Divisional Forest Officer, Balasore Wildlife Division, Balasore

Introduction

Background of this Hand-Book (Right to Information Act. 2005):

As per RTI Act-2005 and Odisha RTI Rules,2005.

Objective / Purpose of this Hand-Book:

As per RTI Act-2005 and Odisha RTI Rules,2005.

Who are the Intended users of this hand-books?

As per RTI Act-2005 and Odisha RTI Rules,2005.

Organisation of the information in this hand-book.

As per RTI Act-2005 and Odisha RTI Rules, 2005.

Definitions of various terms used in the handbook.

As per RTI Act-2005 and Odisha RTI Rules, 2005.

Contact person.

As per RTI Act-2005 and Odisha RTI Rules,2005.

Procedure and Fee Structure.

As per RTI Act-2005 and Odisha RTI Rules,2005.

MANUAL-1

Particulars of Organization, Functions & Duties

[Section-4 (1) (b) (i)]

Aims and objectives of the organization	Forest Department is the administrative department of Government of Odisha, Forest Department is doing conservation, improvement and sustainable management of forest and wild life. Afforestation and regeneration of degraded forest land and protection of the forest and wild life are the main objectives of the department through promotion of environmental awareness among the community by way of "Joint Forest Management".
Mission/ Vision	Forests have an important role in the economy of the State particularly amongst rural, S.C. and S.T. community. Forestry activities contribute a lot of food and livelihood to the communities Looking in to today's environmental scenario, the vision of the department is to conserve and protect the existing flora and fauna, also to increase the forest cover.
Brief history and back ground for its establishment	Balasore Wildlife Division has been created, constituted during re-organization of Forest Department w.e.f. 01.10.2003 as per Government of Odisha, Forest & Environment Department Resolution No. 1F (A) - 100/2003-13228/F&E and Notification No. 1F (A) 100/2003-13220/F&E both dated 08^th August, 2003. After re-organization, erstwhile Baripada Division has been divided into 3 (three) Divisions, i.e. Baripada Division, Balasore Wildlife Division & Bhadrak Wildlife Division. Previously Balasore Social Forestry Division was functioning from Balasore. After reorganization, all assets of the Social Forestry Division have been transferred to this reorganized division. Previously there were Chandipur, Nilgiri and part of the Betanati Range; these were reorganized to five Ranges i.e. Chandipur, Nilgiri, Kuldiha, Jaleswar and Soro Wildlife Range. This newly reorganized & created forest division is hereafter named & called as Balasore (Wild Life) Division, coming under Baripada Forest Circle, Govt. of Odisha, Forest & Environment Department.
Organization of Charts	Forest and Environment Department. Pr. C.C.F. & HoFF, Odisha, PCCF (WL) & CWLW, Odisha, FDSTR-cum-RCCF, Baripada Circle are Head of Department and Controlling Authority respectively.
Allocation Business	This Division receives allocation from Forest and Environment Department under Plan and Non Plan Schemes.

Duties to be Performed to achieve the mission	Divisional Forest Officer verify all the field operation carried out by all the Range Officers including protection and conservation of forests and wild life. Field operations include raising nursery for increasing the tree cover outside the forest and for restocking the degraded forest. Proper involvement of VSS communities in all the project work in different schemes to improve their livelihood.
Details of services Rendered	Provides a range of services focused on forest protection, wildlife conservation, and environmental management. These services include regulating the movement of forest produce, providing non-timber forest produce to the public, and managing tourist amenities in protected areas. They also play a crucial role in maintaining ecological balance, managing forests, and conserving wildlife.
Citizen’s interaction	Interact with citizens in different ways by means of 1. providing Services 2. Through Research, Education and extension 3. Collaborative management 4. Empowerment of local communities 5. Enforcement of Laws 6. Information & Awareness
Postal address of the main office attached/ sub-ordinate office/ field writs etc.	O/o the Divisional Forest Officer, Balasore Wildlife Division, Balasore At/P.O.- Kuruda,PS-Sadar, Dist.-Balasore, Pin-756056, State-Odisha.
	O/o the Forest Range Officer, Chandipur Wildlife Range, At-Padhuanpada, P.O.-Balasore, PS-Town, Dist-Balasore, Pin-756001.
	O/o the Forest Range Officer, Jaleswar Wildlife Range, At-Santia, PO/PS- Jaleswar, Dist-Balasore, Pin-756032
	O/o the Forest Range Officer, Nilgiri Wildlife Range, Nilgiri, At/PO/PS-Nilgiri, Pin-756040
	O/o the Forest Range Officer, Kuldiha Wildlife Range, Nilgiri, At/PO/PS-Nilgiri, Pin-756040
	O/o the Forest Range Officer, Soro Wildlife Range, Oupada, At/PO/PS-Oupada, Pin-756049
Map of office location	Near Kuruda Gram Panchayat Office.
Working hours both for office and public	For this office 10 AM to 5.30 PM with lunch break 1.30 PM to 2 PM for public- every day except Govt. holidays and during summer session the working hours is from 7.00 AM to 1 PM without lunch break.
Public interaction, if any	Office remain opened to the public throughout the office hour.
Grievances Redressal Mechanision	Grievances of general Public is attended by the authority during working hours, it is enquired and steps taken for early redressal.

