CSR Fund earmarked and utilized by NALCO in Odisha

CSR Fund earmarked and utilized by NALCO in Odisha

( Bulletin-2)

Dear friends

RTI Application  dated 26.12.15 was submitted to NALCO, Corporate Office, Bhubaneswar seeking information about details of fund earmarked  under CSR ( Corporate Social Responsibility) from 2009-10 to 2015-16 , funds given to different organizations for advertisement, details of fund spent  by NALCO for press meet etc.  The information provided  by the PIO & ED-Company Secretary  on 3.3.16 is as follows.

1.      Total fund earmarked  for periphery development projects  at Koraput under CSR activities  by NALCO from 2009-10 to 2015-16 is Rs. 1839.25 lakhs

2.      Different Organisations/ Institutions received CSR fund from NALCO  is as follows.

Name of Institution	Year of fund given under CSR	Purpose	Remarks
Collector, Koraput	2009-10	Peripheral development	Contribution amount  Rs. 318.15 lakhs
Collector, Koraput	2010-11 and 2011-12	Peripheral development	Contribution amount Rs.446.04 lakhs
Collector, Koraput	2012-13	Peripheral development	Contribution amount Rs.184.89 lakhs
Collector, Koraput	2013-14	Peripheral development	Contribution amount Rs.20.00 lakhs
Collector, Koraput	2014-15	Peripheral development	Contribution amount Rs.20.00 lakhs
Collector, Koraput	2015-16	Peripheral development	Contribution amount Rs.10.00 lakhs

3.      Details of fund given to different organizations  for advertisement by NALCO from 2009 to 2015 is as follows.

Year	Particulars	Amount	Purpose  ( publicity-media)
2011-12	Semiliguda Press Club	20,000	Financial Assistance
	East Coast Sports Association, Visakhapatnam	20,000	DO
	Vice President, NEI, Bilaspur	7,500	DO
	Women’s welfare organisation, Bilaspur	6,000	DO
	Jay Prakash Foundation, Bhubaneswar	5,000	DO
	Total	58,000
2012-13	National Institute of Miners Health, Nagpur	15,000	DO
	Odisha Ministerial Officers Association, Koraput	20,000	DO
	General Secretary, OPTRA, Bhoi Nagar, Bhubaneswar	20,000	DO
	Bhagaban Choudhury	20,000	Financial Assistance for Gramya Committee, Putraghati
	Total	75,000
2013-14	Eastern Media Limited, Jeypore ( Sambad)	20,000	Complementary Adv.
	NALCO Employees Union ( For Souvenir)	20,000	DO
	The Institute of Engineers	20,000	DO
	Secretary, District Blood Donation	10,000	Complementary Adv.
	Total	70,000
2014-15	Sri Goura Ch. Choudhury for celebration of Thakurani Yatra	10,000	Celebration of Thakurai Yatra
	Maa Ganeswari Thakurani, Potangi	20,000	Celebration of Thakurani Yatra
	Eastern Media Ltd. (Sambad)	20,000	Complementary Adv.
	Diploma Engineers’ Association, Damanjodi	20,000	DO
	Koraput Association of Deaf, Koraput	20,000	Financial Assistance
	Jeypore Law College	10,000	DO
	The Institute of Engineers, Sunabeda	50,000	DO
	Semiliguda Press Club	20,000	DO
	Odisha Association of Small and Medium Enterprise	50,000	DO
	Principal, Semiliguda College	5,000	Financial Assistance for Souvenir
	Principal, Lakhmipur College	5,000	Financial Assistance
	The Samaj	5,000	Complementary adv.
	Natya Utsav, Damanjodi	20,000	Financial Assistance
	Govt. College, Koraput	5,000	DO
	Total	2,65,000
2015-16	Panchapatamali Natya Mohastav, Damanjodi	20,000	Financial assistance
	Gramya Committee, Putraghati	10,000	DO
	Diploma Engineers Association, Damanjodi	20,000	DO
	Koraput District Assoiatio of Deaf	20,000	DO
	Dharitri Odia daily	20,000	Complementary Adv.
	The Samaj, Cuttack	20,000	DO
	Zilla Parishad Sangha, Koraput	60,000	DO
	Eastern Media Limited ( Sambad)	20,000	DO
	Maa Ghara, Koraput	10,000	DO
	Total	2,00,000

