Computerisation of Salary Accounts (COSA) in West Bengal From Motiur Rahaman, West Bengal Correspondent NIC Writers Building Node in West Bengal has undertaken the project Computerisation of Salary Accounts for the Finance Department, Govt of West Bengal In the process of Perspective Analysis of the system, NIC had put forward the idea of modifying some of its earlier Statutory forms like T.R. Form 26 to make it content compatible with the State Budget and Treasury Application Software which had already been implemented. A new Computerised paybill proforma including both inner and outer sheet has now been devised by NIC in consultation with Finance Department. The Application Software (COSA) developed for this purpose has been customised and made executable so that it requires minimum resources to be operational. Neither any System Software such as Front end/Reporting tools nor a backend database server is required to be procured and loaded on the user’s Computer for the execution of COSA. This software has been made very User’s Friendly, Menu Driven through which all the salary related reports like regular monthly Paybill sheet, various schedules, Supplementary Bill, Arrear Bills, Payslip, Form-16 etc. for the employees can be generated besides other reports required time to time by the respective Department/Directorate from the DDOs.