Tripura's per capita income higher than Bengal: Amit Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the per capita income in the BJP-ruled Tripura is now Rs 1.77 lakh, higher than the neighbouring state of West Bengal ruled by Trinamool Congress.

Addressing the National Cooperative Conference in Agartala, Shah said that before the BJP came to power in Tripura in 2018, the per capita income in the state was ₹98,000 and it has now increased to ₹1.77 lakh. "Due to the good governance of BJP, the per capita income in Tripura exceeded West Bengal. A new era of development started after the BJP came to power in Tripura," he added.

Earlier, the home minister visited the Reang tribal settlement camp at Haduklaupara village in Dhalai district. "The previous Left Front government did nothing to remove the miseries of the Reang tribals. After the BJP government came to power in Tripura in 2018, all efforts were undertaken to resolve the problems of the Reang tribals," he said.


A Central Detective Training Institute will come up in Tripura which will study the unique security challenges of the northeastern region, Shah said.