MANUAL-2

Powers & Duties of Officers & Employees

[Section-4 (1) (b) (ii)]

Sl.	Designation	Powers				Duties
Sl.	Designation	Administrative	Financial	Statutory	Others	Duties
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Dy. Conservator of Forests	The administrative charge of Balasore WL Division The DFO is authorized to sanction the formation and redistribution of section and beats provided it does not involve my increase or decrease in the sanctioned staff or any recurring or non-recurring expenditure Sanction of leaves of employees Suggesting disciplinary actions	As per O.F.D. Code	-	-	-
2	Asst. Conservator of forests	The ACF attached to a Division will assist the DFO in his management of the Division as may be required of him by the DFO as required under provisions of the code.				The ACF attached to a Division will assist the DFO in his management of the Division as may be required of him by the DFO as required under provisions at this code.
3	Forest Ranger	He should know the nature value and extent of the forest property committed to his charge and must know the plan	-	-	-	The Range Officer is to check and control all work within his Range and also to see that work is carried out as per programme of work approved by the Divisional Forest officer and ensure that Government funds are used in the most economical and efficient way.
4	Deputy Ranger					As assigned by the appointing authority and higher authority
5	Forester					To assist the Range Officer to the best of his ability in carrying out the work of the department honestly and efficiently.
6	Forest Guard		-	-	-	As per O.F.D. Code
7	Senior Assistant I/c Section Officer	To receive daks, all the files gone through the SO. He is also the cashier of office.	-	-	-
8	Senior Assistant	Deals with accounts section and submitted monthly cash account in each month to A.G. Odisha prepared budgets and revised budgets etc.	-	-
9	Junior Assistant	Assist the dealing clerks and do the work as per his direction
10	Peon	-	-	-		Movement of files from section to section, Section to officer upto disposal

MANUAL-3

Procedure Followed in Decision Making Process

[Section-4 (1) (b) (iii)]

As per Rules & Regulation of Govt.

Sl. No.	Activity	Level of Action	Time Frame
1.	To receive application and put and diary number	SA I/c SO/DA I/c Issue & Despatch Section	Same day
2.	To mark the application concerned section	SA I/c SO	Same day
3.	To prepare report and submit to A.P.I.O	R.P.I.O	Within 5 days/ considering volume of information desired.
4.	To prepare report and submit to P.I.O	A.P.I.O	Same day
5.	To approve/ reject application	P.I.O	1 day
6.	To prepare information and submit to P.I.O	A.P.I.O	Same day
7.	To verify the information sheets	P.I.O	Same day
8.	To deliver information to the applicant	Issue Clerk	Same day

MANUAL-4

Norms for Discharge of Functions

[Section-4 (1) (b) (iv)]

Sl.	Activity	Time Frame/ Norm	Remarks
1	2	3	4
1	Diary of Letter	3 minutes per letter	Issue Clerk
2	Despatch of Letter	5 minutes per letter	Registered including entry in Peon Book
3	Typing Job	25 pages per day	-
4	Preparation of Supplying of Information	Within 15 days	-

MANUAL-5

Rules, Regulations, Instructions, Manuals & Records for Discharging Functions

[Section-4 (1) (b) (v)]

Sl	Name/ Title of Documents	Type of Documents	Brief Write up of the Documents
1	2	3	4
1	Rules, Regulation & Guidelines	Govt. Notification & circular etc. issued from time to time	-
2	Field Staff	FIR/ Seizure Books & maintenance of plantation journal, Road & buildings Register, central nursery Register	FIR/ Seizure Books are being utilized during detection of Forest Offence Cases and other Book & Register are being used during implementation of different Departmental activities

