Overview

• Each registered Durga Puja committee in West Bengal will receive a grant of ₹1.10 lakh this year, up from ₹85,000 in 2024.
• An estimated 45,000 committees are set to benefit, pushing total state expenditure on the festival subsidy programme past ₹400 crore.
• Committees will secure an 80 percent concession on electricity bills and full waivers of fire licence charges and other state fees.
• The government issued mandatory safety protocols requiring CCTV surveillance, drone monitoring, watch towers and separate entry and exit points at all pandals.
• Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged organisers to assist migrant workers returning after alleged mistreatment elsewhere and scheduled idol immersions for October 2–4 with a carnival on October 5.