Rs 600 cr economic package for Darjeeling hills

July 15, 2011 07:25 pm | Updated 07:25 pm IST - New Delhi

A file picture of Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister addressing the media after her talks with GJM leaders Bimal Gurung and Roshan Giri in Kolkata on May 30, 2011. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury.

A file picture of Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister addressing the media after her talks with GJM leaders Bimal Gurung and Roshan Giri in Kolkata on May 30, 2011. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury.

The Centre will provide a Rs 600 - crore economic package to the proposed Gorkhaland Territorial Administration in Darjeeling to carry out development activities under its jurisdiction.

The funds will be released by the central government in three years - Rs 200 crore each - beginning this fiscal as part of the much-awaited tripartite agreement to be signed on July 18, official sources in New Delhi said on Friday.

The pact will be signed by the representatives of West Bengal government and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha while a senior official of the Home Ministry will sign it as a witness.

Home Minister P Chidambaram and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be present at the function to be held at Sukna which falls within the jurisdiction of Darjeeling.

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