From where one can get a Copy of Rules, Regulations, Instruction, Manual & Records	Telephone No.	Fax	E-mail & Others	Fee Charged by the Deptt. for a Copy of Rules, Regulations, Instruction, Manual & Records
5	6	7	8	9
From Govt. of Odisha, Forest & Environment Deptt.	256142	256142	dfowl_bls@yahoo.co.in dfowildlifebalasore@gmail.com	-
-	-	-	-	-

Sl. No.	Name of the Act, Rules, Regulations etc.	Brief gist of the Contents	Reference No., if any	Price in case of Priced Publications
1.	Right to information Act, 2005	Rules, Regulations on Right to information Act, 2005	SRO No. 477/ 2005 dt. 01.10.2005	Application fees Rs.10/- per each
2.	Odisha Right to information Rules, 2005	The procedure to obtain the required information	SRO No. 477/ 2005 dt. 01.10.2005	Application fees for appeal Rs.20/- court fee stamp Application fee for 2^nd appeal Rs.25/- court fee stamp Inspection of documents No fee for the first hour and Rs.5.00 for each 15 minutes
				Typed copy Rs.2/-
				Printed out form Computer per page Rs.2/-
				CD with cover Rs.50/- per CD.
				Floppy disk 1.44 MB Rs.50/- per floppy.
				Maps and plans reasonable cost to be fixed by P.I.O depending upon the cost of Labor and equipment and other Ancillary expenses. Video cassette/ micro Plan/ macro to by cash.
				Video cassette/ micro film by cash.
				Certificate Samples of materials by cash.

MANUAL-6

Categories of Documents Under Control

[Section-4 (1) (b) (vi)]

Sl.	Nature of Record	Detail of Information Available	Unit/ Section Where Available	Retention Period, Where Available
1	2	3	4	5
1	Map, Books, Codes, Acts & Rules	Topo sheets & management maps & referred books & Working Plan	Maps are restricted. In case of books, those can be purchased from Law House/Book Stores	Senior Clerk in-charge of Miscellaneous Section
2	Offence Case Records	Registers of Sawmills, OR, UD, PR & cases U/s 56 of OFA, 1972	Through RTI Act, 2005	Senior Clerk in-charge of Offence Section
3	Personal Service Matters of Employees	Service Books, PC Files, Acquaintance Rolls	-do-	Senior Clerk in-charge of Establishment Section
4	Related to Accounts	Cash Books & Budget Control registers	-do-	Senior Clerk in-charge of Account Section
5	Related to forest produce	Demand, collection & balance registers	-do-	Senior Clerk in-charge of Lease Section

MANUAL-7

Particulars of Arrangement in Formulation of Policy

[Section-4 (1) (b) (vii)]

Sl.	Name and Address of the Consultative Committees/ Bodies	Constitution of the Committee/ Body	Role and Responsibility	Frequency of Meetings
1	2	3	4	5
1	Joint Forest Management	Yes	Conducting Executive Body & General Body meetings of the Vana Samrakshyana Samiti (VSS)	Monthly one meeting

MANUAL-8

Boards, Councils, Committees & Other Bodies Constituted

[Section-4 (1) (b) (viii)]

Sl. No.	Name and Address of the Body	Main function of the Body	Constitution of the Body
1	Internal Complaints Committee	Addresses and resolves complaints of sexual harassment of women at workplace	Jayashree Murmu, ACF I/c Jaleswar Range Laxmipriya Panda, Senior Assistant Itishree Mohapatra, Forester Ranjita Jena, Junior Assistant Subrat Kumar Nayak, Secretary, PRABHA NGO
2	Purchase Committee	Approval of tender, quotation etc.	DFO, ACF, Senior Assistant I/c Accounts Section and Range Officer, Chandipur Range
3	Joint Forest Management Committe	Formed at village level to jointly manage forest with the Forest Department	All willing adult members of the village and representative of Forest Department (concerned Forester/Forest Guard)

MANUAL-9

Directory of Officers & Employees

[Section-4 (1) (b) (ix)]

