Information under Section 4 (1) (b) of RTI Act

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Information to be disclosed under Section 4 (1) (b) of RTI Act
1.	Particulars of its organization, functions and duties [Section 4 (1) (b) (i)]	a) Name and addresses of the organization	National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (Divyangjan) (NIEPVD), Formerly, National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH) (Under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India), 116 – Rajpur Road, Dehradun – 248001 Uttarakhand (India). Phone: +91-135-2748147 E-mail: director-niepvd@nivh.gov.in Website: www.nivh.gov.in
b) Head of the organization	Director
c) Vision, Mission and Objective	Click to see
d) Functions and duties	Click to see
e) Organization Chart	Click To See
f) Functional Chart	Available under RTI- transparency audit format- annexure. (pdf)RTI Page
g) Other details like genesis, inception formation of the department and the Holds from time to time as well as the committees commissions constituted from time to time	Annual Report pdf
h) Authority competent to decide function and duties of the organization	Annexure
2.	Powers & Duties of its officers & employees [Section 4 (1) (b) (ii)]	a) Powers and duties of officers	Annexure
b) Powers and duties of other employees	Not Applicable
c) Work allocation, job description and/ or duty lists.	Click to See
d) Authority competent to delegate powers to officers and staff	Annexure
3.	Procedure followed in decision making process [Section 4(1) (b) (iii)]	a) Process and channel for decision making- decision making charts/ flow chart	Annexure
b) Final decision making authority	Director/Executive council/General Council/DEPwD, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India
c) Related provisions, acts, rules etc.	All Govt. of India Norms
d) Time limit for taking a decision wherever applicable	All Govt. of India Norms
e) Delegation of Power-Rules/ Procedures	All Govt. of India Norms
f) Major output/ tangible results/ services/ goods	All Govt. of India Norms
4.	Norms for discharge of functions [Section 4 (1) (b) (iv)]	a) Nature of functions/ services offered	Available in under- Main Web page- (i) Publication & Reports- Annual Report and also. Click to see(ii) Administration- Compendium. Click to see
b) Norms/ Standards for functions/ service delivery	—–do——
c) Process by which these services can be accessed	—–do——
d) Redressed of grievance- mechanism and process	—–do——
e) Reference document prescribing the norms	—–do——-
5.	Rules, regulations, instruction, manuals and records for discharging functions [Section 4 (1) (b) (v)]	a) Title and nature of the record/ manual/ instruction	Given on the main page under Links- Administration.- Compendium Click here
		b) The Acts/ Rules/ manuals, Office memorandum etc.	CCS(CCA) rules, conduct rules, FRSR and other rules of Govt. of India
		c) Summary of contents of above for easy understanding of public	Given on the main page under Links- Administration.- CompendiumClick here
6.	Categories of documents held by the authority under its control [ Section 4 (1) (b) (vi)]	a) Title of the documents	Click Here Compendium Annual Report
		b) Category of documents
		c) Custodian of the documents.
		d) Retention period of the documents.
7.	Particulars for any arrangement for consultation with or representation by the members of the public in relation to the formulation of policy or implementation thereof [Section 4 (1) (b) (vii)]	a) Relevant rule, circular etc. for consultation	Not Applicable
		b) Arrangement adopted for consultation with or representation by the members of the public in the functional areas of the organization.	—–do——-
		c) Days or time specified for visitors.	All personals can visit NIEPVD with prior permission of the concerned department (contact details of HOD are available in the institute website) from 0900hrs to 1730hrs on all working days.
8.	Boards, councils, Committees and other bodies constituted as part of the public authority functioning	a) Names of the Boards, Councils, Committees etc.	General Council, Executive Council, Academic Committee
		b) Composition & Powers and functions	Compendium Chapter-2 Click Here To See
		c) Whether their meetings are open to the public?	NO
		d) Whether the minutes of the meeting are open to the public?	The minutes of the meeting are uploaded in the website. Click here
		e) Link place where the minutes if open to the public are available and the process of areas by the common citizen.	—–do——-
9.	Directory of Officers and employees Section 4 (1) (b) (ix)]	a) Name, designation and Division	Annexure
		b) Location, Telephone (both Office & Residence), and email address.	Annexure
		c) Date of joining in the organization.	Annexure
		d) Date of joining in Division	Annexure
10.	Monthly Remuneration received by officers & employees including system of compensation [Section 4(1) (b) (x)]	a) Name & Designation of the employee	Click here
		b) Scale	Click here
		c) Monthly remuneration	Click here
		d) Allowances	As per the bye laws of the institute the employees are governed under Govt. of India scales of pay and allowances. All compensations are provided to the employees at par with Central Govt. employees.
		e) System of Compensation as provided by in its regulations	As per the bye laws of the institute the employees are governed under Govt. of India scales of pay and allowances. All compensations are provided to the employees at par with Central Govt. employees.
