The Right to information ACT, 2005

Information under Section 4 (1) b of RTI Act, 2005 (Template)

Name of Organization Department of Information Technology Government of Sikkim

Chapter 2 Organisation, Functions and Duties [section 4 (1) (b) (b)(i)]

2.1 particulars of the organization, functions and duties:-

Sl. No. Name of the organization Address Functions Duties
1 Department of Information Technology Annexe I Secretariat, Top Floor,Kazi Road Gangtok-737101 Sikkim All works related to Information Technology & Computerization in the State 1. Introduce e-governance for empowering the citizens and making life easier for them. 2. Facilitate income and employment generation in Information Technology in the Private sector 3. Bring about administration efficiency in the Government through Management Information system (MIS) and computerization. 4. Carry out capacity building & training programmes in computers to government employees 5. Vet proposals pertaining to purchase of computers & peripherals for Government departments. 6. Induct the latest communication and information technologies into the State. 7. Use Information Technology tools to bring succor to the physically and mentally challenged. 8. Encourage the establishment of computer training institutes, software technology parks and also stimulate investments in the field of I.T in the private sector

Chapter 3 Powers and duties of officers and Employees [Section 4 (1) (b) (ii)]

3.1 please provide details of the powers and duties of officers and employees of the authority by designation as follows:

Sl. No. Name of the officer/employee Designation Duties allotted Powers
1 Mr. R.P.Chingapa, SCS Statutory: Secretary / Adjudicating Officer Head of Department ALL
Administrative: Head of Department ALL ALL
Financial: As per delegation of powers issued by FRE Department ALL ALL
Other:
2 Mr. R Verma Statutory: Director Head of Office ALL
Administrative: Supervision of all projects ALL
Financial: ALL ALL
Other:
3 Mr. H K Chettri Statutory: Joint Secretary
Administrative: Over all administrative work & project supervision ALL
Financial: DDO DDO
Other:
4 Mr. T Samdup Statutory: Dy Director
Administrative: Oversees works related to Call Centre, NeGP,Multimedia,ITCP etc Project formulation & implementation
Financial:
Other:
5 Mr P S Rai Statutory: Asst Director work related to Sikkim Connect Project and other Network related projects
Administrative:
Financial:
Other:
6 Mr P V Basnet Statutory: Deputy Director
Administrative: Maintenance & updation of www.sikkim.gov.in , supervision of CICs in the East & North District.
Financial:
Other:
7 Mr D K Chettri Statutory: Asst Director
Administrative: Software development for other departments, Supervision of CICs in the South & West District
Financial:
Other:
8 Mr A Tamang Statutory: Asst Director Software development & implementation of the developed software in other departments
Administrative:
Financial:
Other:

Chapter 4 Procedure followed in Decision-making process [Section 4 (1) (b) (iii)]

4.1 Describe the procedure followed in decision-making by the public authority.

Activity Description Decision-making process Designation of final decision-making authority
Goal-setting & The Goal The Goals once Chief Minister
planning setting and Mission statements are discussed with all the departments staff. set processed in a file and forwarded to the Secretary of the Department for approval. who is also the Minister in Charge for the Department
Budgeting The expenditure involved is usually forwarded to the DPERNECA & Finance, Revenue & Expenditure Department for sanction of the required amount.
Formulation of programmes, schemes and projects The Officials of the department in consultation with the other user departments
through Planning & Finance Department
Recruitment/ Recruitment is
hiring of done through
personnel the Department of Personnel & DPC
Release of funds Upon approval of the Project the funds are made available from the Departments budgeted allocation
Implementation/ delivery of service/ utilization of funds Time Frame is set and the work is executed through Government Agency like STCS/SIMFED or a vendor on lowest quotation basis
Monitoring & Monitoring is
evaluation done as per importance of Project.
Gathering feedback from public Feedbacks are received through website and also manually from brochures etc

Chapter 5 Norms set for the Discharge of functions [Section 4 (1) (b) (iv)]

5.1 please provide the details of the norms/ standards set by the public authority for the discharge of its functions/delivery of services.

