Lower Division Assistant / Clerk (West Bengal Clerkship)

What you will actually do

• Receiving, diarising and dispatching letters
• Typing notes, orders and statements on computer
• Maintaining files and registers
• Preparing bills and routine returns
• Helping the section with e-office entries

A typical day

You join a section in Nabanna, a directorate in Kolkata or a district or sub-divisional office. The work is the routine that keeps files moving: entering receipts, typing drafts, putting papers on the right file and sending them up. There is little decision-making, the hours are regular, and many clerks study for the state's Miscellaneous Services and WBCS exams alongside.

Promotion path

Timelines are ranges and vary by cadre. See how promotions and MACP work.

1. Lower Division Assistant / Clerk (West Bengal Clerkship) (joining)

   Level 6: 22,700–58,500

2. Upper Division Assistant / Clerk

   Typically 8–12 years by seniority, or sooner through departmental exams · via departmental exam

3. Head Assistant

   Further service · via dpc

Promotion timelines vary by cadre and vacancies. If not promoted, MACP gives a pay upgrade after 10, 20 and 30 years.

How to get in

Eligibility: Pass in the Madhyamik examination or equivalent, with elementary knowledge of computer operation and typing on a computer at 20 words per minute in English or 10 in Bengali. Ability to read, write and speak Bengali (or Nepali for those from the hill sub-divisions). Age 18–40. SC and ST of West Bengal: 5 years; BC of West Bengal: 3 years; persons with disabilities up to 45, as per the advertisement.

Postings

Allotted to Secretariat departments, directorates or regional offices on merit and option. Many posts are in and around Kolkata; regional offices are in the districts.

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