Monitoring of Functioning of Odisha Child Rights Commission through RTI

Monitoring of  Functioning  of Odisha Child Rights Commission through RTI

RTI Application was submitted  to the PIO, Office of Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights   seeking  information about details of  budget  made for the Commission  and other related activity  from 2013-14 to 2015-16

 i. Provide   information about details of budgetary provision made  and fund sanctioned  to Odisha Child Rights Commission ( OSCPCR)   under different heads and fund utilized ( year-wise).

ii. Provide information about details of visit/tour to different places  by the Chairman and Members of OSCPCR  and staff as per the following format ( year-wise)

iii. Provide information  about  details of visit made by the Chairman and members of OSCPCR  and officer  and  staff outside of the state for various purpose  as per the following format ( year-wise)

iv. Provide information about details of approval made by the appropriate authority in  respect of visit of  officer and  staff made outside of the state and copy of it.

v. Provide information about member of OSCPCR and  category of the officer  and  staff entitled to avail  travel by train/ Air/ any other mode. Provide copy of   circular or guideline in this regard.

vi. Provide name of the different travel agencies  with address including name of proprietor  from which the Commission has hired the vehicle for different purpose and details of payment made  to the agency with date.

The PIO provided the following information on dated 30.3.16.

1.     The details of budgetary provision made  for OSCPR is as follows.

OPEPA Grant
Year	Allotment	Expenditure	Remarks
2013-14	NIL	NIL
2014-15	10,00,000/-	10,00,000/-
2015-16	10,00,000/-	Expenditure is yet to be calculated after closing of financial year
WCD Grant
2013-14	25,00,000/-	25,00,000/-
2014-15	25,00,000/-	25,00,000/-
2015-16	18,82,000/-	Expenditure is yet to be calculated after closing of financial year

2.     No. of Tour programme made by Chairperson/ Members  of OSCPCR  within state during their tenure from 2010 to 2016

Name	No. of Tours
Smt. Saraswati Hembram	24
Dr. Sruti Mohapatra	1
Sri Rajendra Meher	25
Smt. Kasturi Mohapatra	1
Ms. Rajalaxmi Das	6
Ms. Sandhyabati Pradhan	11

3.     No. of visits made by the Chairperson/ Members/Staff /Officer outside the state of Odisha

Name of Chairperson/ Members/Staff /Officer of OSCPCR
Smt. Saraswati Hembram	2
Dr. Sruti Mohapatra	4
Sri Rajendra Meher	6
Smt. Kasturi Mohapatra	1
Ms. Rajalaxmi Das	2
Ms. Sandhyabati Pradhan	3
Ms. Usharani Das, OAS, Under Secretary	2
Smt. Santoshi Sahoo, OAS, Secretary	6

4.     Name of Travel agencies from which the vehicle has been hired

Name of travel Agency	Name of the proprietor	Total amount
Sri Jaganath Travels	Prakash Kumar Panda Plot No.- 99/1, Jayadev Vihar, Near Palheight Hotel, Bhubaneswar-13	3,11,996.00
Jayadev Travels	Saroj Kumar Sahu 306, B. Rajadhani, Kalasansad, Kharavela Nagar, Unit-3, Bhubaneswar	1,18,192.00

5.      Entitlement of travel by the members and staff of OSCPCR is as per  O.T.A. Rules.

Srikant Ku Pakal

RTI & Human Rights Activist

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