long time before the present-day emphasis being laid on decentralised planning at the National level. Power has been made a Priority Sector and it comprises more than one-third of the total plan-size. Implementation of the Bakreswar Thermal Power Project has been taken up as a Challenge against the Centre's policy of discrimination and deprivation. Centre's prevarication with sanctioning of the Haldia Petro-Chemical Complex has served to stall this very important project with its upstream and downstream spin-off effects. Nevertheless, the State Government has gone boldly ahead with promotion of Industrial growth with attractive package of incentives. The Electronics Complex at Salt Lake is a shining example of the State Government's endeavours. Spectacular performances have been recorded in the Cottage and Small-scale sectors. There are, at present, more than three lakh small industrial units in full operation. The Teesta Barrage project in North Bengal, one of the biggest irrigation projects in India, is being implemented by the State despite lack of adequate support from the Union Government. Health care facilities are being reached to the people via a planned network of 8126 sub-centres, 1192 health centres, 76 rural hospitals, 13 district hospitals, 31 sub-divisional hospitals, 60 State and General and Special Hospitals. There are also 11 hospitals attached to the State Medical Colleges and Post-graduate Institutes. The Food and Civil Supplies system of the State is equipped with 2745 Ration Shops in the statutary rationing areas and with 17045 Fair-price Shops in the rural areas and this is the largest such network in the country. In Pisiculture, West Bengal contributes no less than 75 per cent of India's total fish-seed requirements. It also supplies more than one-third of the country's total Table-fish production. The State has bagged the Highest Productivity Awards for three years running for inland fish production. Education has been made free up to Class XII. The State Government aims at providing One School'at least in each village, and the State Government is forging ahead in fulfilment of the task. Various kinds of Self-employment Schemes for unemployed youth are being widely taken up. These are the Self-employment Scheme for Registered Unemployed s (SESRU), the Small Scale Entrepreneurship Programme (SSEP) and the Additional Employment Programme (AEP). The cultural scene in the State has a bright outlook with the thriving of not only the Nandan, the State Film Centre and Rupayan, the Colour Film and Sound Recording Laboratory, but also of the Bangia Academy, Nepali Academy, Urdu Academy, Natya Academy and Sangeet Academy. Nepali and Urdu have been recognised as official languages in the State. Alchiki has been approved as a script for the spread of the Santhali Language. The Yuva Bharati Krirangan Stadium (capacity: 1 lakh) is one of the largest in East Asia. A Department of Science and Technology has been set up. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL