Finance
The functions of the Finance Department are performed through 5 (five) branches, namely, Audit, Budget, Revenue, Internal Audit and Institutional Finance.
An Act to provide for the collection, compilation, analysis, preservation and monitoring of information and statistics with respect to commercial activities of trade, industry and agriculture in West Bengal and for the use of such information and statistics in framing or implementing the fiscal policy of the State of West Bengal.
Governor is pleased to direct that State Pensioners shall be transferred from AGWB to the Pension Disbursement Cell or Treasuries or Public Sector Banks.
In view of the ongoing COVID – 19 pandemic and the vulnerability of the elderly persons to Corona virus, the Governor has now been pleased to order that in the current year all the Pensioners/ Family Pensioners may submit Life Certificate to the Treasuries/ Pension Disbursing Banks, as the case may be, till 28.02.2021.
All the Govt. Departments who undertake PPP shall ensure that the PPP documents, such as, RFP, RFQ, Concession Agreements etc., prepared by the TA’s are vetted by their legal experts before its finalisation.
Procurement of DSC can be made from any of the licensed Certifying Agencies of CCA, DEIT, Government of India and payment of fees/ charges for such procurement should be within the overall financial power delegated to the various level of officers.
Procedure for migration of outstanding deposit works/ security deposit account balance from Forest accounts to the books of accounts maintained in the Treasury.
Constitution of new integrated service titled West Bengal Revenue Service to improve the efficiency of tax collection and to provide better services to the tax-payers.
The Pension/ Family Pension of the Pensioners/ Family Pensioners guided under French Pension Rules shall be consolidated w.e.f. 01.01.2020 by multiplying the existing Pension/ Family Pension due on 31.12.2019 with 2.57.
Governor is pleased to form a cell for monitoring the projects implemented under Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment, under the Finance Department.
Employees of Public Undertakings may be allowed to draw an ex-gratia grant of Rs. 2,500/- per head provided their revised emoluments did not exceed Rs. 22,000/- per month.