Damodar Valley Corporation, a statutory body established under Act No. XIV of 1948 of GOI. DVC discharges its duty as per “DVC Act” which has been placed in DVC portal under the tab “About us” and guidelines/norms provided by Ministry of Power, Government of India.

Rules, Regulations, Instructions, Manuals and Records held by corporation or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions. DVC has a set of rules for conduct of business through well defined policies.

Major documents are: -

-DVC Act

-Service Regulation -

Statement of 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. DVC has constituted many Committees to oversee the operations and to provide directions / guidelines. The meetings of the Board or these committees are neither open to public not the agendas / minutes are accessible to public. Meetings of the Corporation are Confidential and as such documents like Agenda papers, List of attendees, Minutes, Resolution, etc. are not accessible to public.

As such DVC does not have any subsidy schemes/programmes for public. However, DVC has well-defined CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) policy. Section 12 (f) of DVC Act, 1948 states one of the functions of the Corporation as the promotion of public health and the agricultural, industrial, economic and general well-being in the Damodar Valley and its area of operation

Accordingly, DVC, since its inception has contributed to sustainable development by delivering economic, social, and environmental benefits to all stakeholders. Although CSR initiatives started in tandem with the construction of dams and power projects, DVC formally launched Social Obligation Programme (SOP) in the year 1981, much before organizations in India started CSR programmes.

A Report on DVC's CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) for the Financial Year 2023-24 is attached herewith. RTI Portal CSR 2023-24

How To Apply

1.

Introduction

Any citizen of India who desires to obtain any information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 shall make a request preferably in the Application Format in writing directly to the Central Public Information Officer of the Concerned DVC Project or Headquarters as mentioned above.

2.

Application Fee

In accordance with the directives given in the Gazette Notification issued by Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Govt. of India, vide No. 34012/8(s)/2005-Estt. (B) dated 16/09/2005, the application for obtaining information under sub-section (1) of section 6 must be accompanied by prescribed application fee. At present prescribed application fee, which is subject to change from time to time, is Rs. 10/- (Rupees ten) only.

A citizen who desires to seek information from DVC is required to send application along with a recently purchased banker's cheque or an Indian Postal Order (IPO) of Rs.10/- (Rupees ten) only, payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority as fee prescribed for seeking information. The fee payment of Rs. 10/- (Rupees ten)can also be made by way of cash to the public authority against a proper receipt. Project wise name of our CPIOs has been mentioned above.

If the citizen wants to seek information about a particular project, then he/she must submit application to the CPIO of the that concerned project and accordingly he/she has to choose name of the Payee (for RTI application fee), as listed below:

Note:

1. If the applicant belongs to below poverty line (BPL) category, he/she is not required to pay any fee. However, he/she should submit a proof in support of the claim for belonging to the below poverty line category.
2. DVC does not consider Court Fee Stamp as an acceptable form of payment for RTI Applications. [Ref: DOPT’s Notification no. 34012/8(s)/2005-Estt.(B) dated 16-09-2005].
3. Banker's cheque/ IPO should not be issued before 90 days from the date of RTI application.

Additional Fee

In case it is decided to provide the information, the Requester shall be informed of the additional fees required to be deposited by him / her for the information sought and information shall be furnished after the deposit of the fee by the Requester, as per the Act. In accordance to directives given in the above mentioned Gazette notification dated 16-09-2005, for providing the information under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Act, an additional fee shall be charged. At present, the applicable rates, which are subject to change from time to time, are given as under :-

1. For each page (in A-4 or A-3 size : paper) created or copied
2. For a copy in larger size paper : Actual charge or cost price
3. For samples or models : Actual cost or price
4. For inspection of records : No fee for the first hour; and a fee of Rupees five for each fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof) thereafter

1. For information provided in : diskette or floppy Rs. 50/- (Rupees fifty only) per diskette or floppy
2. For information provided in : printed form At the price fixed for such publication or Rs. 2/- per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication

The mode of payment of above mentioned additional fees shall be the same as application fee.

4.

Appeal

In case the Requester who does not receive a decision within the time specified in sub-section (1) or clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 7 of the Act, or is aggrieved by a decision of the PIO, as the case may be, may within thirty days from the expiry of such period from the receipt of such a decision, prefer an appeal to the Additional Secretary, Appellate Authority, DVC for redressal of the application made under RTI Act 2005.

For More details on Right to Information Act, 2005 please visit https://persmin.gov.in