14.01 lakh crore. The Budget for 2024-25 fiscal (April 2024 to March 2025) allocated Rs 1.52 lakh crore for agriculture and allied sectors, aid for building 3 crore affordable housing units in urban and rural areas, provided credit support to small and medium businesses, raised small loans to Rs 20 lakh for small business, proposed setting up 12 industrial parks, and provided for setting up a Rs 1,000 crore venture capital fund for space sector.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Elon Musk praised Singapore's first prime minister, calling him a 'brilliant' man.</li><li>Musk shared a blog lauding Lee Kuan Yew's foresight in developing Changi Airport.</li></ul>Elon Musk said that Singapore's first prime minister, touted as the country's founding father, was a "brilliant" man.On Thursday, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO reposted a blog piece by newsletter writer George Mack, who praised Lee Kuan Yew's foresight and immigration policies.Mack wrote about Lee's efforts in conceiving Singapore's Changi Airport, which has been <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/changi-airport-regains-crown-named-world-s-best-airport-for-12th-time">named the world's best airport</a> 12 times by London-based research firm Skytrax."He was brilliant," Musk wrote of Lee.This is not the first time Musk has lauded the late prime minister. He previously <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1805134897591550248">called Lee a "genius"</a> for installing air-conditioning units in public service buildings to boost productivity in the humid, tropical country.To be sure, Singapore also draws critique on the global stage on topics including its policies towards low-income workers, freedom of speech, and human rights issues relating to the LGBTQ+ communities.Lee served as prime minister from 1959 to 1990 and died in 2015.Here are three things to know about the man credited for building up the prosperous Southeast Asian country:<h2 id="a03ce4b0-3ae4-46cb-a73f-a4328ad881d2">1. Singapore's award-winning Changi Airport was Lee's brainchild.</h2><div type="image" title="Singapore's Changi Airport." height="1412" width="2123" msid="111860873" hostid="261" sizebytes="397066"></div>Before Singapore's Changi Airport became operational in 1981, the island state had a small commercial airport located inland on the east side of Singapore, called Paya Lebar Airport.While efforts had begun to expand Paya Lebar Airport, Lee <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-17/issue-3/oct-dec-2021/changi-airport/">envisioned a much bigger airport</a> located on the coast of the island, which could be expanded in the future by reclaiming land from the sea."By mid 1970s, it was clear that Paya Lebar Airport would not be able to cope with the growing traffic for much longer," Lee said in 2006, at Changi Airport's 25th anniversary dinner. "We needed a bigger airport, with at least two runways."The new Changi Airport was planned to be five times bigger than its predecessor. And Lee wanted the airport to be an extension of Singapore's image as a garden city, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/columns/lee-kuan-yew-truly-father-changi-airport">The Business Times</a> reported in 2015.He wanted a lot of trees planted and said that he wished to "see a jungle" when driving from the city to the airport, located on the island's easternmost tip.As of 2024, the airport has four functioning terminals with a fifth <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.changiairport.com/corporate/our-expertise/changi-east.html#aboutt5">expected to open</a> in the mid 2030s.In 2023, it saw passenger traffic of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/changi-airport-s-2023-passenger-traffic-rebounds-to-86-of-pre-covid-19-levels#:~:text=Home-,Changi%20Airport's%202023%20passenger%20traffic%20rebounds%20to,of%20pre%2DCovid%2D19%20levels&amp;text=SINGAPORE%20%2D%20Some%2058.9%20million%20passengers,before%20the%20Covid%2D19%20pandemic.">58.9 million people</a>. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.worldairportawards.com/the-worlds-top-10-airports-of-2024/#google_vignette">Skytrax</a> called it one of the "busiest passenger hubs" for Southeast Asia.<h2 id="534d9837-7103-4ea5-b704-73587f72d562">2. Lee's policies transformed Singapore into a global financial and trading hub.</h2><div type="image" title="The Singapore skyline." height="1424" width="2106" msid="111860874" hostid="261" sizebytes="181064"></div>After Singapore's independence from British colonial rule in 1963 and its separation from Malaysia in 1965, the country was left with few resources, rampant unemployment, an overpopulation problem, and a lack of good public housing.Fast forward about 60 years, and the country has the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gdp-per-capita?continent=asia">highest GDP per capita</a> in Asia. Its unemployment rate is low, at <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://stats.mom.gov.sg/Pages/Labour-Market-Report-4Q-2023.aspx">2.0% as of December 2023</a>.Lee gave Singapore's principle architect, Liu Thai Ker, the ambitious goal of resettling everyone living in slums by 1982, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/world/asia/singapore-public-housing-urban-planner.html">The New York Times reported.</a> And it worked: <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.hdb.gov.sg/cs/infoweb/-/media/doc/CCG/Annual-Report-FY2022/HDB-Key-Statistics-FY22.ashx">77% of the population</a> lived in state-subsidized housing, as of 2022.Singapore also holds the spot of Asia's top financial center, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3256297/singapore-keeps-crown-asias-top-financial-centre-outranks-hong-kong-all-factors-competitiveness-gfci">outranking Hong Kong </a>in the latest edition of the semi-annual <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.longfinance.net/media/documents/GFCI_35_Report_2024.03.21_v1.0.pdf">Global Financial Centres Index</a>.Singapore's growth has largely been credited to Lee's policies of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/how-lee-kuan-yew-transformed-singapore/">attracting foreign investment</a> and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://asiafoundation.org/2015/03/25/lee-kuan-yews-role-in-singapore-u-s-relations/">strengthening</a> international ties.<h2 id="ad23dd23-97df-491a-947b-69e20ebc8828">3. Lee's robust immigration policies brought in skilled labor into Singapore</h2><div type="image" title="Crowds in Singapore's Orchard shopping district." height="1414" width="2121" msid="111860877" hostid="261" sizebytes="237264"></div>Lee saw the benefits to attracting skilled foreign talent to boost the country's productivity and spur Singaporean workers.One way he did this was by building a world class public <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/04/is-education-the-secret-to-singapores-success/">education system</a>, drawing in foreign students.The country's largest public universities, National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings">ranked</a> 8th and 15th, respectively, in the 2025 QS top universities rankings.The universities ranked higher than American universities Cornell, Princeton, and Yale.Lee reiterated his stance on foreign talent in 2011 when, at age 87, he was asked for his views on Singapore's "ability to absorb" foreign professionals in future."If Singapore depends on the talent it can produce out of 3 million people, it's not going to punch above its weight," Lee <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxX-tWksVaw">responded</a>.Like <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48785695">other</a> developed countries, Singapore is now <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapore-tightens-rules-hiring-foreign-professionals-2024-03-04/">tightening its rules</a> for hiring foreigners by raising the minimum salary required to qualify for an employment visa.

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