Sl. No.			Name	Designation	Contact No.	Email	Address
1			Khushwant Singh, IFS	Divisional Forest Officer, Balasore Wildlife Division, Balasore	9437062743	dfo.balasorewl@odisha.gov.in & dfowl_bls@yahoo.co.in	At/PO-Kuruda, PS-Sadar, Dist-Balasore, Pin-756056
2			Diganta Sovan Chand	Assistant Conservator of Forests	9853489037
3			Tatini Sethi	Assistant Conservator of Forests	9437129803
4			Laxmi Priya Panda	Section Officer	9439097138
5			Suschismita Mohanty	Deputy Ranger
6			Manas Kumar Mohanty	Senior Assistant	8763227306
7			Saroj Kumar Mohapatra	Senior Assistant	9853523114
8			Ajit Kashinath Nayak	Senior Assistant	9114335155
9			Subhrajit Chand	Senior Assistant	7978510857
10			Kalpana Otta	Senior Assistant	8895741069
11			Ranjita Jena	Junior Assistant	7873107028
12			Samir Kumar Seet	Junior Assistant	8456937077
13			Bijaya Ketan Mohapatra	Junior Assistant	8144742168
14			Nandadulal Murmu	Junior Assistant	8339971302
15			Subashini Mallick	Office Peon	8596860264
16			Sasmita Majhi	Office Peon	7504903155
17			Anadi Charan Mohanty	Office Peon	9938982073
18			Padmalochan Patra	Forest Guard (U/s)	8895107912
19	Jayshree Murmu			Assistant Conservator of Forests	9556596178	frochandipur@gmail.com	At-Padhuanpada, PO-Balasore, PS-Sahadevkhunta, Dist-Balasore, Pin-756001
20	Jhansi Rani Bhuyan			Forester	9861025520
21	Itishree Mohapatra			Forester	9439398865
22	Debraj Rout			Forester	9853110099
23	Manoj Kumar Dhara			Forester	9439443764
24	Sasmita Shial			Forester	8018935294
25	Rameswar Murmu			Forester	9938638449
26	Sagarika Sing			Forester	9777087433
27	Sthita Pragyan Pradhan			Forest Guard	6371060692
28	Shasanka Sekhar Jena			Forest Guard	9437410197
29	Tapan Kumar Jena			Forest Guard	9437675468
30	Himanshu Sekhar Parhi			Forest Guard	9337640887
31	Minarani Behera			Forester	9438048370	frojaleswar@gmail.com	At-Santia, PO-Jaleswar, PS-Jaleswar, Dist-Balasore, Pin-756032
32	Prahallad Chandra Nayak			Forester	9853550921
33	Sanjay Kumar Mohanty			Forester	9437415138
34	Jyotshna Dutta			Forester	9556165268
35	Dillip Kumar Sing			Forester	9439907370
36	Ranjita Biswal			Forest Guard	8018658260
37	Lipika Panigrahi			Forest Guard	9337060913
38	Sulochana Behera			Forest Guard	9438317256
39	Pramila Sena			Forest Guard	8763438626
40	Aisha Akhatari Nisha			Forest Ranger	6371341110	rangeofficenilgiriwl@gmail.com	At-Nilgiri, PO-Nilgiri, PS-Nilgiri, Dist-Balasore, Pin-756040
41	Rama Chandra Lenka			Forester	9437813761
42	Saroj Kumar Pradhan			Forester	8599828447
43	Manjulata Pradhan			Forester	9692308643
44	Pratima Shaw			Forester	9692892372
45	Babismita Sahu			Forest Guard	955691439
46	Kabita Rani Mohakud			Forest Guard	7894266208
47	BudhuramHansdah			Forest Guard	7656928714
48		Harihara Majhi		Deputy Ranger	9337586140	frosorowlrange@gmail.com	At-Oupada, PO-Oupada, Dist-Balasore, Pin-756049
49		Kishore Chandra Bhuyan		Forester	9437557047
50		Manoranjan Sing		Forester	8917312789
51		Naresh Chandra Sing		Forester	9437258683
52		Sujata Ojha		Forest Guard	7873515348
53		Jayalaxmi Puhan		Forest Guard	7504192515
54		Sasikala Sahu		Forest Guard	9178013672
55		Swetapadma Mohanty		Forest Guard	9777919499
56		Phulamani Murmu		Forest Guard	7873153991
57		Lilirani Behera		Forest Guard	9658886209
58		Dalimba Behera		Forest Guard	8018608711
59		Subrat Kumar Behera		Assistant Conservator of Forests	9861370384	rangeofficekuldiha@yahoo.com	At-Nilgiri, PO-Nilgiri, PS-Nilgiri, Dist-Balasore, Pin-756040
60		Bhagyshree Dwibedy		Forester	7381390778
61		Bijay Kumar Sahu		Forester	7978544129
62		Soumya Ranjan Majhi		Forester	9776272379
63		Ajay Kumar Jena		Forester	9437400667
64		Jayanta Kumar Pradhan		Forester	9938160860
65		Balukeswar Hembram		Forester	9937986539
66		Saraswati Murmu		Forester	9439845136
67		Dusmanta Jena		Forester	9439700438
68		Manoj Kumar Mohalik		Forester	7894676018
69		Lalmohan Singh		Forester	8658706933
70		Sigray Hembram		Forest Guard	8280923058
71		Purna Chandra Sing		Forest Guard	9337667011
72		Rakesh Kumar Barik		Forest Guard	8763134588
73		Bharati Sing		Forest Guard	9178593462
74		Ayushman Panda		Forest Guard	8895722038
75		Anjan Kumar Das		Forest Guard	8328950152
76		Debendra Sing		Forest Guard	8339978546
77		Jaydev Mallik		Forest Guard	9178718114
78		Manohar Sing		Forest Guard	8327706603
79		Pradeep Kumar Rout		Forest Guard (U/s)	9556306219

