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37institutes. But very often scientific expertise built up with great efforts and dedication are lostas the research scholars of necessity accept outside permanent jobs not related to coastal zonemanagement. Equipment-wise the present capacity requires some addition to take up most ofthe CZM activities.D.5 Overall budget/resources spent in CZM in West Bengal101. Implementation of essential projects to protect the coast and coastal infrastructure anddeveloping coastal resources as part of the coastal zone management of West Bengal is beingcarried out from different government and autonomous institutions/agencies of the state. Alarge sum of money is spent yearly and a considerable number of scientists and engineers andother professionals are deployed for the above purposes which could be said to be part ofCZM activities. The major expenditure incurred by the following departments of GOWB inCZM activities from 2003-2004 to 2007-2008 financial year is given in the Table below.This shows that a staggering amount of about 8000 crores was spent in CZM activities for thelast 5 years by different departments of GOWB:37