GRIPS
Finance Department, Government of West Bengal introduced on-line receipt of Tax and Non-Tax revenue through Government Receipt Portal System or GRIPS Portal.
It will be mandatory for all the departments of the State Government to collect their tax & non-tax revenue only through GRIPS with effect from 01.07.2015.
Modalities of receipt of funds into deposit accounts maintained at various treasuries/ PAO’s through GRIPS using inter-treasury transfer of fund mechanism
To allow issuance of system-generated e-receipts through web based applications e-Vahan and e-Sarathi only against payments made at any motor vehicles office.
In the first phase, e-Bantan will be implemented, tentatively from 1st April 2014. Allotment /release of fund including Budgetary allocation to the Administrative Departments shall be uploaded from time to time by the Finance Department in e-Bantan.
RBI has authorised additional Banks to handle Govt transactions. The State Government Offices and the Autonomous Bodies/ Statutory Corporations may maintain bank account with it.
Regarding online and off-line receipts of Tax and Non-tax Revenue through GRIPS, the Governor is pleased to allow 3 (three) more banks to act as the Participant Bankers.
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.
GRIPS Challan, as generated by Tender Inviting Authority (TIA) after finalization of the tender processing with the particulars and the amount of deposit, with ‘by default’ account number of the pooling account will be sent by the authority to the SBI via e-mail.
Revised procedure for Over the Counter Receipt [OCR] through Government Receipt Portal System [GRIPS] regarding On-line and Off-line Receipts of Tax and Non-Tax Revenue.
Governor is pleased to include the facility for receipts under deduct recovery heads for recovery of overpayments pertaining to all departments under a new service Recovery of overpayment in GRIPS.