Bangla Sahayata Kendra West Bengal
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BSK is a single window service centre established by the West Bengal State Government to provide various government services through an online portal free of cost to people at the grassroots level. It bridges the digital divide and provides multiple government services from under one roof nearer home.
BSK Near Me
The BSKs are located in the offices of District Magistrates, Sub-divisional officers, Block Development Officers, Health centres, Urban Local Bodies, Government aided libraries, and office of the SI of schools.
You can find your nearest BSK on the online portal at BSK Near me.
How do the BSKs work?
BSKs are single window service centres where all notified government services can be availed online without visiting various government offices. A citizen can come to the nearest BSK centre and avail any government service as notified from time to time. The DEO assists the citizen to provide required service through the online portal and/or provide required information, as the case may be.
As of now, the BSKs provide 260 services. Some of the important services include application for Swasthya Sathi card, Digital Ration Card, Income Certificate, Caste Certificate, Kanyashree, Aikyashree, etc.
The services are provided online by the Data Entry Operators (DEOs) of BSKs through an integrated web portal (https://bsk.wb.gov.in).
Data Entry Operators (DEOs) are in charge of dispensing services to the citizens at the BSK kiosk. There are two DEOs at every BSK.
BSK Timings
The timings of the BSK centres are from Mondays to Saturdays (10:00 AM to 05:00 PM.)
BSK Fees
There is no service charge for availing government services through BSKs. It is completely free of cost.
FAQs
You can find a list of common West Bengal Government Schemes queries and their answer in the link below.
West Bengal Government Schemes queries and its answers
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You can visit the nearest BSK to check the status of any your application.
Yes, you can apply again to avail the said service even if the application gets rejected after verifying the reasons for rejection. In certain cases of payment failure or payment pending for unforeseen circumstances, if the amount is deducted by the bank, it will reflect on your account within seven days.