New Delhi, May 11 -- West Bengal's new BJP government under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has hit the ground running, approving a series of significant policy decisions at its first cabinet meeting, including a five-year extension in the age limit for school job applicants, implementation of the Ayushman Bharat health scheme and land transfer to the Border Security Force for fencing the Bangladesh border.

West Bengal's first BJP government in decades wasted little time signalling its priorities.

At its inaugural cabinet meeting on Monday, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced a string of decisions that reversed several policies of the previous administration and moved swiftly to honour electoral commitments made to the state's vot...