Right to Information
The Right to Information Act, 2005 | |
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Introduction | Damodar Valley Corporation, a statutory body established under Act No. XIV of 1948 of GOI having its Corporate Office at DVC Towers, VIP Road, Kolkata – 700 054, has taken necessary steps to provide information to the citizens of the country in accordance with The Right to Information Act, 2005. This section of DVC’s official website along with other relevant sections contain information as required to be published under Section 4 (1) (b) of the Act. |
Objective of the Right to Information Act | The Government of India has enacted ‘The Right to Information Act 2005’ No. 22 of 2005 “To provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto”. |
What is Information | “Information” means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force. |
Who can Seek information | Any citizen of India may obtain information as per provision made under Section 6(1) of the RTI Act, 2005. This Act gives the Right to Information only to the citizens of India. It does not make provision for giving information to Corporations, Associations, and Companies etc. which are legal entities / persons but not citizens. However, if an application is made by an employee or office bearer of any Corporation, Association, Company, NGO etc. indicating his name and such employee or office bearer is a citizen of India, information may be supplied to him / her. In such cases, it would be presumed that a citizen has sought information at the address of the Corporation. |
What is a Public Authority | A “public authority” is any authority or body or institution of self government established or constituted by or under the Constitution; or by any other law made by the Parliament or a State Legislature; or by notification issued or order made by the appropriate Government and includes body owned, controlled or substantially financed and non-Government organizations substantially financed by the Central Government or a State Government also fall within the definition of public authority. |
Suo Motu Disclosures in Pursuance of Section 4(1) (b) Under the Right to Information Act, 2005 | |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(i): Particulars of Organisation, Functions and Duties | Name and Address of the Organisation: Damodar Valley Corporation DVC Headquarter DVC Towers, VIP Road, Kolkata-700054. |
Contact Details of Officials | |
Head of the organization | |
Vision, Mission and Key Objectives | |
Function and Duties | |
Organization Chart | |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(ii): Power and duties of its officers and employees | All the corporation officers have certain Delegated Administrative Power (DAP) and Delegated Financial Power (DFP) depending upon their level/rank in the corporation. The DAP & DFP of various officials is decided by the competent authority (DVC Board) which are well defined and revised from time to time, depending upon the organization’s requirement as well as Central Government / Ministry of Power (MOP) Guidelines & Norms. The duties are assigned from time to time as required. |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(iii):Procedure followed in decision making process | The various proposals are initiated through notesheet by the concerned officers in their respective Members/Directors/Head of the Department. The Functional Head takes decisions on those proposals within their delegation of powers. The matter, which require the approval/vetting by the Board Members, are placed before the DVC Board for approval vis a vis decisions. Certain matters ,which require the decision of the Government in terms of various directives issued by the Government from time to time are sent to Ministry of Power. |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(iv): Norms for discharge of functions | Norms set by DVC for the discharge of its functions are based on its core values which are as under: – Business Morals – Customer Care – Organizational & Professional Excellence – Mutual respect & trust – Innovation & Speed – Social obligation/service to society – Statutory Compliance |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(v): Rules, Regulations, Instructions Manual and Records for discharging functions | Rules, Regulations, Instructions, Manuals and Records held by corporation or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions. DVC has a set of rules for conduct of business through well defined policies. Major documents are: – DVC Act – Service Regulation – Purchase Manual – Stores Manual – Delegation of Financial & Administrative Power |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(vi): Categories of documents held by the authority under its control | Statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control. DVC holds commercial and technical documents relating to the business operations of the corporation and data relating to its