PF Account Verification in new Portal

PF Accounts of Secondary Schools will be updated in respective Portal in the name of individual employee very soon, PF Account for the year 2021-2022 should be verified within 17th June 2022.

PF Account verification for 2021-2022 in respective new Portal
  • Updating PF Account school-wise and employee-wise up to 31.03.2022 and complete the task at the respective Sub-district level within 15th June, 2022.
  • Ceiling of Rs.5 Lakh on subscription in General Provident Fund (West Bengal Services) in a financial year, download Memorandum 2023.
  • Guide for detailed PF Account Statement 2025, Guideline or instructions to download/ view the details of General Provident Fund Account of the employee through online PF portal, i-FMS West Bengal
  • Credit of yearly Interest to the Provident Fund Accounts for 2024-2025, Memo No.478/DPPG/ NGIPF   Date:18.07.2025
  • Credit of Interest in the NGIPF module for the F.Y. 2023-2024, Memo No. 650/DPPG/NGIPF Date:14.10.2025
  • Refundable & Non-refundable Loan advance through online GPF Portal, download User Manual
  • New website for e-Pension, Group-D GPF and NGIPF, No. 578/DPPG Date: 02.09.2025, download Circular
  • Payment of Additional Interest against GPF Final Payment claim, No.028-F(J)WB Date: 16.04.2025
  • Required papers to release Online GPF Withdrawals with effect from 01.12.2025, Memo No. 3379(700) P.F Date: Purulia, 01.12.2025
  • Submission of photocopy of TR-7 for the GPF amount deposited to RBI, Memo No. 2194/M Date:18.12.2025
  • 100% Non-refundable Advance from GPF Account, PF Withdrawal new Rules 2025,ownload Rules 2025
  • Thorough checking of beneficiary bank account in PF final payment application before submitting to DPPG, West Bengal, Memo No. 400-Sc/Apt/DSE-12099/17/2024 Date:23.03.2026
  • All the Treasuries /Pay & Account Offices open on 31.03.2026, No.1165-F(Y) Date: 30.03.2026

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Urgent Notice for PF Account Verification

The District Inspector of Schools (Secondary Education), Howrah 
Memo No. 416/1(321)/M  Date: the 27th. May 2022

Perhaps, the PF Account of Secondary Schools will be updated in respective Portal in the name of individual employee very soon. In this context, it is further notified that PF Account for the year 2021-2022 should be verified with in 17.06.2022 by latest. In the mean time a large number of schools have been verified their PF Account for 2021-2022 as per our previous notice. The rest of the schools are hereby requested to complete the verification of PF Account for the year 2021-2022 with in 17.06.2022. Thereafter, all Head of the Institution (HOI) are requested to keep ready the individual accounts as per Consolidated Proforma attached herein.

All other instructions and specimen are remaining same as per this office Memo No. 265/1(321)/M Date 06.04.2022.

All concerned are informed accordingly.


Sd/-District Inspector of Schools 
Secondary Education, Howrah 
Date:27.05.2022

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Updating Provident Fund account School-wise & Employee-wise

The Deputy Director of School Education (GA),West Bengal
Memo No. 416-GA/OM/22/GA/2019    Date: 01.06.2022
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Government has taken comprehensive initiative for upgradation of the existing system of PF administration  of employee of Non-government establishments including aided /sponsored schools in e-governance.

For the purpose the undersigned has been directed to request him to update Provident Fund Account, school-wise, at the first instance, with the Treasury/ PAO update 31.03.2022 and thereafter apply for interest to the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, West Bengal.

In view of this the undersigned has also been directed to request him to check and reconcile teacher/employee-wise Provident Fund including interest in credit maintained by the Head of the Institution so that no discrepancy exists teacher/employee-wise up to 31.03.2022. In terms of paragraphs 3,4 and 5 of the schedule of the West Bengal Recognised Non-government Educational Institutions Employees (Management of General Provident Fund Accounts) Scheme, 1995 the Head of the Institution is the authority competent to sanction advance, maintain accounts and monitor deposits and withdrawals.

