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116<br />
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OF MEMBERS<br />
OF PARLIAMENT<br />
During the year 2003-2004, the <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Power</strong><br />
coordinated and organized Five meetings <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Consultative Committee <strong>of</strong> Members <strong>of</strong><br />
Parliament for the <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Power</strong>. The subjects<br />
for discussion at these meetings were (i)<br />
“TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN POWER<br />
SECTOR” (ii) “CAPACITY ADDITION<br />
PROGRAMME DURING THE TENTH FIVE YEAR<br />
PLAN” (iii) “POWER FINANCE CORPORATION<br />
LTD.” (iv) “BHAKRA BEAS MANAGEMENT<br />
BOARD” and (v) “DAMODAR VALLEY<br />
CORPORATION”.<br />
CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS ( COA )<br />
The Secretary is Chief Accounting Authority <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Power</strong> . The <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> Controller <strong>of</strong><br />
Accounts functions under overall supervision <strong>of</strong><br />
JS & FA. It has Controller <strong>of</strong> Accounts with<br />
one Deputy Controller <strong>of</strong> Accounts and 7 Pay &<br />
Accounts Officers including one outstation Pay<br />
and Accounts Officer in Bangalore having cheque<br />
drawing powers and one for Internal Audit. The<br />
monthly accounts <strong>of</strong> all the PAO’s are submitted<br />
regularly to the Principal Accounts Office every<br />
month who is responsible for consolidation and<br />
submission <strong>of</strong> Accounts in Detailed Classified<br />
Form to Controller General <strong>of</strong> Accounts in a<br />
floppy. The Principal Accounts Office is also<br />
responsible for the preparation <strong>of</strong> Appropriation<br />
Account, Statement <strong>of</strong> Central Transactions (SCT)<br />
and Finance Account on annual basis for<br />
submission to the Controller General <strong>of</strong> Accounts<br />
( CGA ). Which is then compiled for the Govt.<br />
<strong>of</strong> India Accounts.<br />
The Office <strong>of</strong> Controller <strong>of</strong> Accounts also bring<br />
out an annual accounting booklet called<br />
‘Accounts at a Glance ‘ which contains total<br />
transactions <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Ministry</strong> and its various<br />
organisations . It gives a brief overview <strong>of</strong><br />
Accounting trends . The <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> the Controller<br />
<strong>of</strong> Accounts is also responsible for preparing the<br />
Receipt Budget <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Ministry</strong>.<br />
Computerisation<br />
The Office <strong>of</strong> the Controller <strong>of</strong> Accounts is<br />
generating Computerised Accounts through two<br />
packages namely INTEGRATED MODULAR FOR<br />
PROCESSING VOUCHER (IMPROVE) for<br />
accounts <strong>of</strong> PAO and CONTROLLER’S<br />
ACCOUNTING ( CONTACT ) for monthly accounts<br />
<strong>of</strong> Pr. Accounts Office. The new Package named<br />
COMPACT (Pre-check, Compilation, GPF etc.<br />
Modules) for Pay and Accounts Offices and<br />
CONTACT(ORA) for Principal Accounts Office has<br />
been working properly.<br />
A Pay package has been developed using<br />
Micros<strong>of</strong>t Excel and pay slips and other reports<br />
are being generated through this package. The<br />
major achievement has been on computerization<br />
<strong>of</strong> loans given to Public Sector undertakings.<br />
The Public Deposit Account <strong>of</strong> concerned Public<br />
Sector undertaking has also been computerised.<br />
Internal Audit Wing (IAW)<br />
The Internal Audit Wing ensures adoption <strong>of</strong> sound<br />
procedure, regularities and financial propriety <strong>of</strong><br />
transactions <strong>of</strong> accounts. This Wing advises<br />
the DDOs and their staff for correct<br />
implementation <strong>of</strong> rules and maintenance <strong>of</strong><br />
proper records. IAW also pursues the settlement<br />
<strong>of</strong> objections raised by Statutory Audit.<br />
GRIEVANCE CELL<br />
MINISTRY OF POWER<br />
The Grievance Cell in <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Power</strong> deals<br />
with redressal <strong>of</strong> grievances relating to various<br />
grievances pertaining to Public Sector<br />
Undertakings, Autonomous bodies, Statutory<br />
bodies and attached <strong>of</strong>fice under the<br />
administrative purview <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Power</strong>. The<br />
status <strong>of</strong> redressal <strong>of</strong> grievances is being<br />
monitored on monthly basis.<br />
The status <strong>of</strong> grievance redressal for the period<br />
ending on 31.03.2004 is as under:-<br />
Total number Number <strong>of</strong> Number <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> grievances grievances grievances<br />
dealt disposed <strong>of</strong>f pending<br />
49 33 16<br />
There is an ‘Information and Facilitation<br />
Center’ <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Ministry</strong> which is functioning at<br />
Ground Floor <strong>of</strong> the Sharam Shakti Bhavan, New<br />
Delhi. The Website <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Ministry</strong> is accessible<br />
on NIC Web server at the address <strong>of</strong><br />
www.powermin.nic.in.<br />
CENTRAL ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY<br />
To implement the instructions <strong>of</strong> Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances,<br />
Shri R. Dahiya, Chief Engineer has been<br />
designated as Director (Grievances) at CEA. A<br />
Committee <strong>of</strong> 6 (Six) CEA Officers consisting <strong>of</strong><br />
Director (A-1), Director (A-2), Under Secretary<br />
(Welfare), Under Secretary (Personnel), Under<br />
Secretary (A) and Section Officer (Welfare)