Allowance

There are different types of allowances for West Bengal Govt. employees e.g. Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, Medical Allowance, Compensatory Allowance, Hill Allowance, Spectacle Allowance, etc.

Enhancement of Contractual Remuneration of MGNREGA Employees

Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLE) engaged for the purpose of making data entry who are paid on pro-rata basis, the Department makes an ad-hoc increase of 30% in respect of data entry charge in respect of all existing data entry interfaces.

Enhancement of Washing Allowance of Nursing Staff

Governor has been pleased to enhance washing allowances of Nursing Staff from Rs. 25/- (Twenty five) only per month to Rs. 150/- (One hundred and fifty) only per month in respect of washing charges of the uniform with effect from 01.08.2013.

Fixed Monthly Honorarium ASHAs

Payment of monthly fixed honorarium to the ASHAs at the rate of Rs. 1300.00 only per month per ASHA with effect from 01.04.2013 until further orders in addition to their monthly performance based incentive received by them as usual, from NRHM fund.