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Documents, which the
Public Authorities are required to publish
(under Section-4 (1) (b) of the Right to Information Act, 2005) |
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Item |
Particulars |
Branch (es) |
Status |
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(i)
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The particulars of its organization,
functions and duties |
O & M |
The information is readily available
and forms part of Board’s MOP. Duties of this Ministry are
indicated in allocation of Business of Rules, 1961 and
organizational structure and top management is indicated in
‘Annual Reports & Accounts” published by Stat. & Econ. Directorate
every year.
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(ii) |
The powers and duties of its
officers and employees |
O & M |
The duties performed by the
Officers are the same as that of supervisory and decision making.
Already forms a part of the MOP. The detailed duty list is given
in the booklet “Consolidated List of Subjects” dealt with
by the various Branches. Besides the booklet, Office Orders are
also issued from time to time whenever any changes in the duty
list of Officers/Branches are undertaken. Such office orders are
readily available with O&M.
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(iii)
(iv) |
The procedure followed in the
decision making process, including channels of supervision and
accountability;
the norms set by it for the
discharge of its functions |
O & M |
The procedure/norms set for
discharge of functions is as per the provisions contained in
various codes/manuals. For general office procedure, there is an
MOP. The procedure for channel of submission of the cases
is given in para-32 of Chapter-IV, Part-II of the MOP. The general
procedural instructions are also reiterated/issued from time to
time and are available with O&M. |
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(v) |
The rules, regulations,
instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control
or used by its employees for discharging its functions; |
All the Directorates and Branches
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A number of rules, regulations,
instructions, codes, manuals, Acts, etc have already been
published and in use by the railway employees for discharging
their functions. |
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(vi)
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A statement of the categories of
the documents that are held by it or under its control; |
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A statement indicating the
details of the Directorates/Branches and the documents pertaining
to them is
attached. |
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(vii)
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the particulars of any arrangements
that exists for consultation with, or representation by the
members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy
or implementation thereof; |
OL
PG
Vigilance |
The Committees set up by the
Ministry call for the suggestions from the public from time to
time. Railway Hindi Salahkar Samiti includes the members of the
public also. The details of Public Grievances Redress Machinery
and that of Vigilance Organisation available on the Railways are
published every year in the Railway Time Tables to enable the
members of the public to make representations or complaints, if
any. |
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(viii)
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a statement of the 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;
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ERB-I
Parl.
OL
B(C)
RCC
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Passenger Amenities
Committee, Committee on Godhra Fire Incident, Committee on
Arbitration System of Indian Railways.. Although these
Committees call for suggestions from the public, their meetings
and the minutes thereof are not open/accessible to public.
There are certain in-house committees (constituted for
specific purposes and fixed tenures), comprising of Railway
Officers without any involvement of the public. These Committees
stand dissolved once the Reports are submitted.
Formal and Informal Consultative
Committee of MPs (constituted by the M/o Parliamentary Affairs)
presided by MR. The Minutes & the ATR thereon are circulated to
the MPs by the M/o Parliamentary Affairs and not made public by
the M/o Railways.
Railway Board Official Language
Implementation Committee under CRB Its meetings and the minutes
thereof are not open/accessible to public. However,
persons, associated with the propagation and development of Hindi,
are included in the Railway Hindi Salahkar Samiti under MR. The
minutes of its meeting are also not for the use of the public.
Parliamentary Committees such as,
PAC, RCC, Estimates Committee, Standing Committee. The M/o
Railways has no role in the constitution or convening meetings of
these committees as also in the decision regarding accessibility
of Public to the proceedings, etc.
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(ix)
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A directory of its officers and
employees; |
Telecom
G branch
|
A telephone directory of officers
has already been published by Tele branch. As regards the
directory of employees, (G) branch maintains the names,
designation and addresses of the employees. |
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(x)
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The monthly remuneration received by
each of its officers and employees, including the system of
compensation as provided in its regulations; |
Cash-I
Cash-II
Cash-III |
Monthly salary bills of officers and
staff have already been computerized and proper record is being
maintained.
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(xi)
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the budget allocated to each of its
agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed
expenditures and reports on disbursement made; |
Budget
Accounts
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Complete details of allotments made
are published by Budget branch every year and submitted to
Parliament, print/electronic media and also placed on rail-net for
dissemination to public at large. These documents are Budget
speech, Highlights, Work, Machinery & Rolling Stock Programme,
Demand for Grants, etc Accounts Directorate compiles the
disbursement and expenditure reports. |
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(xii)
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the manner of execution of subsidy
programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of
beneficiaries of such programmes; |
Budget
Commercial
Stat & Econ |
The Ministry of Railways has not
undertaken any specific subsidy programme. However, a Chapter on
‘Social Service Obligation’ explaining the cross subsidization
policies is included in the Year Book published every year by Stat
& Econ Directorate and forms a part of the Budget documents. |
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(xiii)
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Particulars of recipients of
concessions, permits or authorizations granted by it;
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Commercial T&C
TT |
Details regarding concessions to
passengers are published every year in the Railway Time Tables.
Instructions regarding authorization of travel agents and the
policy regarding allotment of stalls, etc. already exist.
Concessions are also given to retain and attract additional goods
traffic in accordance with the rates circulars issued from time to
time. |
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(xiv) |
the details in respect of the
information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic
form; |
IT
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Information relating to
organization, its evolution, budget speech, budget highlights,
tourist facilities, passenger information, train information,
availability of accommodation, status of tickets, internet booking
of tickets, a number of codes/manuals, seniority list, etc. have
already been made available on IR website. |
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(xv)
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the particulars of facilities
available to citizens for obtaining information,
including working hours of a library
or reading room, if maintained for public use. |
Commercial Directorate |
The information relating to the
facilities available to the rail users are disseminated through
the Railway Time Tables, the Railway Websites and the Facilitation
Centre..
The library is basically for the use
of railway employees. However, a temporary access may be allowed
on receipt of a specific request to this effect. |
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(xvi)
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the names, designations and other
particulars of the Public Information Officers; |
RTI Cell. |
The information collected by the RTI
Cell under the PIO, Railway Board. Details from all the Railways,
Production & other Units, PSUs, etc have since been received and
compiled. |
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