The Rajya Sainik Board, West Bengal was constituted in Sept 1967 as a Directorate under the Department of Home & Hill Affairs, Government of West Bengal and it is located in the Writers' Building. It is headed by Secretary, Rajya Sainik Board. It functions in the domain of public service and at present the ex-servicemen population including widows and their dependents of the State has increased to more than 4.5 Lakh (Approx). The post of the Secretary, Rajya Sainik Board was created in 1984 to head the Directorate under Govt of West Bengal. The main function of Rajya Sainik Board is to help ex-servicemen and their dependents in re-employment, self-employment, training and their rehabilitation. The Directorate has 14 Zilla Sainik Boards under its jurisdiction.