employees. |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(vii): Particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof | Particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or reorientation by, the members of public in relation to formulation of its policy or implementation thereof. DVC being a commercial entity, its policies relate to internal management and, hence, there is no arrangement for consultation with members of the public. All of its policies are formulated in compliance with applicable provisions of statutes, regulations etc. |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(viii): Boards, Councils, Committees and other Bodies constituted as part of the Public Authority | Statement of boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public. DVC has constituted many Committees to oversee the operations and to provide directions / guidelines. The meetings of the Board or these committees are neither open to public not the agendas / minutes are accessible to public. |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(ix): Directory of officers and employees | Employee’s Directory |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(x): Monthly Remuneration received by officers & employees including system of compensation | Monthly Remuneration received by officers & employees including system of compensation as provided in regulations. |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(xi) Budget allocated to each agency including all plans, proposed expenditure and reports on disbursements made etc. | Budget allocated to each of corporation’s agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditure and reports on disbursements made. DVC prepares capital budget every year for its ongoing projects as well as new projects and other schemes. DVC also prepares revenue budget every year. Expenditure incurred by DVC is governed by these budgets. Both capital and revenue budgets are placed in the parliament before making any expenditure. |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(xii) Manner of execution of subsidy programme | Not Applicable |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(xiii): Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits of authorizations granted by the public authority | Not Applicable |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(xiv): Details in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form | Information is available at www.dvc.gov.in w.e.f. 08.07.2016 |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(xv): Particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a library or reading room if maintained for public use. | Corporation does not maintain any public library. Refer to Sl. No. XVI & XVII for the procedures to obtain information |
Sec. 4(1)(b)(xvi) Name, designation and other particulars of public information officers | Refer CPIO details sheet |
Sec.4(i) (b)(xvii) Such other information as may be prescribed under section | Details of Grievance Redressal Cell: Sri Chandra Mohan Jt. Secretary & Public Grievance Officer (PG Cell), Secretariat Department, Damodar Valley Corporation, DVC Tower, Ultadanga, Kolkata-700054, Ph.: – 033-66072604 www.pgportal.gov.in |
Details of Public Relation Cell: Sri Deoshankar Sahay Sr. Jt. Secretary & Chief Public Realtion Officer (PR Cell), Secretariat Department, Damodar Valley Corporation, DVC Tower, Ultadanga, Kolkata-700054, Ph.: – 033-66072602 | |
Completed & underway schemes of CSR.in DVC</a | |
Details of all Contracts/Tender | |
General Conditions of Contract | |
Annual Report | |
Budget Report | |
Details of RTI Applications received and disposed. Year: 2018-19: Applications Received: 449 Application Rejected: 49 Application Disposed: 371 | |
Details ofAppeals received and orders issued. Year: 2018-19 Appeal Received: 57 Appeal Disposed: 51 | |
HR Circular including transfer policy | HR Circular including transfer policy |
No. of employees against whom Disciplinary action has been proposed/taken (Section 4(2)) | No. Of employees against whom disciplinary action has been i) Status of Pending Disciplinary Proceedings (as on 17.12.2019): – Minor Penalty Proceedings- Nil, Major Penalty Proceedings- 07 ii) Status of Disposal of Disciplinary Proceedings in the Year 2019:- Minor Penalty- Nil, Major Penalty – 02 |
Discretionary and Non-Discretionary Grants | Details of Discretionary and Non-Discretionary Grants Allocations to State Govt./NGO’s/Other Institution |
Sec. 26 Programmes to advance understanding of RTI | Training of CPIO/PIO- Year: 2018-19: No. of In-House Training Program Conducted: 4 No. of persons trained: 40+40+50+22=152 No. of Out-House Training Program Conducted: 1 No. of persons trained: 2 |
Link to file RTI application through online mode | rtionline.gov.in w.e.f. 08.07.2016 |
RTI applicants are requested to submit their application directly to the respective CPIO as mentioned below, to obtain information.
Name(s), designation(s) and other particulars of Public Information Officer(s).
