With state elections round the corner, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday presented a vote-on-account for ₹ 2.99 lakh crore in the Assembly, and made a slew of announcements, including a hike in the annual aid of farmers. The estimates for the first few months of the new fiscal, starting April, would be taken up for discussion over the next two days, before it is passed by the House.