Sl.	Name	Designation	Office No.	Mobile No.	E-Mail
26	Umakanta Das	Forester	06782-256142	-	-
27	Jhanshi Rani Bhuyan	Forester	-	-	-
28	Minarani Behera	Forester	-	-	-
29	Prahallad Ch. Nayak	Forester	-	-	-
30	Rama Chandra Lenka	Forester	-	-	-
31	Padmabati Behera	Forester	-	-	-
32	Prakash Kumar Mohanty	Forester	-	-	-
33	Manuwar Khan	Forester	-	-	-
34	Itishree Mohapatra	Forester	-	-	-
35	Debraj Rout	Forester	-	-	-
36	Vivekananda Jena	Forester	-	-	-
37	Naresh Chandra Singh	Forester	-	-	-
38	Tapan Kumar Sing	Forester	-	-	-
39	Saumya Ranjan Majhi	Forester	-	-	-
40	Bhagyashree Dewibedi	Forester	-	-	-
41	Pratima Shaw	Forest Guard	-	-	-
42	Sagarika Singh	Forest Guard	-	-	-
43	Minati Majhi	Forest Guard	-	-	-
44	Pradeep Kumar Rout	Forest Guard
45	Manoj Kumar Mohalik	Forest Guard
46	Manoj Kumar Dhara	Forest Guard	-	-	-
47	Dusmanta Kumar Jena	Forest Guard	-	-	-
48	Saraswati Murmu	Forest Guard	-	-	-
49	Manjulata Pradhan	Forest Guard	-	-	-
50	Rameswar Murmu	Forest Guard	06782-256142	-	-

Sl.	Name	Designation	Office No.	Mobile No.	E-Mail
51	Dillip Kumar Singh	Forest Guard	-	-	-
52	Lalmohan Singh	Forest Guard	-	-	-
53	Hrusikesh Pradhan	Forest Guard	-	-	-
54	Padmalochan Patra	Forest Guard	-	-	-
55	Jayanta Kumar Pradhan	Forest Guard	-	-	-
56	Sanjay Kumar Mohanty	Forest Guard	-	-	-
57	Manoranjan Singh	Forest Guard	-	-	-
58	Jyotshna Dutta	Forest Guard	-	-	-
59	Sasmita Shial	Forest Guard	-	-	-
60	Anjan Kumar Das	Forest Guard	-	-	-
61	Ranjita Biswal	Forest Guard	-	-	-
62	Sasanka Sekhar Jena	Forest Guard	-	-	-
63	Sasikala Sahu	Forest Guard	-	-	-
64	Rakesh Kumar Barik	Forest Guard	-	-	-
65	Jayadev Mallik	Forest Guard	-	-	-
66	Singray Hembram	Forest Guard	-	-	-
67	Sujata Ojha	Forest Guard
68	Swetapadma Mohanty	Forest Guard
69	Dalimba Behera	Forest Guard	-	-	-
70	Himansu Sekhar Parhi	Forest Guard	-	-	-
71	Puma Chandra Sing	Forest Guard	-	-	-
72	Jayalaxmi Puhan	Forest Guard	-	-	-
73	Manohar Singh	Forest Guard	-	-	-
74	Sulochana Behera	Forest Guard	-	-	-
75	Pramila Sena	Forest Guard	06782-256142	-	-

Sl.	Name	Designation	Office No.	Mobile No.	E-Mail
76	Madhusmita Mohanty	Forest Guard	-	-	-
77	Ayusman Panda	Forest Guard	-	-	-
78	Kabitarani Mohakud	Forest Guard	-	-	-
79	Babismita Sahu	Forest Guard	-	-	-
80	Phulamani Murmu	Forest Guard	-	-	-
81	Bharati Sing	Forest Guard	-	-	-
82	Ramesh Majhi	Forest Guard	-	-	-
83	Lokanath Barik	Mali	-	-	-
84	Subasini Mallik	Office Peon	-	-	-
85	Sasmita Majhi	Office Peon	-	-	-

