The state government today introduced the West Bengal Municipal Service Commission Bill in the Assembly for direct recruitment of personnel for prescribed categories of posts and services in the establishment of urban local bodies.
State Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim introduced the bill whose implementation would enable the Commission to carry out recruitment for all the eight municipal corporations, 115 municipalities and 18 development authorities across the state.
The Commission would have a chairman and three other members and would function under the administrative control of the state government in the urban development and municipal affairs department, according to the bill.
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