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JIS Group welcomes WB Budget

by IBNS 28 Feb 2015, 06:18 am

Kolkata, Feb 28 (IBNS) JIS Group MD Taranjit Singh has said that the State Budget presented by West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Friday will encourage middle, lower middle class and even the business houses in the east Indian state.

"As a whole budget will encourage middle and lower middle class;  business houses and will pose a silver lining for development of education and as well as State of West Bengal," Singh said.

Mitra presented the State Budget and said the government is expecting to create 17.5 lakh new employment in the coming year.

"In the last year, we could create 16.6 lakh employment, in the coming year we are expecting 17.5 lakh employment," Mitra said in his speech.

He said the state government is aiming to jump a growth of 10.48 percent GSDP in 2015-16.