MANUAL-10

Monthly Remuneration & Compensation of Officers & Employees

[Section-4 (1) (b) (x)]

Name	Designation	Basic	DA	HRA	Gross
Khushwant Singh, IFS	Divisional Forest Officer, Balasore Wildlife Division, Balasore	83300	44149	0	127449
Diganta Sovan Chand	Assistant Conservator of Forests	63100	33443	7572	104115
Tatini Sethi	Assistant Conservator of Forests	63100	33443	0	96543
Jayshree Murmu	Assistant Conservator of Forests	57800	30634	0	88434
Subrat Kumar Behera	Assistant Conservator of Forests	49000	25970	0	74970
Aisha Akhatari Nisha	Forest Ranger	47600	25228	0	72828
Harihara Majhi	Deputy Ranger	52600	27878	0	80478
Suchismita Mohanty	Deputy Ranger	33900	17967	4068	55935
Laxmipriya Panda	Section Officer	52600	27878	6312	86790
Manas Kumar Mohanty	Senior Assistant	32900	17437	3948	54285
Saroj Kumar Mohapatra	Senior Assistant	30100	15953	3612	49665
Ajit Kashinath Nayak	Senior Assistant	30100	15953	3612	49665
Subhrajit Chand	Senior Assistant	30100	15953	3612	49665
Kalpana Otta	Senior Assistant	27600	14628	3312	45540
Ranjita Jena	Junior Assistant	25200	13356	3024	41580
Samir Kumar Seet	Junior Assistant	19900	10547	2388	32835
Bijaya Ketan Mohapatra	Junior Assistant	19900	10547	2388	32835
Nandadulal Murmu	Junior Assistant	19900	10547	2388	32835
Jhansi Rani Bhuyan	Forester	34000	18020	0	52020
Itishree Mohapatra	Forester	33900	17967	0	51867
Debraj Rout	Forester	32900	17437	0	50337
Manoj Kumar Dhara	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Sasmita Shial	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Rameswar Murmu	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Sagarika Sing	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Minarani Behera	Forester	36400	19292	0	55692
Prahallad Chandra Nayak	Forester	36400	19292	0	55692
Sanjay Kumar Mohanty	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Jyotshna Dutta	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Dillip Kumar Sing	Forester	23800	12614	0	36414
Rama Chandra Lenka	Forester	32000	16960	0	48960
Saroj Kumar Pradhan	Forester	38600	20458	0	59058
Manjulata Pradhan	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Pratima Shaw	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Kishore Chandra Bhuyan	Forester	41600	22048	0	63648
Manoranjan Sing	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Naresh Chandra Sing	Forester	33900	17967	0	51867
Bhagyshree Dwibedy	Forester	31400	16642	0	48042
Bijay Kumar Sahu	Forester	37500	19875	0	57375
Soumya Ranjan Majhi	Forester	31400	16642	0	48042
Ajay Kumar Jena	Forester	42800	22684	0	65484
Jayanta Kumar Pradhan	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Balukeswar Hembram	Forester	35300	18709	0	54009
Saraswati Murmu	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Dusmanta Jena	Forester	27900	14787	0	42687
Manoj Kumar Mohalik	Forester	25200	13356	0	38556
Lalmohan Singh	Forester	22400	11872	0	34272
Sthita Pragyan Pradhan	Forest Guard	21100	11183	844	33127
Shasanka Sekhar Jena	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Tapan Kumar Jena	Forest Guard	21100	11183	844	33127
Himanshu Sekhar Parhi	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Ranjita Biswal	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Lipika Panigrahi	Forest Guard	21100	11183	844	33127
Sulochana Behera	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Pramila Sena	Forest Guard	23100	12243	0	35343
Babismita Sahu	Forest Guard	20500	10865	0	31365
Kabita Rani Mohakud	Forest Guard	24500	12985	0	37485
BudhuramHansdah	Forest Guard	21100	11183	0	32283
Sujata Ojha	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Jayalaxmi Puhan	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Sasikala Sahu	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Swetapadma Mohanty	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Phulamani Murmu	Forest Guard	24500	12985	0	37485
Lilirani Behera	Forest Guard	21100	11185	844	33129
Dalimba Behera	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Sigray Hembram	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Purna Chandra Sing	Forest Guard	23100	12243	0	35343
Rakesh Kumar Barik	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Bharati Sing	Forest Guard	24500	12985	0	37485
Ayushman Panda	Forest Guard	24500	12985	0	37485
Anjan Kumar Das	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Debendra Sing	Forest Guard	21100	11185	0	32285
Jaydev Mallik	Forest Guard	26800	14204	0	41004
Manohar Sing	Forest Guard	25200	13356	0	38556
Pradeep Kumar Rout	Forest Guard (U/s)	0	0	0	0
Padmalochan Patra	Forest Guard (U/s)	13400	7102	0	20502
Subashini Mallick	Office Peon	38300	20299	4596	63195
Sasmita Majhi	Office Peon	21600	11448	2592	35640
Anadi Charan Mohanty	Office Peon	16600	8798	1992	27390

