Vote-on-Account Budget of the State Government for the first four months of 2014-2015 has been passed by the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Copies of the West Bengal Appropriation (Vote-on-Account) Act, 2014 have been forwarded to the Administrative Departments.
An Act to reorganize, strengthen and expand the activities of Panchayats in rural areas of West Bengal to enable them to act as units of self-government and to strive for socio-economic development and securing social justice for the people and to provide formatters connected therewith.
The Administrative Departments/ Controlling Authorities may make further allotment of fund up to current year’s budget provision relating to Non-Plan expenditure for Non-Salary items up to March, 2014.
The method of, and the qualifications required for, the Special recruitment to the posts in the cadre of the West Bengal Audit and Accounts Service through the West Bengal Audit and Accounts Service (Special Recruitment) Examination, 2013.
To decentralise the power of re-appropriation by introducing ‘On-line Re-appropriation System’ as an e-Governance activity with a view to establishing accountability, transparency and uniformity in the system in a centralised manner.
Administrative Departments/ Controlling Authorities may now make allotment of fund relating to Non-Plan expenditure up to Budget provision of the Financial year 2013-14.
The Administrative Departments/ Controlling Authorities may now make allotment of fund relating to Non-Plan expenditure for Salary Items upto 33% and Non-Salary Items upto 25% of the whole year’s budget provision.
The Collector will sub-allot the fund to the Sub-Divisional Officers for payment of the charges to the vendors implementing COSA package in the offices of the DDO.
The Administrative Departments/Controlling Authorities may make further allotment of fund up to current year’s budget provision relating to Non-Plan expenditure for Non-Salary items for the month up to March, 2013.
Head of the department may empower a gazetted officer under him to draw funds as a stop-gap arrangement when a regular D.D.O. goes on leave or transferred.