Finance

The functions of the Finance Department are performed through 5 (five) branches, namely, Audit, Budget, Revenue, Internal Audit and Institutional Finance.

Enhancement of Retirement Age of College Teachers

Enhancement of age of retirement shall also apply mutatis mutandis in respect of the wholetime regular teachers of the following Government Colleges.
Memorandum of Agreement for Cashless Medical Treatment

Memorandum of Agreement between the Private Health Care Organisations and State Government for empanelment to provide treatment facilities & diagnostic facilities.
Norms of Tender Acceptance when Qualified Bidders less than 3

Revised norms for acceptance of L1/ H1 bid/ Single bid when the number of qualified bidders during 2nd call of a tender is less than three (3).
Raising of Upper Age Limit for Entry into Govt. Service

The upper age limit for recruitment to Group ‘A’ posts shall be raised to 36 years and for recruitment to Group ‘B’ posts, such upper age-limit shall be raised to 39 years.
Nodal Department for Service Matters of Officers of FA Setup

If FA cluster is attached to only one Department that department will look after the service matters incl. pay and other allowances of the officers and employees of the FA setup.
Prior Approval from Finance is mandated before Re-Employment

All the Departments are requested to forward the re-employment cases to Finance Department prior to issue of re-employment order after due observance of guidelines.
Enhancement of Retirement Age of Teachers to 62 years

Retirement age enhanced from 60 years to 62 years in respect of all full-time regular Teachers, Principals, Librarians and Physical Instructors of Government Colleges.
Creation of New FA Setup and Rearrangement of FA Clusters

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.
Re-delegation of Financial Powers delegated by Finance

Financial powers to incur different types of expenditure as delegated by Finance Department, cannot be further delegated to any subordinate officer without concurrence,
Procedure to be followed by DDOs of Newly created Departments

Existing DDOs of erstwhile departments shall continue to function as such up to 31.03.2017 with respect to all bills except pay bill for the month of March, 2017.
Dearness Relief to Pensioners (pre-revised) w.e.f. 01.01.2017

Grant of Dearness Relief @ 173% to State Government Pensioners/ Family Pensioners with effect from 01.01.2017 whose pension/ family pension has not been revised.
Dearness Relief to State Govt. Pensioners w.e.f. 01.01.2017

State Government Pensioners/ Family Pensioners shall draw Dearness Relief @85% of Basic Pension/ Basic Family Pension with effect from 1st January, 2017.
DA to Employees (Pre-Revised Scale) from January, 2017

Rates of Dearness Allowance to the employees (who are drawing their pay in the pre-revised scale) shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 156% to 173% with effect from 01.01.2017.
DA to Other than Govt. Employees wef January, 2017

Grant of D.A. to the Teachers and Non-Teaching Employees of Non-Govt Educational Institutions/ Govt Undertakings/ Panchayats, Local Bodies etc. w.e.f. 01.01.2017.
Dearness Allowance @ 85% w.e.f. January, 2017

Grant of Dearness Allowance to State Government Employees and further Ad-Hoc increase in Wages of Daily Rated Workers under the Government with effect from January 01, 2017.
Power cannot be Re-delegated for Medical Reimbursement

Financial Power as delegated by No. 483-F dated 26.05.2016 for sanctioning cost of medical attendance and treatment cannot further be re-delegated.

West Bengal Government Circulars

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