Sl.	Name	Designation	Monthly Remuneration (In.Rs.)
26	Umakanta Das	Forester	-
27	Jhanshi Rani Bhuyan	Forester	-
28	Minarani Behera	Forester	-
29	Prahallad Ch. Nayak	Forester	-
30	Rama Chandra Lenka	Forester	-
31	Padmabati Behera	Forester	-
32	Prakash Kumar Mohanty	Forester	-
33	Manuwar Khan	Forester	-
34	Itishree Mohapatra	Forester	-
35	Debraj Rout	Forester	-
36	Vivekananda Jena	Forester	-
37	Naresh Chandra Singh	Forester
38	Tapan Kumar Sing	Forester	-
39	Saumya Ranjan Majhi	Forester	-
40	Bhagyashree Dewibedi	Forester	-
41	Pratima Shaw	Forest Guard	-
42	Sagarika Singh	Forest Guard	-
43	Minati Majhi	Forest Guard	-
44	Pradeep Kumar Rout	Forest Guard	-
45	Manoj Kumar Mohalik	Forest Guard	-
46	Manoj Kumar Dhara	Forest Guard	-
47	Dusmanta Kumar Jena	Forest Guard	-
48	Saraswati Murmu	Forest Guard	-
49	Manjulata Pradhan	Forest Guard	-
50	Rameswar Murmu	Forest Guard	-

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Budget Allocated to each Agency

[Section-4 (1) (b) (xi)]

Non-plan budget for FY-2024-25 & BE-2025-26

Major head	Activities to be performed	Sanctioned Budget	Budget Estimates	Revised Estimate
Pay	Salary drawn of Staff	31756532	60000000	-
D.P.	Salary drawn of Staff	0	0	-
D.A.	Salary drawn of Staff	16798879	30000000	-
H.R.A.	Salary drawn of Staff	634620	60000	-
R.C.M.		110000	100000	100000
O.A.		615865	800000	-
T.E.		100000	100000	100000
L.T.C.		0	0	0
Electric Charges		400000	400000	150000
Telephone charge		50000	100000	50000
M.V.		130000	300000	150000
O.C.		150000	400000	100000
Hiring Charges		300000	500000	400000
Upgradation of Computer		32000	100000	25000
Computer Consumable		30000	100000	25000
Spare & Service		30000	100000	25000
O.C (Clothing)		220000	500000	350000
Compassionate Payment		8560000	3500000	3500000

BUDGET EXPENDITURE DURING THE FY 2024-25
Scheme	Allotment received	Expenditure incurred
PCCF (HoFF)
2829 - IGC	1,21,84,228	1,21,84,228
102-2118-20002-IPCEA	1,20,03,124	1,20,03,124
005-0484-78124-Working Plan	2,10,000	2,10,000
101-1012-78124-Working Plan	5,00,000	5,00,000
101-1012-22035-Protection from fire	4,22,120	4,22,120
105-0334-20002-Drift & Waif wood	1,00,000	1,00,000
105-0513-20002-Forest Produce sold to consumers & purchasers	1,00,000	1,00,000
Total - PCCF (HoFF)	2,55,19,472	2,55,19,472

PCCF (WL)
Admn. Expr.	8,74,000	8,74,000
3128- Wildlife Protection & Conservation measure	1,76,74,795	1,76,74,795
3173-Management of elephant	4,68,000	4,68,000
Total - PCCF (WL)	1,90,16,795	1,90,16,795
G. Total - PCCF (HoFF) + PCCF (WL)	4,45,36,267	4,45,36,267