In some cases Provident Fund accounts are administered by the Sub-district off ices of School Education set-up. In such cases he is requested to transmit this communication to the concerned officer administering Provident Fund accounts.

He is requested to complete the task at his level and at the respective Sub-district level within 15th June, 2022 and send a comprehensive report on the completion of the task of the district as stated herein above.


Sd/-Deputy Director of School Education (GA)
West Bengal
Date: 01.06.2022

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In terms of paragraphs 3,4 and 5 of the schedule of the West Bengal Recognised Non-government Educational Institutions Employees (Management of General Provident Fund Accounts) Scheme, 1995

Paragraphs 3
Authority empowered to sanction advance

(a) The Head of the Institution shall sanction advance in accordance with the provisions in para 12 of the scheme on receipt of application in Form VI annexed hereto.

(b) The Head of the Management Board/Committee/Council shall disposed of the similar application for advance as may be submitted by the Head of the Institution himself.

Paragraphs 4
Accounting
(a) The Head of the Institution shall maintain a Broadsheet in Form VII annexed hereto.

(b) Posting in the Broadsheet shall be made from the entries in the schedule of recovery (Form V).

(c) The Head of the Institution shall maintain a ledger account in respect of each individual subscriber in Form VIII. Posting herein shall be made from the entries in the Broadsheet.

(d) Each entry in the ledger account shall be initiated by the Head of the Institution.

(e) By the 15th day of following month the Head of the Institution shall submit to the grant-in-aid disbursing authority a statement of debits and credits under the following columns:
                                  (i) Credit on account of subscription,
                                  (ii) Credit on account of additional subscription,if any
                                  (iii) Credit on account of refund of advance,
                                  (iv) Total credit
                                  (v) Debits on account of withdrawals,
                                  (vi) Balance at the Credit of the Institution.

(f) The disbursing authority shall check the figures with reference to the record maintained in his office and take steps for reconciliation forthwith, if necessary. 


Paragraphs 5
Deposit and Withdrawals

(a) The Head of the Institution shall submit the schedule of recovery in duplicate along with Treasury challan in quadruplicate in the manner prescribed in the West Bengal No-government Educational Institution and Local Authorities (Control Provident Fund of Employee) Act, 1983 and Rules thereunder to the grant-in-aid disbursing authority by the 20th each month. The grant-in-aid disbursing authority shall issue advice of release of grant-in-aid deducting the amount to be credited to the Government account on account of General Provident Fund. A second advice along with duly filled Treasury challan in quadruplicate shall also have to be submitted to the Treasury by the tenth of the month following one in respect of which the salary has been drawn for crediting the amount in the General Provident Fund Account of the school. The Treasury Officer shall retain one copy of the challan and return three copies with his seal and countersignature as proof of deposit of the amount to the grant-in-aid disbursing authority. The grant-in-aid disbursing authority shall return one copy challan together with one copy of schedule duly countersigned by the Institution to the head of the Institution who shall make entries in the Broadsheet from the duly countersigned schedule. Necessary action with the remaining copies of challans shall be taken in accordance with the provision of the act and Rules thereunder. 

(b) In the case where salaries are disbursed out of Local Fund Account of an Institution /Body maintained with the Treasury, deposit have to be made through cheques drawn on the Treasury, other procedures remaining the same.

(c) The amount deducted out of salary of an employee shall have to be shown in the Acquittance Roll.

