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 (Act). 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.
Compliance under Section
4 (1) (b) of Right to Information Act, 2005
I.
Particulars
of organization, functions and duties.
Our official website www.dvc.gov.in
can be connected as a link for this
information.
II.
Powers and duties
of officers and employees
DVC has well defined powers for company
officials at different levels. The duties
are assigned from time to time.
III.
Procedure followed
in the decision making process.
The decision making process is based on
the delegation of authorities to various
officers. The organization chart of the
company is at
www.dvc.gov.in/dvccorporatemgmt.htm
IV.
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
V.
Rules, Regulations,
Instructions, Manuals and Records held
by company 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.
VI.
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 company and data relating to its employees.
VII.
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.
VIII.
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.
Chief Engineer (O&M)
& Project Head, Mejia Thermal
Power Station
39.
Chief Engineer (Construction),
Mejia Thermal Power Station
40.
Deputy Chief Engineer,
Panchet Hydel Station
41.
Director, Soil Conservation
Division, Hazaribagh
42.
Superintending Engineer
(Civil), Konar Project
43.
Executive Engineer
(Electrical), Tilaiya Project
X.
Monthly remuneration
received by each of company's officers
and employees, including the system or
compensation as provided in its Regulations.
The pay scales of the
employees FOR GROUP 'A' EMPLOYEES
1.
Rs. 15600-39100 + Grade Pay 5400) PB 3
2.
Rs. (15600-39100 + Grade Pay 5650) PB 3
3.
Rs. (15600-39100 + Grade Pay 6600) PB 3
4.
Rs. (15600-39100 + Grade Pay 7600) PB 3
5.
Rs. (37400-67000 + Grade Pay 8700) PB 4
6.
Rs. (37400-67000 + Grade Pay 8800) PB 4
7.
Rs. (37400-67000 + Grade Pay 8900) PB 4
8.
Rs. (37400-67000 + Grade Pay 10,000) PB 4
FOR GROUP 'B' EMPLOYEES
1.
Rs. (5200 - 20200 + Grade Pay 1200) PB 1
2.
Rs. (5200 - 20200 + Grade Pay 2000) PB 1
3.
Rs. (5200 - 20200 + Grade Pay 2650) PB 1
4.
Rs. (5200 - 20200 + Grade Pay 3200) PB 1
5.
Rs. (9300 - 34800 + Grade Pay 4200) PB 2
6.
Rs. (9300 - 34800 + Grade Pay 4300) PB 2
7.
Rs. (9300 - 34800 + Grade Pay 4400) PB 2
FOR GROUP 'C' EMPLOYEES
1.
Rs. (5200-20200 + Grade Pay 1800) PB 1
2.
Rs. (5200-20200 + Grade Pay 1850) PB 1
FOR GROUP 'D' EMPLOYEES
1.
Rs. (5200-20200 + Grade Pay 1800) PB 1
XI.
Budget allocated
to each of company'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.
XII.
Manner of execution
of subsidy programmes, including the amounts
allocated and details of beneficiaries
of such programmes.
Not Applicable
XIII.
Particulars
of recipients of concessions, permits
or authorization granted by the company.
Not Applicable
XIV.
Details in respect
of information, available to or held by
the company, reduced in an electronic
form.
Information is available at www.dvc.gov.in
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.
- Company does not maintain any public
library.
- Refer to Sl. No. XVI & XVII for the
procedures to obtain information
XVI.
Name(s), designation(s)
and other particulars of Public Information
Officer(s).
Introduction
Any citizen of India who desires to obtain
any information under the Right to Information
Act, 2005 may make a request preferably
in the
Application Format in writing to the
Public Information Officer of the Concerned
DVC Project or Headquarters.
2.
Application
Fee
In accordance to directives given in the
Gazette Notification issued by Deptt.
of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions, Govt.
of India, vide No. 34012/8(s)/2005-Estt.
(B) dated 16/09/2005, the application
for obtaining information under sub-section
(1) of section 6 must be accompanied by
prescribed application fee drawn in favour
of DVC, payable at the local office where
the application has been submitted. At
present the application fee, which is
subject to change from time to time, is
as under:-
Application fee: Rs. 10/- (Rupees
ten only)
: By cash against proper receipt
or by demand draft / banker's
cheque.
Persons who belong to BPL category are
not required to pay any fee provided necessary
documents are produced in support of their
claim.
3.
Additional Fee
In case it is decided to provide the information,
the Requester shall be informed of the
additional fees required to be deposited
by him / her for the information sought
and information shall be furnished after
the deposit of the fee by the Requester,
as per the Act.
In accordance to directives given in the
above mentioned Gazette notification dated
16-09-2005, for providing the information
under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of
the Act, an additional fee shall be charged.
At present, the applicable rates, which
are subject to change from time to time,
are given as under :-
For a copy in larger size paper :
Actual charge or cost price
For samples or models : Actual cost
or price
For inspection of records : No fee
for the first hour; and a fee of Rupees
five for each fifteen minutes (or fraction
thereof) thereafter
Further, for providing the information under
sub-section (5) of Section 7 of the Act,
the fee shall be charged at the following
rates:-
For information provided in : printed
form At the price fixed for such publication
or Rs. 2/- per page of photocopy for
extracts from the publication
The mode of payment of above mentioned additional fees shall be
the same as application fee.
4.
Appeal
In case the Requester who does not receive a decision
within the time specified in sub-section (1) or clause (a)
of sub-section (3) of section 7 of the Act, or is aggrieved
by a decision of the PIO, as the case may be, may within thirty
days from the expiry of such period from the receipt of such a
decision, prefer an appeal to the Director(HRD), Appellate Authority, DVC for
redressal of the application made under RTI Act 2005.