11.	Budget allocated to each agency including all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursement made etc. [Section 4(1) (b) (xi)]	a) Section responsible for maintaining budget	Accounts Section headed by Accounts Officer
		b) Details of budget in simple form which can be easily understood by the non- professional and layman	Available in the Annual Reports Chapter-12 Annual Account file Click Here To See
		c) Details of budget providing clear picture regarding the actual achievement vis-à-vis the targets	Available in the Annual Reports Chapter-12 Annual Account Click To See
		d) Periodic monitoring Reports, Revised budget, if any, and Repot on expenditure made and place where the related reports available.	—-do—–
		e) Audit of budget	Available in the Annual Reports Chapter-12 Annual Account Click Here To See
12.	Manner of execution of subsidy programmes [Section 4 (1) (b) (xii)]	a) Name of the programmes or activities, objective of the programmes, procedure to avail benefits, duration of the programme/ Scheme, physical and financial targets of the programme	Available in the Annual Reports-2021-22 Chapter 13 “Implementation of Schemes” Click Here To See
		b) Nature/ scale of subsidy/ amount allotted, eligibility criteria for grant of subsidy; and
		c) Details of beneficiaries of such subsidy programme (Number profile etc.)
13.	Particular of recipients of concessions, permits of authorizations granted by the public authority [Section 4 (1) (b) (xiii)	a) Concessions permits or authorizations granted by public authority	Available in the Annual Reports-2021-22 Chapter 13 “Implementation of Schemes” Click Here To See
		b) For each concessions, permit or authorization granted:
		c) Eligibility criteria ii) Procedure for getting the concession/ grant and / or permits or authorizations iii) Name and address of the recipients given concession/ per mitsor authorization iv) Date of award of Concessions / permits or authorizations
14.	Information available in electronic form [Section 4(1)(b) (xiv)]	a) List of document (s) available in electronic form and the date about digitalized records/ files/ reports/ information which shall include the name of the record: any categorization or index used:	‘Details of information in an electronic form’ given on the main page under the following links: http://www.nivh.gov.in/index.php1.Home 2.About Us 3.RTI 4.Gallery 5.Contact Us In other links – 6.Site Map 7.Regional Centers Further information is available on the main page as “Links” Wherein following categories contains detailed information: • Human Resource • Examination Cell/ Result • Latest Tenders • Recruitment • Publications & Reports • List of beneficiaries • Archives • Central sector scheme • Devices for sale • Short term training programmes • Grievance/ Committees • Administration • Speeches • Press release • Staff strength • Events @ NIEPVD • Stop corona • DEPwD guidelines • Corona Warriors
		b) Subject matter and other information:
		c) Division / Section/ unit office where the record in normally held;
		d) The person with designation responsible for maintaining the record; and
		e) Life span of the record.
15.	Particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information [Section 4 (1)(b) (xv)]	a) Name & location of the information and facilitation counter (IFC) and the contact details	Under the heading “RTI” link on the main web-page, procedure for obtaining information is given. Click here
		b) Working hours of the facility and the details of information made available	Available during normal office hours (9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday to Friday except Public Holidays) or through an email to helprtionline-dopt[at]nic[dot]in
		c) Fee/ charges to get the copies of the document	As per RTI Norms
		d) Facility for inspecting the documents which are not available electronically, should also be provided	Available on the main web-page under “RTI” link. Click here
16.	The Names, designation and other particular of the PIOs [Section 4(1)(b)(xvii)]	a) Name and details of- (i) Current CPIOs & FAAs, (ii) Earlier CPIO &b) Name & Designation of PIOs and appellate authority, their contact details phone number & email address, with subject matter within their jurisdiction and details of Nodal Officer.	_________________________________ Public Information Officer Smt. Anjum Stenographer Gd.I, NIEPVD,116 Rajpur Road, Dehradun – 248001 Uttarakhand (India). Transparency Officer Shri S.K. Dhalwal, Assistante Professor(Clinical Psychology) NIEPVD,116 Rajpur Road, Dehradun – 248001 Uttarakhand (India). First Appellate Authority Er. Manish Verma, officiating Director NIEPVD,116 Rajpur Road, Dehradun – 248001 Uttarakhand (India).
16.		c) Details about link PIOs/FAAs	Information is available in following link Click here
17.	Such other information as may be prescribed under [Section 4(1) (b) (xvii)]	a) Annual Report	Click To See
		b) Annual & other Periodic Return	Available
		c) FAQs	Not Available
		d) List of completed schemes/ projects/ programmes	Annual Report Chapter-5 Page-53 Click here
		e) List of schemes/ projects/ programmes. –underway	Annual Report Chapter-5 Page-53 Click here

Miscellaneous
18.	Are important policies or decisions which affect public informed to them? [Section 4 (1)(c)]	Publish all relevant facts while formulating important policies on announcing decisions which affect public.	Available under the relevant category to topic given on the main web-page. Click here
19.	Are reasons for administrative of quasi- judicial decisions taken, communicated to affected persons [Section 4(1) (d)]	Providing reasons for its administrative or quasi-judicial decision to affected persons.	Yes, the reasons for its administrative or quasi-judicial decision to affected persons.
