Electricity Bill pending against Companies in Odisha

Electricity Bill pending against Companies in Odisha

 It is witnessed  in Bhubaneswar  that  in case of pendency of  Electricity  Bill  against any common  consumers for two months,  the  Bill collectors of  Electricity  Dept.   use to threaten  to disconnect   electricity , unless the arrear  bill is paid.  But   though crores of rupees are pending against the Companies for years together, the CESU has not taken any step to collect the Bill from them.   It has been exposed through RTI.  RTI Application was  submitted to  PIO, office of Central Electricity  Supply Utility ( CESU)  seeking  information  about  electricity  bill  pending  against   more than 5 lakhs business houses, corporate  houses  etc..   on 28.10.16,  the PIO  supplied the information.  Electricity Bill worth around thousands of crores of rupees is pending against more than 700 companies  and business houses.  Major Companies against whom the electricity bill  is pending  is  as follows. 

Sl.No	NAME	ADDRESS           THREE PHASE CONSUMER LIST	ARREAR  in Rs.   [AS ON 30.09.2016]
1	M/S SHREE MARUTI STEEL AND CASTING PVT LTD	AT-KUSPANGI PO-BALI,KHUNTUNI,KUSP	64095566.00
2	Jagannath Area MCL, Talcher	Talcher	83626294.00
3	Naba Bharat Ventures Ltd.	Kharagaprasad	829440022.00
4	GMR Energy Ltd.	Kamalanga	104482021.00
5	M/S TEEKAY MARINE (P)  LTD	IDCO# NO-58,CHANDAKA I.E, CSPUR-11	6255683.00
6	BHARATI AIRTEL  LTD	PLOT NO-E13/1,C.S PUR,  I.E,PATIA	4562949.00
7	M/S INFOSYS  TECHNOLOGIES LTD	CHANDAKA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE	3837670.00
8	M/S  VODAFONE  ESSAR SPACE   LIMITED	IDCO # NO-E/52,CHANDAKA I.E.	2174313.00
9	M/S  FALCON  MARINE  EXPORTS LTD	PLOT-50/A/B, 51/A	3306378.00
10	M/S RELIANCE   INFRATEL   LTD	C/O-AUTHORISED  SIGNATORY, BTS  SITE	4353328.00
11	M/S ADVANCED   MEDICARE AND RESEARCH  INSTITU	C/O- BISHNU CHARAN SAHOO	3818116.00
12	THE MANAGING DIRECTOR	M/S MILK MANTRA DAIRY PVT LTD.	3437740.61
13	M/S  NEW  LAXMI STEEL AND POWER (P) LTD	C/O PAWAN  KU  GUPTA(DIRECTOR),SARUA	25381229680
14	M/S  UNIVERSAL  INFRA  AGRO  OIL(P)  LTD	C/O HARSH MUHAN GUPTA,SARUA IND.ES	2180232.40
15	M/S ANURADHA   HATCHARY	IND, ESTATE,KHURDA, C/O MANOJ KUMAR R	12173000.05
16	M/S HINDUSTAN COCA-COLA BEVERAGES P.LTD	KHURDA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NEAR BPCL	7069450.08
17	M/S SUN GRANITE EXPORT  LTD	AT;PANIORA,PO;-PALASPUR,DIST;-KHORDA	11961340.65
18	M/S UTTARAYANI PATTATO	AT;SATASANKHA,DIST-PURI ,ODISHA,752	11781879.22
19	M/S COS BOARD  INDUSTRIES  PVT .LTD	NEW INDUSTRIAL  ESTATE	36438284.00
20	M/S  SATYAM CASTINGS,PVT LTD	I\E, CHOUDWAR,PLOT NO-A-2.CHOUDWAR	27493565.00
21	M/S T.S ALLOYS LTD	AT-ANANTAPUR,PO-DHURUSIA	16803731.00
22	M/S ESSAR STEEL INDIA LTD	AT-UDAYABATA,PO-PARADEEPGARH	75496371.00
23	M/S TATA STEEL LIMITED	AT/PO,KALARANGIATTA	9242001.62
24	M/S JINDAL STEEL AND POWER LTD	AT;-KERJANG,PO;-NISHA	121013243.00
25	B.R.G. IRON AND STEEL CO (P) LTD	KURUNTI, P/O-KUSUPANGA	60859986.00
26	M/S BHUSAN STEEL LTD	NARENDRAPUR	61316356.00
27	M/S MISRILAL MINES P LTD	AT, AT;KANPURA	14724642.78
28	M/S SHREE JAGANNATH ICE PLANT AND COLD STG	NISCHINTAKOILI DIST-CUTTACK NISC	15355154.00
29	LAXMIPATI BALAJI SUGAR AND DIST.PVT LTD	AT;SUNAPAL PO;BADAMBAGARH SUNAPAL	12694720.00
30	M/S AURO ISPAT(I) PVT .LTD	AT/PO-KHUNTUNI PS-GURUDIJHATIA KHUN	70509513.00

