Home and Hill Affairs Department was established to operate and control the Administration within the State. The management of its personnel & administration for maintenance of security and revenue collection was its operative part.
All government offices including public undertakings shall function with 50% of employees at a time. Work from home shall be encouraged as far as possible.
Financial Adviser (to be filled up by an officer in the rank of Special Secretary or Joint Secretary) has been introduced in the following six departments.
Temporary Internet shutdown within the geographical area in the Districts of Uttar Dinajpur, Maida and Murshidabad, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur and Dakshin Dinajpur.
Opening of all ICDS centres. A separate Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) will be issued by Women & Child Development and Social Welfare Department in this regard.
The employee viz Polling/ Counting Personnel who will die a natural death out of strenous work while in due performance of election shall also be paid a Special Compensation of Rs 5,00,000/- only.
Every Financial Establishment shall submit a Report in Form-I containing such particulars as required therein to the Competent Authority in whose jurisdiction the Financial Establishment commenced or carried its business.
Special Inspector General and Deputy Inspector General of Police (Headquarters), West Bengal will now work as the Nodal Officer in respect of all cases of Central Deputation/ Foreign Deputation/ Deputation to any State Government other than Government of West Bengal.
After a review of the current situation of COVID pandemic and the concerns due to newly detected coronavirus variant omicron, the existing restrictions and protocols will be continued.