Sl. No. | NAME | DESIGNATION | ADDRESS | PHONE No. & E-mail |
1 | Shri Ram Krishna Datta | Executive Director(HR) | Damodar valley Corporation, HR Department, DVC Towers, VIP Road, Kolkata – 700054 | (033)23559938 9831444270 / 7980363971 ramkrishna.dutta@dvc.gov.in Fax: (033)23555857 |
2 | Shri Angshuman Mandal | Joint Secretary, Nodal Officer (RTI) w.e.f 02/05/2016 | Damodar valley Corporation, Secretariat Department, DVC Towers, VIP Road, Kolkata – 700054 | (033)23551407 8798384207 angshuman.mandal@dvc.gov.in |
2 | Shri Angshuman Mandal | Joint Secretary & Central Public Information Officer | Damodar valley Corporation, Secretariat Department, DVC Towers, VIP Road, Kolkata – 700054 | (033)23551407 8798384207 angshuman.mandal@dvc.gov.in |
3 | Pinki | Asstt. Director (HR) & Central Public Information Officer | Damodar Valley Corporation, Durgapur Thermal Power Station, Durgapur – 713207, West Bengal | (0343)2774824 9474700105 pinky.gupta@dvc.gov.in |
4 | Shri Partha Mukherjee | Deputy Director (HR) & Central Public Information Officer | Damodar Valley Corporation, Mejia Thermal Power Station, P O – Durlavpur, Dist. – Bankura, West Bangal – 722183 | (03241)262201 9832289982 parthasarathi.mukherjee@dvc.gov.in |
5 | Shri Tarique Sayeed | Deputy Director (HR) & Central Public Information Officer | Damodar Valley Corporation, Chandrapura Thermal Power Station, P O – Chandrapura, Dist. – Bokaro, Jharkhand – 824303 | 7903622951 tarique.sayeed@dvc.gov.in |
6 | Shri Aishwarya Chandra | Deputy Director (HR) & Central Public Information Officer | Damodar Valley Corporation, Bokaro Thermal Power Station, P O – Bokaro Thermal, Dist. – Bokaro, Jharkhand – 829107 | (06549)266705 9905391377 aishwarya.chandra@dvc.gov.in
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7 | Shri Ashish Banerjee | Addl. Director(HR) & Central Public Information Officer | Damodar Valley Corporation, Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station, 1st Floor, Administrative Building, P O – Andal, Dist-Burdwan, West Bengal-713321 | 9382733394 9474696480 ashis_banerjee@rocketmail.com |
8 | Shri B.C. Kujur | Joint Director (HR) & Central Public Information Officer | Damodar Valley Corporation, Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station, Dumdumi, P O – Nildih, Dist. – Purulia, West Bengal – 723133 | (03251)201466 7717796381 binay.kujur@dvc.gov.in |
9 | Smt. Sangya Dash | Deputy Director (HR) & Central Public Information Officer | Damodar Valley Corporation, Soil Conservation Department, Hazaribag, Dist. – Hazaribag, Jharkhand – 825301 | (06546)270636 9650998227 sangyadvc@gmail.com |
10 | Shri Ravi Shankar Kumar | Deputy Director (HR) & Central Public Information Officer | Damodar Valley Corporation, Koderma Thermal Power Station, P O – Banjhedih, Dist. Koderma, Jharkhand – 825421 | 7909009791 onlyravi.dvc@gmail.com |
11 | Shri Tapas Roy | Executive (HR) & Central Public Information Officer | Damodar Valley Corporation, At & PO – Panchet Dam, Dist. – Dhanbad, Jharkhand | (06540)287218,8617843324 tapasroy@dvc.gov.in |
12 | Shri Rohit Kumar | Deputy Director (HR) & Central Public Information Officer | Damodar Valley Corporation, O/o Sr. Manager (HR), At & P O– Maithon Dam, Dist. – Dhanbad, Jharkhand – 828207 | (06540)2522499, 9798590086 rohit.kumar@dvc.gov.in
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XVI. | Other useful information |
How To Apply | |
1. | Introduction |
2. | Application Fee |
3. | Additional Fee
Further, for providing the information under sub-section (5) of Section 7 of the Act, the fee shall be charged at the following rates:-
The mode of payment of above mentioned additional fees shall be the same as application fee. |
4. | Appeal |
Record Retention Schedule of DVC | |
For More details on Right to Information Act, 2005 please visit www.persmin.gov.in or www.rti.gov.in |