Kolkata, July 15 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that NITI Aayog has "officially recognised" the State's strong performance across key socio-economic indicator, most notably in employment.

Niti Aayog's newly released report also highlighted West Bengal's "positive standing in several other areas such as literacy rate, education outcomes, life expectancy, sex ratio, she said

Writing on X, Mamata Banerjee highlighted that state's unemployment stood at just 2.2 per cent, 30 per cent lower than national average of 3.2 per cent.

"Pleased to share that NITI Aayog has officially recognised West Bengal's strong performance across key socio-economic indicators--most notably in employment. The State's annual unemployment r...