Information and Cultural Affairs
Ministry of Information & Cultural Affairs is a nodal ministry mainly responsible for the information, culture, film and archaeological heritage related activities.
The first higher Scale and Second higher Scale of direct recruit Assistant Information Officer for the purpose of CAS ’90/ MCAS ’01 benefit would be Scale No. 16 (Rs. 8000-13500/-) and Scale No. 17 (Rs. 10000-15525/-) respectively.
There shall be a general Service known as the West Bengal Sub-ordinate Information and Cultural Service under the administrative control of the Information and Cultural Affairs Department.
Governor is pleased to make West Bengal Information and Cultural Services (Recruitment) Rules, 2016 regulating the recruitment to the West Bengal Information and Cultural Service.
I & CA Department is accepting requisition of different authorities of State Government offices and taking regular action to release those advertisements for necessary publication.
The officer holding the post of Sub Editor, Translator, News Analyst may exercise option to come under ROPA, 2009 on the basis of such notional pay in relaxation of note 4 below Rule-6 of WBS (ROPA) Rules ’09.
The scale of pay of Official Photographer was revised from Scale No, 10 i.e. Rs. 1390-2970/- to Scale No. 11 i.e. Rs. 4650-10175/- w.e.f. 01.01.96 notionally with actual benefit from 01.01.06.
No land-lord/ owner/ person shall let/ sublet/ rent out any accommodation to any person unless and until he/she has furnished the particulars of the said tenant(s) as per Proforma in Schedule-II to the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station.
Project Sandeepan – the inmate literacy programme in Correctional Homes of West Bengal w.e.f. the 1st day of February, 2017, the auspicious day of Saraswati Puja.
The Scale of pay of Bengali Translator was revised from Scale No. 10 i.e. Rs. 1390 – 2970/- to Scale No. 12 i.e. Rs. 4800-10925/- w.e.f. 1.1.96 notionally actual benefit from 1.1.2007 vide this Department’s Order No. 548-ICA dt. 27.2.09.
Governor is pleased to decide that the Cable Operators, sub-operators and workers employed by them in such business are also brought within the coverage of Swasthya Sathi.