MoP - Ministry of Power

Regional offices of the Corporation. The programme was
of grand success.Various competitions, cultural
programmes book exhibition were organised on this
occasion. "Rajbhasha Jyoti" magazine was published to
mark this occasion and 30 Rajbhasha Shields, Cash prizes
and Certificates were given to the head of Departments/
projects/offices under Rajbhasha Shield scheme.
24 employees were given cash award for doing noting/
drafting in Hindi.
In order to propagate Hindi a separate Rajbhasha Library is
established at Corporate office Mr. Sushilkumar Shinde,
Hon'ble Union Minister of Power, inaugurated this Library
on 23-04-2007. To create interest in Hindi books among
employees, a 'Hindi Book Reading Scheme' has been
introduced. A useful 'Official and Technical Glossary' has
been published to facilitate employees for doing their routine
official work in Hindi.
Quarterly meetings of Official Language Implementation
Committee were held regularly in Corporate office as well
as in various projects. Monthly meetings are being held in
departments for monitoring of Implementation of Official
Language policy.
A grand ‘Akhil Bhartiya Rajbhasha Sammelan’ was
organised at Teesta-V project on 28th & 29th June, 2007.
About 50 employees participated in this sammelan.
Hindi workshops were organised almost every month and about
75 employees got training of new Hindi Software ISM V-5.
To monitor progress in Implementation of Official Language
policy, an internal inspection of various departments/
projects/offices has been conducted during the year. Classes
were organised to impart training of Hindi language, Hindi
typing and Hindi stenography to the employees. The second
Tuesday of every month is being observed as 'Hindi Diwas'.
In order to enhance Implementation of Official Language
'Rajbhasha Desk' has also been established.
Committee of Parliament on Official Language inspected
Salal Power Station, Uri Power Station and Liaison office,
Ranchi on 07-06-2007, 11-06-2007 and 03-11-2007
respectively. Joint Secretary (Official Language), Ministry
of Power also inspected our Corporate office on 06-08-2007.
During all these inspections, the organisation got
appreciation for implementing Official Language policy.
During the year NHPC got awards viz. Rajbhasha
Aabhushan from Bhartiya Bhasha and Sanskriti Kendra,
Delhi and first prize from TOLlC Fairdabad. NHPC is
assisting Ministry of Power in creating Power Glossary. 'Aaj
ka Shabda' and 'Aaj ka Vichar' is being written and displayed
on computers and boards - regularly in the Corporation.
DVC
Damodar Valley Corporation implemented all the schemes
formulated under Official Language Policy of the
Government of India as per the directives received from
the Official Language Department, Ministry of Home Affairs
and Ministry of Power, Government of India.
A special drive is going on in DVC to fill in the vacant post
of the Hindi Cell. As a result of regular training and with the
recruitment of Hindi staff, there has been a remarkable
increase in the implementation of Section 3.3 of
Official Language Act and Rule - 5 of the Official Language
Rules in DVC.
Hindi classes under the Hindi Training Scheme of
Government of India are conducted to impart Hindi Training
and to develop the working knowledge of Non-Hindi
speaking employees of the Corporation. Some of the
employees have also acquired the knowledge of Hindi
through correspondence course. As per the Annual
Programme received from the Government of India, Ministry
of Home Affairs, Department of Official Language, DVC
has already achieved the target of 65% of the training
programme during the year 2007-08. Further, DVC has set
the target to complete the Hindi Training by November, 2008
at Headquarters and in the field formations for those
employees who could not complete the programme till
November, 2007. Besides this, an in-house Typing &
Stenography training arrangement has been made in DVC.
For completion of target fixed by Ministry, a special training
plan has been prepared to train the English Typists as well
as Stenographers for disposing maximum work in Hindi.
Typists engaged in typing in English Version have been
short listed and are provided four months' Hindi Typing
Training .. Incentive scheme has been introduced for the
trained Hindi Typists & Stenographers in line with the GOI
guidelines. During the year under review, 12 trainees got
through the Hindi typing examinations and 8 trainees
cleared the Hindi Stenography Examination.
Hindi Workshops are being organized regularly to remove
the hesitation of Non-Hindi speaking Staff/Officers of DVC
for conducting official work in Hindi. During the year under
review, two Official Language Workshops have been
organized till date in which 40 officers and staff took part.
During 2007-08, Hindi Diwas/Hindi Pakhwara has been
organized. Several competitions related to Official
Language have been organized to inspire employees for
executing their official work in Hindi. The winners of these
competitions were awarded. On this occasion, a Kavi
Sammelan comprising renowned Hindi and Bengali poets
has also been organized. Besides this, a wall hoarding was
inaugurated and Chairman's speech was circulated among
the employees of the Corporation. One Departmental
Rajbhasha Shield has been awarded to the best
Department on the basis of using maximum Hindi in
official activities.
During the year under review (2007-08), Damodar Valley
Corporation has received 1st Prize from CALTOLlC
(Undertaking), Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India for
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