Sl. No. Function/ service Norms/ standards of performance set Time frame Reference document prescribing the norms (citizen’s charter, service charter etc)
1 Initiate all the computerization & IT related works in the State Involve technical manpower from NIC to check the performance Normally 15 years Citizen charter’s
2 Imparting training on IT for capacity building of Government employee 10 Days Training through out the year
Activity Description Decision-making process Designation of final decision-making authority
Undertaking improvements Any file pertaining to projects or administrative File sent to Planning & Finance for concurrence HCM/ ministerin-charge through Planning & Finance.

4.2 prepare flow charts to show channels of supervision and accountability. You may also provide additional flow charts to indicate how each function is discharged or service is delivered b the authority from the stage of planning/ application for getting service to reaching the target group/delivering the service to the beneficiary.

You may provide flow charts as to how each function is discharged or service is delivered b the authority from the stage of planning/ application for getting service to reaching the target group/ delivering the service to the beneficiary.

4.3 Describe the mechanisms in place regarding participation of the public in decision-making in respect of the function discharged/ service delivered to citizens.

  1. Hosting of policies on our website with provision of receiving feedback
  2. Meeting the Panchayats regularly regarding CICs

Chapter 6

Rules, Regulations, instruction, Manual and Records, for Discharging functions [Section 4 (1)(b)(v)& (vi)]

6.1 please provide lits and gist of rules, regulation, instructions, manuals and records, held by public authority or under its control or used by its employees for discharging functions in the following in the format.

  1. Sikkim State IT Recruitment Rule 2001
  2. Sikkim State Subordinate IT Recruitment Rule 2005
  3. Work Distribution Office Order
  4. Financial as per Sikkim Finance Rule
  5. Administration as per the Rule Books of the Government

Chapter 7 Categories of Documents held by the public Authority

Sl. No. Description Gist of contents Price of the publication if priced
1 Sikkim State Information Technology Recruitment Rule ,2001 Rules governing the recruitment, promotion etc of Gazetted officials in the Sikkim IT Service
2 Sikkim State Information Technology Subordinate Recruitment Rule ,2005 Rules governing the recruitment, promotion etc of Non Gazetted officials in the Sikkim IT Service
3 Information Technology Act 2000 IT Act for all IT related issues
instructions
1
2
Manuals
1
2
Records
1
2
Publications
1
2

Under its control [Section 4 (1)(b)(v)v (i)]

7.1 provide information about the official documents held by the public authority or under its control.

Sl. No. Category of document Title of the document Designation and address of the custodian (held by/ under the control of whom )
Sikkim State Information Technology Recruitment Rule,2001 Rules governing the recruitment, promotion etc of Gazetted officials in the Sikkim IT Service Department of Personnel & Administration Training
Sikkim State Information Technology Subordinate Recruitment Rule,2005 Rules governing the recruitment, promotion etc of Non Gazetted officials in the Sikkim IT Service Secretary, Information Technology Department., Government of Sikkim
Information Technology Act -2000

Chapter 8

Arrangement for Consultation with, or Representation by, the Members of the public in relation to the Formulation of policy or implementation thereof

[Section 4(1) (b) viii]

8.1 Describe arrangements by the public authority to seek consultation/participation of public or its representatives for formulation and implementation of policies ?

Sl. No. Function/service Arrangements for Consultation with or representation of public in relations with policy formulation Arrangements for Consulation with or representation of public in relations with policy implementation
1 Policies / IT Act Draft Policy is posted on the official website www. sikkim.gov.in and suggestions invited

Chapter 9 Boards, Councils, Committees and other Bodies Constituted as part of Public Authority [Section 4(1) (b) v (iii)]

9.1 Please provide information on boards, councils, committees and other bodies related to the public authority in the following format.