20.	Replies to questions asked in the Parliament (Section 4 (1) d (2)	Details of Questions asked and replies given	Available in the related files in the Institute
21.	Dissemination of information widely and in such form and manner which is easily accessible to the public [Section 4(3)]	Website, notice boards, newspapers, public announcements, media broadcasts, internet or , any other means including inspection.	Information available on the website. Click here
22.	Whether information manual handbook available free of cost or not [Section 4(4)]	Available free or at a reasonable cost of the medium or print cost price	Annual reports, compendium and publications are available on the website. Click here
23.	Information related to procurement	a) Tender-notices enquiries corrigendum thereon.	Procurement of Goods and Services by this Department is mostly done through the GEM Portal. The goods and services which are not available through GEM are purchased through Central Procurement Portal. All the procurements are done in accordance with the General Financial Rules.
		b) Details of bid awards, detailing the name of the supplier of goods/ services being procured or work contract.
		c) Rate and total amount at which such procurement or work contracts were awarded.
24.	Public private partnership	a) Details of the special purpose vehicle (SPV), if any,	So far as this NIEPVD and its CRCs are concerned there is no Public Private Partnership.
		b) Detailed project reports,
		c) Concession agreement
		d) Operation and maintenance manual, and
		e) Other documents generated as part of the implementation of the public private partnership
25.	Transfer policy and transfer orders	a) Transfer policy for different grades/ cadres	The transfer policy of the Institute has been approved vide 85th Executive Council meeting vide item no.31. Click here To See Compendium Chapter IX Page 277
		b) Transfer orders	Click here
		c) Section(s) responsible for maintaining transfer policy.	Administration section
		d) Authority competent to approve transfer.	Director, NIEPVD
26.	RTI Applications	RTI application and appeals received and their responses (except relating to personal information) uploaded on the websites, with search facility based on keywords	Information available under the link ‘Right to Information ‘ on the web page.https://nivh.gov.in/?page_id=5928
27.	CAG & PAC paras	CAG and PAC-ATR of those have been laid on the table of both the Houses of Parliament	In the Annual report of F.Y., 2021-22 – Chapter -12 Page-101 Finance and Accounts, details of conduction of C&AG Audit.There is no audit para/objection in annual account of this Institute for the F.Y., 2021-22. Click here
28.	Citizen’s Charter	a) Citizen’s Charter	Click here
		b) RFD (Result Framework Document)
		c) Bi- annual reports on the performance against the bench marks set in citizen’s charter
29.	Discretionary & Non- discretionary grants	a) Details of discretionary grants/ allocation: and	There is no provision of discretionary grants in NIEPVD. Grant in aid is released as per norms of the Scheme Concerned.
29.	Discretionary & Non- discretionary grants	b) Annual accounts of other entities that are provided grants by public authorities
30.	Foreign/ Domestic tour of ministries/ officials	The details of foreign & domestic visits undertaken by the officials of the rank of JS to the Government of India and HODs i. Details to be included therein ii. Purpose of visit iii. Place of visited iv. Period v. No. of People included with officials delegation vi. Expenditure incurred on such visits.	No foreign tour undertaken
31.	No. of employees against whom Disciplinary action has been proposed/taken	No. of employees against whom Disciplinary action has been (i) Pending for minor penalty or major penalty (ii) Finalised for minor penalty or major penalty proceedings	Disciplinary Status (458 kb)
32.	Form of accessibility of information manual/ handbook [Section 4(4)]	Electronic or printed or both	Available on the main web page Publication and reports and in compendium under administration. Click to see Compendium
33.	Language in which information manual/ handbook available	a) English/ Hindi	Annual reports and publications are available in the web-site of NIEPVD under English as well as Hindi web page. Annual reports are available on both the web pages in English only. Publications are available under both the web-pages in English or Hindi as applicable. Click to see
33.	Language in which information manual/ handbook available	b) Vernacular/ Local language/ Regional language	Not available
34.	When was the information manual/ Handbook last updated?	Annual updating is required and the date of last updated needs to be displayed.	Annual report and publications are available under head- links on the main page: Click to see
35.	Guidelines for Indian Government websites (GIGW) is followed (released in Feb 2009 and included in the Central Secretariat Manual of Office procedures (CSMOP) by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.	Details of STQC Certificate	Not Available

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