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Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in the Assembly on Friday that around 7.5 crore people in the state will reap the benefits of the 'Bina Mulya Samajik Suraksha', one of the new schemes introduced by state Finance minister Amit Mitra in his Budget speech. During her speech, Banerjee requested Mitra to include landless labourers as beneficiaries under the 'Bina Mulya Samajik Suraksha' (BMSS) scheme. "As many as 1.18 crore families have already enrolled under the Samajik Suraksha Yojana (SSY) in the state. I also urge the Finance minister to bring landless labourers under the scheme," Banerjee told the House. We have repaid Rs 3,00,000 crore to the Centre in the past eight years and Rs 56,000 crore during 2019-20..