Name of Boards, council, Committees, etc. Composition Powers & Functions Whether its Meetings open to Public/ Minutes of its Meetings accessible for Public
State Apex Chief Secretary, Principal All powers
Committee Secretary Finance, Development Commissioner, Secretary Health, Commr cum Secy RDD,PCE cum Secretary Power, Secretary Agriculture, Commr cum Secretary Tourism, Secretary IT, Additional Director IT related to formulation of Policies etc in e-governance related matters of State Government No
CRTI (Centre for Secretary, Director, Joint CIC Salaries No
Research & Secretary, Deputy Director, & IT projects
Training in Asst. Director of
Informatics) Information Technology Department, Government of Sikkim
  1. If minutes of meetings are accessible to the Public, describe the procedure as to how to access the minutes: contact point, hours of access, fee structure/cost of access and officer to be contact.
  2. Please provide information on officers and employees working in different units or offices at different levels and their contact addresses in the following format (including officers in charge of grievances redressal, vigilance, audit, etc)

Chapter 10 Directory of officers and Employees [Section 4(1) (b) (ix)]

S Name of Name, Designation & Telephone & Email
No office/administrative unit Address of officer/Employee Fax office tel: Residence tel: Fax:
Department of 1. Shri. R.P. Chingapa 202691 (O)  
Information Secretary 231889(R)
Technology 2. Shri. R Verma 227426 (O) vermar@nic.in
Director 280672 (R)
3. Shri. H K Chettri 202601 (O) hchhetri@nic.in
Joint Secretary 203766 (R)
4. Shri. T Samdup Deputy Director 202601 (O)
5. Shri.P S Rai Assistant Director 202601 (O)
6. Shri.P V Basnet Deputy Director 202601 (O) premvijay@nic.in
7. Shri. D K Chettri Assistant Director 202601 (O)
8. Shri. Ashim Tamang Assistant Director 202601 (O)
9. Ms. A Thapa Programmer 202601 (O)
10. Ms K Chettri Accountant 202601 (O)
11. Ms R Sharma Stenographer 202601 (O)
12. Ms B Pradhan UDC 202601 (O)
13. Shri. S B Subba Stenographer 202601 (O)

11.1 Provide information on remuneration and compensation structure for officers and employees in the following format:

Chapter 11 Monthly Remuneration received by officers and Employees, including the System of Compensation as provided in regulations [Section 4 (1) (b) (x)]

S No Designation Monthly Remuneration including its composition System of compensation to determine Remuneration as given in regulation
Secretary Scale Rs.18200-21000 Regular government servant
Director 14300-400-18300 Regular government servant
Joint Secretary 11000-350-16250 Regular government servant
Deputy Director 9000-300-13800 Regular government servant
Assistant Director 7000-225-11500 Regular government servant
Programmer 5500-175-9000 Regular government servant
Accountant 4500-135-7200 Regular government servant
UDC 4000-100-6000 Regular government servant
Stenographer 4300-125-6800 Regular government servant
Peon 2850-55-4170 Regular government servant
Driver 3200-80-4800 Regular government servant

Chapter 12 Budget Allocated to Each Agency including Plant etc. [Section 4 (1)(b) xi)]

12.1 Provide information about the details of the plant, programmes and schemes undertaken by the public authority for each agency

Agency Plans/programs/schemes projects/activity /purpose for which budget is allocated Proposed expenditure Expected outcomes Report disbursement made or whereas such detail are available (website, reports ,notice board etc)

12.1 Provide information on the budget allocated for different activities under different schemes/programees/project etc. in the given format.

Agency Plans/programs/schemes projects/activity /purpose for which budget is allocated Amount released last year Amount spent last year Budget allocated current year Budget released current year

Chapter 13 Manner of Execution of Subsidy Programmes [Section 4 (1) (b) xii)]

13.1 Describe the activities/programmes/Schemes being implemented by the public authority for which subsidy is provided.

13.2 Provide information on the nature of subsidy, eligibility criteria for accessing subsidy and designation of officer competent to grant subsidy under various programmes/schemes.