Sanjay Sahu, RTI Activist

M-8658416694

Date-21.12.16 

Performance of Advisor to State Planning Board in Odisha

Performance of Advisor to State Planning Board in Odisha

Since several years, State Govt. has deliberately kept State Planning Board non-functional in Odisha.   To satisfy their party leaders,  the State Govt.  has appointed in 2009 Sri Surendra Nayak, former Minister  and  Sri  G. Bhaskar Roy, BJD leader  in 2015 as Vice-chairman of  the Board.  These vice-chairman have never conducted a single meeting of the Board.  The meeting of State Planning Board  has  not been held  since 8 years.   

However, on 13.11.2014,  the State Govt.  appointed Sri R.N.Das, retired bureaucrat as advisor to State Planning Board, Odisha when there is no  functioning of the  Board.   It is very interesting to be noted here that State Planning Board has not been constituted till yet.  

Now,  the question comes,  whom the advisor is giving advice when there is no planning board.   To make an query about performance of Advisor to State Planning Board, Application was filed  to the PIO, Dept. of Planning  and Convergence, Govt. of Odisha   seeking information  about his appointment, work entrusted to , his performance as Advisor  in the state.  On dated 7.10.16, the PIO  has provided the following information.

1.       The State Govt. vide resolution no. 14834/P, Bhubaneswar, dt. 13.11.2014 appointed Shri R.N.Das, former secretary to Govt. of India as Advisor to the State Planning Board.  He will focus on Skills Mission,  food production,  Food Security Mission and shelter etc.

2.       The information   was sought about copy of the documents relating to advice, if any given by him to State Govt.  But  the PIO  has declined  to provide  that document. Rather he has provided   two-page note on advice given to   different Dept.    The gist of the note is as follows.

a.    Agriculture Dept.  has been advised  for long term arrangements to be made  for timely supply  of certified seeds to the farmers for paddy, oilseeds like mustard and groundnuts , special initiative  for production of  sufficient  quantity of  certified seeds inside the state.    

b.    He has conducted meeting with Secretary and other officials of MSME, ET &ET, IT and PR Departments.  Besides that  meetings  have been held with private organisations  such as  the IL & FS, and L& T  which are engaged  in implementing  skill development programme with a view to expanding  their activities  in this regard.

c.      Rural housing/ shelter progress of implementation in the districts  has been monitored  from time to time.  The advisor  also visists  different districts  to review the development  activities  and implementation of  different schemes  of Govt. by  the collectors.

d.    Revamping  the planning proess both at  state level ad distriuct  level with the objective to make it more professional ad people’s oriented, the Govt.  has constituted  a committee  to suggest comprehensive measures  to strengthen planning  process and institutional  arrangements. The Advisor    has been appointed  as  Chairman of the  committee.

