West Bengal has earned the distinction of becoming the lead state in the Country to prepare a fully computerised State Budget. A software developed by NIC West Bengal State Unit for the Finance Department has proved to be an indispensable tool for formulating the figures of the revised budget of the previous year, annual budget for the ensuing financial year and monitoring the day-to-day activities of the Budget section in an efficient way. The software enables the State Government to make forecasts of the state budget even for the next ten years.
Apart from the development of the budget software, the speech of the finance minister was webcast live by NIC and a CD-ROM has also been prepared containing all budget publications. Dr N Vijayaditya, Director General (NIC) recently met with Dr Asim Sengupta, Hon'ble Finance Minister, West Bengal and discussed the future plans for NIC's support in the activities of the State finance department.