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The Left Front Government has decided to make greater use of Bengali in as many departments as possible from the first day of the Bengali new year, computer and even internet facilities were proposed to be utilised to get the desired results. Already in an effort to get the computer keyboard developed in Bengali, an agreement was signed with Webel. The agreement will be effective from the later half of this month.

All these three committees have already made some recommendations to the State Government. These recommendations will be implemented in phases. According to the Deputy Chief Minister, Buddhadev Bhattacharya extensive use of Bengali in State Government work will enhance the skill of the administration and make it more responsive to the needs of the people. The administration will be more dynamic too. In future, candidates will have to offer Bengali as a compulsory paper in all examinations for recruitment of personnel in Government offices. In future, inter-departmental notes, circulars will have to be issued printed in Bengali and the proceedings in tribunals will be conducted in Bengali to. Bhattacharya also said that the departments such as health, education, police, Animal Husbandry which directly deal with the people will be required to display their orders, notice in Bengali to the extent possible. Birth and death certificates too will have to be issued in Bengali. For non-Bengali officers working in the State Government a bridge course of short duration will have to be introduced. More typewriters with Bengali keyboard will be purchased for government offices.