The functions of the Finance Department are performed through 5 (five) branches, namely, Audit, Budget, Revenue, Internal Audit and Institutional Finance.
Governor has been pleased to decide that all State Government Pensioners whose basic pension plus Dearness relief on pension as on 31st March, 2019 did not exceed Rs. 26,000/- only and are not eligible for ad-hoc bonus shall be paid an ex-gratia grant of Rs. 2,100/- only in lump per head.
Employees of the Undertakings/ Statutory Bodies may also be granted an ex-gratia grant of Rs. 4,800/- per head provided their revised emoluments as on 31.03.2022 exceeded Rs. 10,000/- p.m. but did not exceed revised emoluments of Rs. 37,000/- p.m.
Inter-state Government payment, Payment to any organisation/undertaking/office of Government of India, Funeral expenses, Electricity bills, Telephone bills, Municipal tax, Payment to post office towards cost of postage stamp etc.
Governor has now been pleased to decide to release further fund of Rs. 714.50 Crore relating to State Development Scheme under relevant heads of account earmarked for RIDF Projects.
Housing Loan Scheme for the Employees of the Govt. of West Bengal in association with United Bank of India- Special offer for the period ending 31.03.2010 and further period w.e.f. 01.04.10 to 07.11.10.
All offices under the Government of West Bengal will be closed at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, the 17th day of September, 2014 on account of celebration of Vishwakarma Puja.
Presently, there are 20 clusters of departments with a FA setup in each such cluster. But recently 21 departments of the Government have been merged to form 10 departments.
Each Department shall constitute a Departmental Approval Committee (DAC) comprising Additional Chief Secretary /Principal Secretary /Secretary as Chairman.
Based upon the verification of DDO, eGovernance Group, Finance Department, Government of West Bengal shall centrally modify /merge the IFSC of the beneficiary bank branch in IFMS;
Intra-state (inter-district) movement of government and private buses w.e.f. 01/06/2020, with passengers not more than the actual seating capacity of the bus. No passenger shall be allowed to travel standing in the bus.