The functions of the Finance Department are performed through 5 (five) branches, namely, Audit, Budget, Revenue, Internal Audit and Institutional Finance.
A Department may be allowed a maximum of two Broadband connections – one for Secretary and the other for common use. High cost Business Plans should be avoided.
West Bengal Financial Rules provided for preferential treatment by way of 10% price preference to the State Government organizations vide Note-1 below sub-rule (3) of rule 47A of WBFR.
Governor has been pleased to accord sanction of Interest-free festival advance upto a maximum of Rs. 16,000/- only to State Government employees whose revised emoluments on 31.03.2023 exceeded Rs. 39,000/- p.m. but did not exceed Rs. 49,000/- p.m.
An office of Registration Authority (RA) has been set up at Vidyut Bhavan for processing new Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) applications and renewal of existing DSC.
Implementation of the New Pension Scheme for the Central Govt. employees (other than AIS Officers) and State Govt. employees of other States working on deputation to this Govt.
Financial Adviser shall be competent to accord Administrative Approval for the projects/ schemes under 13th Finance Commissions Grants or under Backward Regions Grant Fund (Special).
Finance Department has decided to further extend the ambit of SBMS and include all the Bank Accounts (including those containing their own fund) of all the Parasatal bodies as stated above under the administrative control of the Government of West Bengal.
1) Generation of Sanction Order and Bill in respect of All India Services Group Insurance Scheme (AISGIS) 2) Comparative Statement of Pay Bills 3) Transfer Order Information Modification 4) Out of Account Deduction entry facility in bulk 5) Modification of Approved Statement for Arrear/ Supplementary Bill 6) Facility for viewing HRA drawn by spouse 7) Facility for Termination Order generation
Modalities of receipt of funds into deposit accounts maintained at various treasuries/ PAO’s through GRIPS using inter-treasury transfer of fund mechanism