Department: Finance
Subject:
Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Audit Branch
No: 7059-F(Y) Dated: 30.12.2019
NOTIFICATION
Sub: Introduction of a facility in IFMS to access a statement showing up-date GPF balance for State Government Employees whose GPF Accounts are maintained by the Office of the Accountant General, West Bengal (AGWB)
Human Resources Management System (HRMS) has been introduced and various facilities pertaining to service matters of the State Government Employees are applied, processed and approved through this system. Various statements like pay slip, leave statement, loan statement, IT Statement, etc. are available to an employee online. The receipt into and payments from GPF of State Government employees are also executed through IFMS. However, the up-balance in GPF, Account is not available to an employee online in HRMS whose accounts are maintained by the Office of the Accountant General, West Bengal.
Now, the Governor is pleased to introduce a facility in HRMS for capturing GPF balances of employees whose accounts are maintained by the Office of the Accountant General, West Bengal so that a statement showing up-date balance lying in their GPF Account can be made available online. The procedure for capturing of GPF balances by those employees or Head of Offices and approval of GPF balances by the Head of Offices are given in Annexure-A. The balance capture and approval process shall be completed by 31st January, 2020.
Accountant General, West Bengal shall continue to maintain the General Provident Fund (GPF) Accounts for Group A, B and C State Government Employees as usual. It may be noted that the process detailed herein does not change or replace any of the present provision or rule of ‘The General Provident Fund (West Bengal Services) Rules‘.
It is being provided as an additional facility to employees for viewing the up to date balance in their GPF Account.
This order shall take immediate effect.
Sd/- H.K. Dwivedi
Additional Chief Secretary
to the Government of West Bengal