Bengal government assures no job loss in two govt companies

The West Bengal government today assured employees of two ailing state-run companies that no one would lose job and all of them would be redeployed.
After a cabinet meeting, Minister Partha Chatterjee said Eastern Distilleries and Chemicals Ltd had been in a bad shape for a long time.
"The Chief Minister has directed that all workers will be used. We will do restructuring and redeployment and there will be no loss of job. All will be absorbed," Chatterjee told reporters.
There are around 81 employees in the company.
Similarly, there would be restructuring in the state-run dairy Himul where all excess workers will be redeployed, the minister said.

Another decision taken in the cabinet was to increase the retirement age of medical officers, including doctors, from 62 to 65.

Chatterjee says this is being done to tackle the shortage of doctors in state hospitals.
The cabinet also approved the creation of development boards for the welfare of north Bengal communities of Kami, Damai and Sarki.
Asked about action against the 'Syndicate Raj' in real estate sector, he said the CM had already made it clear that strict action should be taken against culprits.