“West Bengal Integrated Financial Management System” is what “WBIFMS” stands for in its full form. The West Bengal Integrated Financial Management System (WBIFMS) is a web portal that was developed by the State Government of West Bengal. Its purpose is to provide real-time management, monitoring, and control of all financial transactions that take place in the various departments and their subordinate offices that fall under the jurisdiction of the State Government.
In order to achieve the objective of implementing e-Governance, the Government of West Bengal has significantly increased the use of computers in a number of different Government Departments, Directorates, and down-level Offices at a variety of different levels. The Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS), which is managed by the Finance Department of this government and is responsible for the online integration and management of Financial Systems and Human Resource Systems, is now an essential component of Office Management in virtually all government offices. As a result, at this point in time, it has become absolutely necessary for all Office Assistants working in any Government Office to acquire adequate skills on IFMS.
Modules available on WBIFMS Portal
In April of 2014, the Finance Department of this government decided to launch the Integrated Financial Management System, also known as IFMS. This was done with the intention of moving a number of administrative processes online and can be accessed at the URL www.wbifms.gov.in. The Department of Finance has issued a number of Orders to implement various Modules and SubModules of the System on a periodic basis.
- e-Bantan:
This is for the purpose of distributing Funds to the many subordinate offices that are under the jurisdiction of the User. This Module requires its own unique Login ID and Password in order to access it. The concerned higher Authority or Fund Provider will supply you with a Login ID to use.
- e-Services Aimed Toward Workers:
To make use of the Services offered by the Module, an Employee might Register his or her Name with the Module. When you register your Name for this Service, your Employee Id will serve as the Login Id, and the System will supply you with a password. This will occur when you are prompted to do so. Payslips, income tax statements, and other documents, such as those, can be viewed, printed, or downloaded from this. Through this, all applications for things like leave, loans, tours, and so on are to be sent to your HOO (Head of Office) so that they can be processed further.
- DDO:
This Module requires its own unique Login ID and Password in order to access it. The DDO’s corresponding Treasury or PAO will provide you with a Login ID to access the system. The DDO will be provided with a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) of his own, which will take the form of a pen drive. Dongle is another name for this accessory at times. It is necessary for this DSC to provide a digital signature on a Bill before the DDO can send it on to the Treasury or the PAO. You will find the following Sub-Modules once you have successfully logged in as DDO. // WBIFMS
- The Government Receipt Portal System:
This Module is utilised by the Citizen/NGO/Government-Organization in order to pay Taxes and Non-Taxes Revenue to the State Government. The department in question might produce more than one Report on Revenue Deposited During a Period at any given time.
- User Administration for DDO:
DDO is able to create Operators who are under his direction and who prepare Bills and other documents. At their end, the operators will prepare the Bills, and then they will transmit those same Bills to the DDO in order to make the final submission utilising DSC to Treasury and PAO. It is strictly forbidden for operators to use the DSC provided by DDO.
- DDO – e-Pradan:
Using the e-Pradan Sub-Module, a DDO has the ability to Manage the Beneficiaries that fall under his authority in order to make a variety of Payments. It is possible to manage failed transactions as well as beneficiary transfers. It is possible to generate a variety of Reports on demand whenever they are needed.
- DDO – e-Billing:
With the help of the e-Billing Sub-Module, DDO is able to create a Bill and send it to Treasury/PAO so that payments can be made.
- DDO – HRMS:
DDO is able to prepare, manage, and submit Salary Bills, Arrear Bills, Festival Advance Bills, and Adhoc Bonus Bills for the Employees, as well as Wages Bills for specified Casual Workers, with the help of this Sub-Module.
- HRMS:
This Module has its own unique Login ID and Password for users to access it. The matching upper-level HOO will supply the Login Id for you to use. This Module will offer you with two different Roles: HOO and AA. The abbreviation for “Head of Office” is “HOO.” Appointing Authority is what “AA” stands for.
- HRMS: HOO:
This position refers to the officer who has the authority to suggest and sanction all forms of leaves, including casual leave. If employees are not properly tagged with the appropriate HOO, it will be impossible to create payroll bills for them. This Module allows for the management of stakeholders. Sanction Orders can be issued by HOO for GPFLoans/Withdrawals as well as Festival Advances for Employees. The HOO has the authority to penalise employees for TA/DA, LTC/HTC/TC time off. HOO has the ability to regulate and approve employees’ requests for casual leave.
- HRMS: AA:
This officer is defined as the one who has the authority to sanction all forms of leaves, with the exception of casual leave. This Module allows for the management of stakeholders. Sanction Orders can be issued by AA for any type of loan, excluding GPF and Festival Advance loans. AA has the ability to manage, approve, and sanction all sorts of Leaves taken by Employees, with the exception of Casual Leave. In addition to that, the AA is in charge of controlling things like sanctioned-strength, transfers, pay-fixation, promotions, confirmations, and exit management (pension).