3.    The Advisor  has  been provided free   accommodation,  four-wheeler, personal staff, telephone,  refreshment, periodical charges, stationary articles etc.  He  has not received  salary and allowances till yet.  In July, 2016,  the State Govt.  has paid  Rs. 13,70,000/-  towards medical  expenses     and payment of Air Ambulance  for his treatment.

Sajay Sahu

RTI Activist

M- 8658416694

Date- 21.12.16 

Funds allocated and utilised under NREGA in Odisha

 Funds allocated and utilised under NREGA in Odisha

(From 2010-11 to 2016-17)

 While addressing press meet in august 2016,  Sri Arun Sahu, Minister for Panchayat Raj said within short span of 4 months (from April to July 2016), the Govt. has been able  to  generate 4 crore employment ( man-days) under NREGA in Odisha by spending Rs. 1130 crores.  . It was unbelievable how the Govt. generates such huge employment (mandays) in Odisha which has never happened in Odisha. To understand it and employment generated in previous years, RTI Application was submitted to Department of Panchayat Raj, Govt. of Odisha seeking information about details of fund earmarked and   expenditure made with generation of mandays by Govt.  from 2010-11 to 2016-17.  The PIO has provided the information available with him upto august 2016.

The information sought for is as follows.

i. Provide information about total fund sanctioned by Central Govt. and from State budget for NREGA in Odisha as per the following format

Year	Allocation of Central Fund	Utilized	State Budgetary allocation	Utilised

ii. Provide information about date of release of fund by Central Govt. for NREGA under different heads  in the year 2015-16 and 2016-17.

iii. Provide information about total fund available with State Govt. for NREGA work till yet 30^th August, 2016.

iv. Provide information about total employment generated under NREGA from 2011-12 to 2016-17 (year-wise).

v. Provide information about rate of wage fixed for different work under NREGA.

vi. Provide information about total fund spent for NREGS work from April to July16 and total mandays generated within this period. 

1.       Fund allocated and utilised

( in lakhs)

Year	Central fund received	Utilised	State budgetary allocation / State share released	Utilised
2010-11	156186.38	156186.38	15000.00	15000.00
2011-12	97852.32	97852.32	13223.12	13223.12
2012-13	84797.88	84797.88	13548.61	13458.61
2013-14	75752.84	75752.84	34200.00	34200.00
2014-15	103530.34	103530.34	0.00	0.00
2015-16	147941.05	147941.05	56981.00	56981.00
2016-17 as on 23.10.2016	137324.49	137324.49	14473.26	14473.26

( NB- No share  has been released  during 2014-15  as excess  state share  release  during previous  financial year adjusted )

2.       Total fund available  with State Govt.  for NREGS work  during 2016-17  till 30.8.2016

(Rs. In Lakhs)

1	OB	998.48
2	Central Receipt	114802.57
3	State matching  share release	12994.11
4	Miscellaneous receipt	241.74
	Total	129036.90

3.       Total employment generated  under NREGA

Employment generated in lakhs
2011-12	453.74
2012-13	546.01
2013-14	711.83
2014-15	534.79
2015-16	894.65
2016-17 (  from April to  July 2016)	367.12
2016-17 ( upto August 2016)	429.25

4.        Information on total fund spent and total man-days generated for MGNREGS works during 2016- 17 from April to July 2016.

Expenditure on works  (Rs. In lakhs)	Persondays generated( Rs.  in lakh)
113096.03	367.12

Analysis

A.   Since last five years (from 2011-12 to 2015-16), the State Govt.  has generated 6  crores of man-days  under NREGA   in an average in a year. How the State Govt. generated 4 crores  man-days  within 4 months. It means one crore in a month. It is just data manipulation  of the figure  showing record number of mandays generated by Govt.

B.    It  has also been found  in different districts  from Puri to Malkangiri  that  the NREGA labourers  are  not paid  their  dues  for  months  together, though the work  gets  completed.   

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-16.12.16