President gives her assent to GTA Bill

• The President gave her assent to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Bill for setting up a new hill council in Darjeeling hills of West Bengal. 
• Giving this information in Kolkata, the State Chief Secretary Mr.Samar Ghosh said that the process of the formation of the GTA will start after issuance of Gazette notification from Raj Bhavan. Mr. Ghosh said that whatever was in the agreement of the GTA has finally been retained in the bill.
•  He said that the election to the GTA will be completed within three months from the date of publication of Gazette notification.
• Gorakhaland Territorial administration bill was passed in the West Bengal assembly in September last year. The tripartite agreement on GTA was signed on July last year in presence of HOme Minister P. Chidambaram, State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Gorkha Jana Mukhti Morcha Chief Mr. Bimal Gurung.