(d) The sanctioning authority in respect of temporary advance and non-refundable advance communicate the sanction on receipt of an application  from the subscriber in prescribed Form No. VI to the authorized officer in terms of the provision of the Act and Rules thereunder with a certificate to the effect that the fact of withdrawal of the amount (to be mentioned specifically) has been recorded in the ledger Account and Broadsheet maintained by the Institution. The Officer concerned shall release the amount in favour of the Institution who will disburse the amount on proper acquittance. Final withdrawal on superannuation etc. as provided in para 14 of the Scheme shall be allowed by the authority competent to sanction an advance on receipt of an application in the prescribed Form IXA or IXB, as the case may be, annexed hereto, A certificate shall have to be incorporated in the sanction order to the effect that necessary entries In the Index register, Broadsheet against the name and account number as well as in the Ledger account have been made. The authorized officer concerned as mentioned in the para above shall release the amount in favour of the institution where the employee was attached before the amount become payable and the Head of the Institution shall arrange payment of proper acquittance.

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Temporary shutdown of WBIFMS 3.0 for urgent maintenance

The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal
Memo No. 1968-F(eGov)  Date: 28.05.2025
Notification (Click here)

Due to some technical reasons, WBIFMS 3.0 will be kept under temporary shutdown for maintenance from 30.05.2025 until further order. However, all the operations (e-Bantan, CTS, e-Billing) for the object Head of Accounts notified vide Memo No. 1222-F(eGov) dated 31.03.2025, would be available under the existing WBIFMS (WBIFMS 2.0) from the first working day of June 2025

Sd/-Prabhat Kumar Mishra
Additional Chief Secretary to the 
Government of West Bengal
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Refundable & Non-refundable Loan advance through online GPF Portal

Refundable and Non-refundable loan advance for Teachers and Non-teaching staffs of Schools from their GPF Account through new online GPF portal, download instruction of website.

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Credit of yearly Interest to the Provident Fund Accounts for 2024-2025

The Special Director
Directorate of Pension Provident Fund & Group Insurance
Government of West Bengal
Memo No.478/DPPG/NGIPF   Date:18.07.2025

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Credit of Interest in the NGIPF module for the F.Y. 2023-2024

The Special Director, Directorate of Pension Provident Fund & Group Insurance
Finance Department, Government of West Bengal
Memo No. 650/DPPG/NGIPF  Date:14.10.2025

Notification (Click here)
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Guide for detailed PF Account Statement 2025

Guideline or instructions to download/ view the details of General Provident Fund Account
of the employee through online PF portal, i-FMS West Bengal


go to official website to check your GPF balance
➤Check your GPF Account (Click here)
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Payment of Additional Interest against GPF Final Payment claim

The Additional Secretary to the Government of West Bengal
No.028-F(J)WB Date: 16.04.2025

Ref. No. Fund Misc./CH-V/State/2024-25l/Out-182  Date: 26.12.2024
➤Download Notification (Click here)
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Required papers to release Online GPF 2025

The District Inspector of Schools (S.E), Purulia
Memo No. 3379(700) P.F  Date: Purulia, 01.12.2025

Required papers to release Online GPF Withdrawals with effect from 01.12.2025
➤Notification (Click here)
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Ceiling of GPF Subscription Rules 2023

Ceiling of Rs.5 Lakh on subscription in General Provident Fund (West Bengal Services) in a financial year, download Memorandum 2023.

Ceiling of GPF-2023 (Click here)
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New website for e-Pension, Group-D GPF and NGIPF

The Secretary, Finance Department & Director, DPPG, WB
No. 578/DPPG  Date: 02.09.2025
➤Circular (Click here)
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Submission of photocopy of TR-7 for the GPF amount deposited to RBI

The District Inspector of Schools (S.E.), Kolkata
Memo No. 2194/M  Date:18.12.2025
➤Notification (Click here)
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100% Non-refundable Advance from GPF Account
PF Withdrawal new Rules 2025

➤Download Rules 2025 (Click here)
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Checking of beneficiary Bank account for PF final Payment

Commissioner of School Education, West Bengal
Memo No. 400-Sc/Apt/DSE-12099/17/2024  Date:23.03.2026
Thorough checking of beneficiary bank account in PF final payment application before submitting to DPPG, West Bengal 

➤Notification (Click here)
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All the Treasuries /Pay & Account Offices open on 31.03.2026

No.1165-F(Y)  Date: 30.03.2026
Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal
Memorandum (Click here)