Overview

• Shramshree offers a one-time ₹5,000 on arrival plus ₹5,000 per month for 12 months to families returning to West Bengal.
• The Labour Department will oversee implementation, including travel support, community kitchens or housing aid, and school enrollment for returnees’ children.
• Returnees will undergo skill assessments and receive vocational training under Utkarsh Bangla along with inclusion in existing job-card employment programmes.
• Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cited reports of harassment and linguistic targeting of Bengali workers in BJP-ruled states as the impetus for the new rehabilitation package.
• More than 2,730 families—around 10,000 people—have been brought back to the state under the initiative in recent days.