Full Interest Subsidy on Educational Loans
Government of India provides full interest-subsidy on educational loans for students with parental family income less than 4.5 lakh annually for the academic sessions 2009-10 onwards.
Finance
The functions of the Finance Department are performed through 5 (five) branches, namely, Audit, Budget, Revenue, Internal Audit and Institutional Finance.
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Delegation of Power to Grant Subsidy in Transport
Governor has been pleased to empower the Transport Secretary to the Government of West Bengal to grant subsidy for payment of salary, pension and retirement benefits in respect of employees of the Transport Corporations.
Receipt of Revenue in Transport Dte. through GRIPS
Inclusion of Heads of Accounts for e-Receipt of Motor Vehicles Tax, Driving Licence Fee, Motor Vehicle Border Check Post Receipt, Road Toll, Transport Workers’ Welfare Cess, etc. administered by Transport Deptt. through GRIPS Portal.
Issue of Allotment Order through e-Bantan Mandated
Approval to fund flow through e-bantan module of IFMS does not need any separate allotment order other than the system generated one. Any conventional method of preparation of allotment letter and forwarding the same manually may result in duplication and will not be entertained in the Treasury/ PAO.
Guidelines for Drawal of Bills for the Financial Year 2014-15
State Government has decided to allow drawal of fund from the treasuries/ Pay and Accounts offices of the State Government in anticipation of allotment of fund for the following items of expenditure for the period upto 31st July, 2014.
Delegation of Financial Power to 15 Departments
The Administrative Departments will be required to take a written confirmation direct from the Finance Department, Budget Branch (Group-N) that the Central Share has been credited to the State Exchequer.
Implementation of Suo Motu disclosure under Sec 4 of RTI Act, 2005
No suo motu disclosure under R T I Act is made. Copy of Circulars/ Orders issued from Audit Branch are sent to R.T.I. Cell. However, it will be sent to the concerned Joint Secretary/ Deputy Secretary of Finance Department for uploading in the Departmental Website.
Holiday on 17.03.2014 on account of DOLJATRA (16.03.2014)
Governor is pleased to notify the 17th March, 2014, day after Doljatra (on 16th March, 2014), as a holiday in all the offices under the Government of West Bengal.
Switch over to e-Tender Procedure by State Govt. Departments
Governor is pleased to decide that all the State Government Departments and subordinate offices should immediately switch over to the e-tender procedure through the State Government e-tender portal, namely, https://wbtenders.gov.in.
e-Receipt of Examination Fees of West Bengal Health Recruitment Board
West Bengal Health Recruitment Board having completed the process of tuning their system to electronic receipt of examination fees approached Finance Department to enable the GRIPS portal to receive fees for examination to be conducted by them from this year.