Administrative delays, cuts in corporate spending quieten Kolkata’s festive beat: इस घटनाक्रम पर आधिकारिक अपडेट दर्ज किया गया है। Huge banners put up by sponsors at Hatibagan in North Kolata in the run up to Durga Puja festivities

बाजार और अर्थव्यवस्था: क्या हुआ बड़ा बदलाव?

Administrative delays, cuts in corporate spending quieten Kolkata’s festive beat

Huge banners put up by sponsors at Hatibagan in North Kolata in the run up to Durga Puja festivities

Pandals are coming up all across Kolkata, but behind the scaffolding. Puja committees are facing a stark new reality: Funds that usually fuel Bengal’s biggest festival have dried up. A transition in State governance has triggered an unintended financial crisis for Kolkata’s Durga Pujas, leaving small organisers worried and corporate sponsors backing away.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has limited the period when hoardings can be displayed to just seven days before Mahalaya and seven days after Bijaya Dashami. During the erstwhile Trinamool Congress government, there were no such guidelines.

“Community pujas are witnessing stress in corporate sponsorship as well. For big and medium community pujas, around 70 per cent of the budgets comes from corporate sponsorship. Due to shrinking sponsorship, we are postponing payments to decorators,” said Saswata Basu, vice

प्रमुख वित्तीय आंकड़े और कंपनियों का रुख

  • •Administrative delays, cuts in corporate spending quieten Kolkata’s festive beat
  • •Huge banners put up by sponsors at Hatibagan in North Kolata in the run up to Durga Puja festivities
  • •Pandals are coming up all across Kolkata, but behind the scaffolding. Puja committees are facing a stark new reality: Funds that usually fuel Bengal’s biggest festival have dried up. A transition in State governance has triggered an unintended financial crisis for Kolkata’s Durga Pujas, leaving small organisers worried and corporate sponsors backing away.
  • •The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has limited the period when hoardings can be displayed to just seven days before Mahalaya and seven days after Bijaya Dashami. During the erstwhile Trinamool Congress government, there were no such guidelines.
  • •“Community pujas are witnessing stress in corporate sponsorship as well. For big and medium community pujas, around 70 per cent of the budgets comes from corporate sponsorship. Due to shrinking sponsorship, we are postponing payments to decorators,” said Saswata Basu, vice
  • •Notably, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari last month urged big budget community Durga Pujas to voluntarily forgo financial aid from the government, while announcing a grant of ₹1 lakh for Durga Puja committees that applied for the aid.
  • •Until last year, the previous Trinamool Congress government provided ₹1.10 lakh to each police
  • •This year, several eligible puja committees have not been able to apply for aid as the application system was changed.
  • •“For providing financial support to community puja organisers, the new government has adopted an entirely new application system, which is more centralised. Earlier, local police stations helped puja organisers with the application process. This year many small puja committees could not apply because they did not get this support,” said Kajal Sarkar, committee president, Bosepukur Sitala Mandir, a crowd-puller and big
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Notably, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari last month urged big budget community Durga Pujas to voluntarily forgo financial aid from the government, while announcing a grant of ₹1 lakh for Durga Puja committees that applied for the aid.

Until last year, the previous Trinamool Congress government provided ₹1.10 lakh to each police

This year, several eligible puja committees have not been able to apply for aid as the application system was changed.

“For providing financial support to community puja organisers, the new government has adopted an entirely new application system, which is more centralised. Earlier, local police stations helped puja organisers with the application process. This year many small puja committees could not apply because they did not get this support,” said Kajal Sarkar, committee president, Bosepukur Sitala Mandir, a crowd-puller and big

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