Full Interest subsidy on Education Loans for Students

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL 

FINANCE DEPARTMENT 

I.F. BRANCH, NABANNA, HOWRAH. 

No. 35-IF/0/6S-1/2011 

Date: 23.05.2014. 

ORDER 

Government of India provides full Interest-subsidy for the academic sessions 2009-10 onwards, till the scheme remains in operation during the moratorium on educational loans for students with parental family income less than 4.5 Lakh annually, from scheduled Banks for pursuing courses of studies in Technical Education and professional streams from recognized Institutions of India. 

2. In order to ensure that benefits accrue to the eligible students of the States, the Government now designates authorities as hereunder to issue certificates based on income criteria only. 

Kolkata Municipal Corporation	Collector, Kolkata.
District Level	District Magistrate or Additional District Magistrate of the concerned district.
Sub-Divisional Level	Sub-Divisional Officer of the concerned Sub-Division.
Block Level	Block Development Officer of the concerned Block.

3. This refer to D.O. No. 11-19/2011-US, dated 29.05.2012 from the Joint Secretary (H.E.), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of India. 

4. This issues in supersession of this Department’s Order No. FS-21/2011 dated 22.01.2011, FS-34/2011 dated 22.02.2011, FS-42/2011 dated 09.03.2011, FS-49/2011 dated 17.03.2011, 31-IF dated 06.06.2012 read with No. 91-IF dated 29.08.2012. 

Sd/-

H.K. Dwivedi 

Principal Secretary to the 

Government of West Bengal. 

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Holiday declared under N.I. Act on 12th January, 2012 (Thursday), the birthday of Swami Vivekananda

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

AUDIT BRANCH

No. 261-F(P)

Date 09.01.2012

NOTIFICATION

   In exercise of the power conferred under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881) read with explanation thereunder and also Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No. 20/25/S6-Pub(I), dated the 8th June, 1957, the Governor is pleased to declare Thursday, the l2th January, 2012, the birthday of Swami Vivekananda as a Public holiday. This is in partial modification of earlier Notification No. 10972-F(P) dated 7.12.11

Sd/-

A. K. Das

Joint Secretary to the

Government of West Bengal

Finance Department.

Source: http://www.wbfin.nic.in/writereaddata/Holiday_under_N.I._Act_on_12.01.12.pdf

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Raising Age-limit for entry into West Bengal Govt. Service.

Government of West Bengal

Finance Department

Audit Branch

No. 11653-F(P)

Kolkata  the,30th Deecember,2011

NOTIFICATION

   In exercise of the power conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor is pleased hereby to make the following amendments in the West Bengal Services(Raising of Age limit) Rules, 1981, published with this Department notification No. 10317-F dated the 31st December, 1981, as subsequently amended (herein after referred to as the said rules:-

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Grant of Dearness relief to the State Govt. pensioners w.e.f. 1st January, 2012

Government of West Bengal

Finance Department

Pension Branch

Writers’ Buildings, Block – IV

2nd Floor, Kolkata – 700 001

Memo No. 843-F(Pen)

 dated 14.12.2011

MEMORANDUM

Sub: Grant of Dearness Relief to State Government Pensioners / Family Pensioners with effect from January 1, 2012.

   In continuation of this Department Memo No. 974-F(Pen) dated 26.11.2010 sanctioning installment of relief to the State Government Pensioners / Family Pensioners with effect from 01.12.2010 onwards, the undersigned is directed to state that the Governor is pleased to decide that the State Government Pensioners / Family Pensioners shall draw Dearness Relief @ 45% of basic Pension with effect from January 1, 2012 onwards in super-session of the rates mentioned in the Order dated 26.11.2010 as mentioned above.

   2. Payment of relief on Pension / Family Pension involving a fraction of rupee shall be rounded off to next higher rupee.

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West Bengal Announced List of holidays for the year 2012

Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Audit Branch

No. 10972-F(P)

 
                               Kolkata, the 7th December, 2011.

NOTIFICATION

   In exercise of the power conferred by the explanation to Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881), read with Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Notification No. 20/25/56-Pub(I) dated the 8th June, 1957 the Governor is pleased to declare the following days to be public holidays during the year 2012.

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Payment of Salary of Teaching and Non-Teaching Employees of Non-Government Aided Educational Institutions.

Government of West Bengal

Finance Department

Audit Branch

No.4849-F(Y)                                                              Kolkata, the 27th May 2011

MEMORANDUM

Sub:- Payment of Salary of Teaching and Non-Teaching Employees of Non-Government Aided Educational Institutions.

   In partial modification of Finance Department's Memorandum No. 4599-F(Y), dated 24-05-2011 the undersigned is directed to state that pay and Accounts Offfices/Treasuries shall release salary cheques referred to therein on the 28th of the month or the proceding working day of the month to which the claim relates to until further orders.

sd/-

C. Bhattacharyya

O.S.D & E.O Special Secretary

to the Government of West Bengal

Finance Department

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Teachers' recruitment to be streamlined: Mamata

   Kolkata, June 3 (PTI) The West Bengal government has decided to streamline recruitment of teachers and PTTI students by bringing them all under the school education department.

   Selection of students for Primary Teachers Training Institutes, para-teachers, teachers working under the Madhyamik Siksha Kendra and Sarba Siksha Kendra will all be brought under the ambit of the school education department, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told reporters here today.

   "There are different teachers working under the secondary and the primary level school education systems which is not correct. So we have decided to bring all of them under the school education and absorb them phase by phase," Banerjee said.

Source; PTI

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