Name of programmes/activity Nature/scale subsidy of Eligibility criteria for grant of subsidy Designation of officer to grant subsidy

13.3 Describe the manner of execution of the subsidy programmes.

Name of programmes/activity Application procedure Sanction procedure Disbursement procedure

Chapter 14 Particulars of Recipient of the concession, Permits or Authorization Grant by the Public Authority [Section 4 (1) (b) xiii)]

13.1 Provide the names and addresses of the recipient of benefit under each programmes /schemes separately in the following format.

Institutional beneficiaries.

Name of Programmes/Scheme
Sl.no Name and the address of the recipient institutions Nature /quantum of benefit granted Date of grant Name Designation granting authority & of
Name of Programmes/Scheme
Sl.no Name and the address of the recipient institutions Nature /quantum of benefit granted Date of grant Name Designation granting authority & of

Individual Beneficiaries:

Name of Programmes/Scheme
Sl.no Name and the address of the recipient Beneficiaries Nature /quantum of benefit granted Date of grant Name Designation granting authority & of
Name of Programmes/Scheme
Sl.no Name and the address of the recipient Beneficiaries Nature /quantum of benefit granted Date of grant Name Designation granting authority & of

Chapter 15 Information Available In Electronic Form [Section 4(1)(b) x (IV)]

15.1 please provide the details of information related to the various schemes of the department which are available in electronic formats. (Floppy, CD, VCD, Web Site, Internet etc.)

Electronic format Description (site address/location where available etc.) Contents or title Designation and address of the custodian of information (held by whom?)
www.sikkim.gov.in Detail information regarding Sikkim Government Departments, Rules, Information, News, Transfer, etc. Director & Asst. Director, IT Department
  1. Describe particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information including the working hours of a library or information center or reading room maintained for public use where information relating to the department or records/documents are made available to the public.
  2. Describe the particulars of information dissemination mechanisms in place/facilities available to the public for accessing of information:

Chapter 16 Particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information [Section 4(1)(b) xv]

Facility Description (Location of facility/Name etc.) Details of Information made available
Notice Board » Government Circulars, Departmental Notices etc
News Paper Reports » Press releases
Public Announcements » Haat Day announcements by CIC operators for generating public awareness to use and advantages of IT
Information Counter
Publications
Office Library
Websites » www.sikkim.gov.in Official website of the Government of Sikkim with all rules, gazettes, transfers etc of the State Government
Other facilities (Name) » Community Information Centres 45 CICs established in various places of the State

Chapter 17

Names, Designations and other particulars of public information officers [Section 4(1)(b) xvi]

17.1 please provide contact information about the Public Information Officers and Assistant Public Information Officers designated for various offices/administrative units and Appellate Authority/Officer(s) for the public authority in the following format.

Public Information Officer(s)

Sl.No Name of office/administrative unit Name & designation of PIO Office Tel: Residence Tel: Fax: Email
1 Department of IT R Verma Director 227426 (O), 280672 (R) vermar@nic.in

Assistant Public Information Officer (s)

Sl.No Name of office/administrative unit Name & designation of APIO Office Tel: Residence Tel: Fax: Email
1 Department of IT H K Chettri Jt. Secretary 202601 (O), 203766 (R) hchhetri@nic.in
Sl.No Name Designation & Address of Appellate Officer Jurisdiction of Appellate Officer (offices/administrative units of the authority Office Tel: Residence Tel: Fax: Email
1 R.K. Purkayastha, Secretary Law Department Government of Sikkim 202461 (O), 281474 (R) 202309 (F)

Chapter 18 Other Useful Information [Section 4(1)(b) x vii]

18.1 please give below any other information or details of publications which are

of relevance or of use to the citizens.

  1. Sikkim Information Technology Policy
  2. Citizen Charter of the Information Technology Department
  3. Official website of the Government of Sikkim www.sikkim.gov.in

18.2 You may mention here information of your department which is excluded under section 8(1) of the act and/or under Rules of the state government as a guidance to the public seeking information form your department.

Place: Name and Designation
Date: of the Officer
Department

(NOTE): Information provided in these chapters should be updated from time to time and revised date should be mentioned.