Another board

The West Bengal government has announced the setting up of a new board to boost industrialisation. The Industrial Development and Promotional Board will meet every week to resolve problems facing industry, process new proposals and submit a report to the Chief Minister's Office every Saturday. A section of officials immediately questioned the move, arguing that the government already had several boards and panels for the purpose. There is the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation and a core committee on industries chaired by the CM, besides eight sectoral committees of industrialists and officials attached to the housing, information technology, food processing, micro and small-scale industries and so on. Some said the move showed the government's desperation to attract investments, which eluded the state during Mamata Banerjee's first stint as CM.