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CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OF MEMBERS
OF PARLIAMENT
During the year 2003-2004, the Ministry of Power
coordinated and organized Five meetings of the
Consultative Committee of Members of
Parliament for the Ministry of Power. The subjects
for discussion at these meetings were (i)
“TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN POWER
SECTOR” (ii) “CAPACITY ADDITION
PROGRAMME DURING THE TENTH FIVE YEAR
PLAN” (iii) “POWER FINANCE CORPORATION
LTD.” (iv) “BHAKRA BEAS MANAGEMENT
BOARD” and (v) “DAMODAR VALLEY
CORPORATION”.
CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS ( COA )
The Secretary is Chief Accounting Authority of
Ministry of Power . The office of Controller of
Accounts functions under overall supervision of
JS & FA. It has Controller of Accounts with
one Deputy Controller of Accounts and 7 Pay &
Accounts Officers including one outstation Pay
and Accounts Officer in Bangalore having cheque
drawing powers and one for Internal Audit. The
monthly accounts of all the PAO’s are submitted
regularly to the Principal Accounts Office every
month who is responsible for consolidation and
submission of Accounts in Detailed Classified
Form to Controller General of Accounts in a
floppy. The Principal Accounts Office is also
responsible for the preparation of Appropriation
Account, Statement of Central Transactions (SCT)
and Finance Account on annual basis for
submission to the Controller General of Accounts
( CGA ). Which is then compiled for the Govt.
of India Accounts.
The Office of Controller of Accounts also bring
out an annual accounting booklet called
‘Accounts at a Glance ‘ which contains total
transactions of the Ministry and its various
organisations . It gives a brief overview of
Accounting trends . The office of the Controller
of Accounts is also responsible for preparing the
Receipt Budget of the Ministry.
Computerisation
The Office of the Controller of Accounts is
generating Computerised Accounts through two
packages namely INTEGRATED MODULAR FOR
PROCESSING VOUCHER (IMPROVE) for
accounts of PAO and CONTROLLER’S
ACCOUNTING ( CONTACT ) for monthly accounts
of Pr. Accounts Office. The new Package named
COMPACT (Pre-check, Compilation, GPF etc.
Modules) for Pay and Accounts Offices and
CONTACT(ORA) for Principal Accounts Office has
been working properly.
A Pay package has been developed using
Microsoft Excel and pay slips and other reports
are being generated through this package. The
major achievement has been on computerization
of loans given to Public Sector undertakings.
The Public Deposit Account of concerned Public
Sector undertaking has also been computerised.
Internal Audit Wing (IAW)
The Internal Audit Wing ensures adoption of sound
procedure, regularities and financial propriety of
transactions of accounts. This Wing advises
the DDOs and their staff for correct
implementation of rules and maintenance of
proper records. IAW also pursues the settlement
of objections raised by Statutory Audit.
GRIEVANCE CELL
MINISTRY OF POWER
The Grievance Cell in Ministry of Power deals
with redressal of grievances relating to various
grievances pertaining to Public Sector
Undertakings, Autonomous bodies, Statutory
bodies and attached office under the
administrative purview of Ministry of Power. The
status of redressal of grievances is being
monitored on monthly basis.
The status of grievance redressal for the period
ending on 31.03.2004 is as under:-
Total number Number of Number of
of grievances grievances grievances
dealt disposed off pending
49 33 16
There is an ‘Information and Facilitation
Center’ of the Ministry which is functioning at
Ground Floor of the Sharam Shakti Bhavan, New
Delhi. The Website of the Ministry is accessible
on NIC Web server at the address of
www.powermin.nic.in.
CENTRAL ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY
To implement the instructions of Department of
Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances,
Shri R. Dahiya, Chief Engineer has been
designated as Director (Grievances) at CEA. A
Committee of 6 (Six) CEA Officers consisting of
Director (A-1), Director (A-2), Under Secretary
(Welfare), Under Secretary (Personnel), Under
Secretary (A) and Section Officer (Welfare)