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date- 16.3.16

MSCIC disposes 5000 cases per year against 250 cases disposed by OIC

Maharashtra State  Chief  Information  Commissioner  disposes  5000 cases per year against  around 250 cases  disposed  by  each Odisha Information Commissioner

The effective implementation of  any  law  requires  robust  Grievance Redressal  Mechanism  in place for time-bound disposal of  any  complaint  with regard  to non-implementation of the  law.   RTI Act  has inbuilt  mechanism  of two  grievance redressal procedures  i.e.,  appeal  under  section 19  and  complaint under section 18  of the Act. In case  of  violation of  any provisions of the Act or denial of  information  or  supply of  misleading  and false information,  a citizen has liberty  to file  complaint  or  appeal against  the erring PIO or Public authority  before  Information Commission.  The  Information Commission is empowered  to hear and dispose  the case   and   enforce supply of the Information and    impose penalty  ( Rs. 250.00  per day   up to   maximum  Rs. 25,000.00 )  on PIO  and  recommend  disciplinary proceedings  against  them.

But  delay  in  disposal of the cases  and  pendency  of  huge  number of cases  in the  office of Information  Commissions  has become matter  of concern  across  the  country.  To reduce pendency and quick disposal of cases, the Information Commissions have adopted various methods.

Sri Ratnakar Gaikwad,  Maharastra Chief  Information Commissioner  has  disposed with written order   record number of 20,002 cases  ( 18,531 Second Appeals and 1471 Complaint  cases )  from June 2012 ( date of joining )   to  Feb. 2016. The average disposal of cases per year is 5000. Similarly, Sri Shailesh Gandhi, former Central Information Commissioner had disposed 20,400 cases during his tenure of 3 years and 9 months.    

But the information obtained through RTI has exposed that the disposal of  the cases  by Odisha Information Commission is very  low leading to  rise in  pendency   up to 6000 cases by Dec.2015.  During 7 months of their working as State Information Commissioners, Mrs. Sashi Prava Bindhani and Mr.  L.N.Patnaik have disposed total no. of 269 cases (134 cases disposed by each Information Commissioner within 7 months). Earlier the former Information Commissioners like Sri Jagadanand Mohanty, Tarun Kanti Mishra  and Sri Pramod Kumar Mohanty  were  disposing   around 700  cases  per year.   The Odisha Information commission avails equal facilities, salary, allowance, accommodations as enjoyed by other State Information Commissioners and Central Information Commissioners.

Now, the question comes why Odisha Information Commissioners could not dispose more number of cases. It is due to their inefficiency, lethargic, idleness lack of knowledge and expertise to hear and dispose the case.  Since beginning,  the State Govt.  has tried  to dilute the Act  and  hatched   conspiracy  to   keep the Information Commission defunct  by appointing  inexperienced  and  inefficient  people  like Mr. Jagadanand Mohanty  in the post  of  Information Commission.  The  information Commission  has continued  to suffer  and gained ill-reputation  and  miserably failed to  give justice  to  the  Information-Seekers.  The long delay in disposal of the cases by the Commission has discouraged the people to file the case in the Commission to get justice.  Keeping it in view, RTI Activists across the country have come to the street to demand to quicken disposal of the cases by the Commission. Sri Ratnakar Gaikawad, Maharastra CIC has said that  for reducing  the pendency  in Commissions that is threatening  the RTI Act, every  Commissioner  should pass  an order  on at least  25 appeals  after hearing  both sides on daily basis.  

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-8.3.16