Sl. No.	Name of the Scheme/ Head	Activity	Starting Date of Activity	Planned end Data of the activity	Amount Proposed (in Rs.)	Amount Sanctioned (in Rs.)	Amount Released/ Disbursed (No. of Installment) (in Rs.)	Actual Expenditure for the Last Year 2009-10 (in Rs.)	Responsible Officer for, the Quality and the Complete Execution of the work
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
10	22-4406-COL-Fry. & W.L.-01 Fry.- State Plan	Construction of F.G. Quarter	-do-			300000	300000	300000	31.03.10
11	22-2406-02-Envtl. Fry & W.L.-Central Plan	796-TASP-2313-Devtl. of Nation park (Kuldiha Sanctuary)	-do-			2975000	2975000	2975000	31.03.10
12	-do-	796-TASP-2313-Talsari HVBA	-do-			342000	342000	342000	31.03.10
13	-do-	789-SCP for SC - 2313- Talsari HVBA	-do-			248700	248700	248700	31.03.10
14	-do-	110-W.L Preservation -2313- Talsari HVBA	-do-			663800	663800	663800	31.03.10
15	-do-	110-W.L. Preservation -0361 Elephant Management Project	-do-			50000	50000	50000	31.03.10
	Grand Total					9157480	9157480	9157480

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Manner of Execution of Subsidy Programmes

[Section-4 (1) (b) (xii)]

The manner of execution of the subsidy programmees.

Sl.	Name of address of the institution	Purpose for which subsidy provided	No.of beneficiaries	Amount of subsidy	Previous year utilization	Previous year achievement
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

List of individuals given subsidy.

Sl No.	Name and address of the beneficiary	Purpose for which subsidy provided	Amount of subsidy	Scheme and inerim for selection	No.of time subsidy given in past with purpose.
1	2	3	4	5	6
1.	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	-Nil-

Note:Seedlings are given under various schemes such as CAMPA and IGC under subsidised rate and free under some schemes to the beneficiaries.

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Particulars of Recipients of Concessions, Permits or Authorization Granted

[Section-4 (1) (b) (xiii)]

List of Beneficiaries:

Sl.	Name and Address of the Beneficiaries	Nature of Concession/ Permit/ Authorization provided	Purpose for which granted	Scheme and Criterion for selection	No of times similar Concession given in past with purpose
1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Villagers who were living in the neighborhood of the forests	Rights and concessions with regard to minor forest produces (MFP) are almost uniform throughout the Division in that these can be collected free of cost to meet domestic requirement	-	-	-

Note: Timber Transit Permit is given for the transportation of the timber under the orders of the DFO.

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Information Available in an Electronic Form

[Section-4 (1) (b) (xiv)]

Note: As there is no website of this division, the information in electronic form and soft copy is not available. However electronic information relating to the rules, regulations, manuals, circulars etc. of the Forest Department can be downloaded from the official website of the Govt. of Odisha, Forest Department.website:https://forest.odisha.gov.in/, https://odishaforest.in/ & https://wildlife.odisha.gov.in

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Particulars of Facilities Available to Citizens for Obtaining Information

[Section-4 (1) (b) (xv)]

Sl.	Facility Available	Nature of Information Available	Working hours
1	2	3	4
1	Information counter	To provide information no specific counter is available. But the information can be available from the office of the DFO by requesting in the form of application which can be received in the working hours by the dealing assistant of the Establishment section of the office	10 am to 5 pm except Sundays and public holidays
2	Library	Books, Periodicals & Magazines of Forest Dept.	10 am to 5 pm except Sundays and public holidays
3	Notice Board	General nature for official & public	10.00 am to 5.00 pm except Govt. holidays

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Names, Designations & Other Particulars of the Public Information Officers

[Section-4 (1) (b) (xvi)]

Asst. Public Information Officer (APIO):

Sl.

Name

Designation

Office Ph. No.

Mobile No.

Fax

E-mail

Address

Manas Kumar Mohanty

Senior Assistant

06782-

256142

8763227306

O/o the Divisional Forest Officer, Balasore Wildlife Division, Balasore

Public Information Officer (PIO):

Sl.

Name

Designation

Office Ph. No.

Mobile No.

Fax

E-mail

Address

Sri Diganta Sovan Chand

ACF

06782-

256142

9853489037

O/o the Divisional Forest Officer, Balasore Wildlife Division, Balasore

First Appellate Authority (FAA):

Sl.

Name

Designation

Office Ph. No.

Mobile No.

Fax

E-mail

Address

Khushwant Singh, IFS

DFO

06782-

256142

9437062743

dfo.balasorewl@odisha.gov.in

Divisional Forest Officer, Balasore Wildlife Division, Balasore

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Other Useful Information

[Section-4 (1) (b) (xvii)]

All other information as may be prescribed for dissemination shah be collated, tabulated, compiled, collected and provided in the form of manual from time to time.

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