Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Thursday announced the decision to strip the political heads of urban civic bodies such as municipal corporations and municipalities, and rural civic bodies like panchayats, of the authority to issue birth and death certificates. Announcing this at a press conference, Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal said henceforth only government officials will be authorised to issue birth and death certificates.“The state Health Department will distri…
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Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) In a move aimed at strengthening transparency and financial discipline in government functioning, the West Bengal government has directed all departments and public bodies to stop repeatedly extending contracts awarded to the same agencies and instead invite fresh tenders before existing contracts expire.A government statement said on Wednesday that extending the term of the same agency repeatedly after the expiry of the contract will not be allowed anymore.According to t…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) The West Bengal Home and Hill Affairs Department on Thursday issued a notification appointing Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Krishna Gupta as the new State Election Commissioner.Gupta, a 1991-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre, is currently posted as the Additional Chief Secretary to the West Bengal Cooperation Department. He is slated to retire from service on June 30, following which he will take over as the new State Election Commissioner.The post …