Rti Section

RTI Section

Audited self appraisal report for F.Y. 2023-24

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

S.No.	Particulars	Information
1. Organisation and Function
1.1	Particulars of its organization, functions and duties [Section 4(1) (b) (i)
1.1.1	Name and Address of the Organisation	Directorate of Forest Education P.O. New Forest, Dehradun, Uttarakhand - 248006 http://dfe.gov.in/directorate-address
1.1.2	Head of the Organisation	Mrs. Meera Iyer, IFS Director Forest Education http://dfe.gov.in/present-director
1.1.3	Vision, Mission and Key objectives	http://dfe.gov.in/mandate
1.1.4	Function and duties	Training of SFS, FROs & In- service Officers. http://dfe.gov.in/mandate
1.1.5	Organisation Chart	https://dfe.gov.in/organisation-chart
1.1.6	Any other details-the genesis, inception, formation of the department and the HoDs from time to time as well as the committees/ Commissions constituted from time to time have been dealt	Various committees formed from time to time http://dfe.gov.in/history
1.2	Power and duties of its officers and employees [Section 4(1) (b) (ii)]
1.2.1	Powers and duties of officers (administrative, financial and judicial)	https://dfe.gov.in/delegation-of-financial-powers
1.2.2	Power and duties of other employees	https://dfe.gov.in/work-allocation-and-duties
1.2.3	Rules/orders under which powers and duty are derived and	As per DoPT & MoEF & CC, GoI norms https://dfe.gov.in/work-allocation-and-duties
1.2.4	Exercised	As per DoPT & MoEF & CC, GoI norms https://dfe.gov.in/work-allocation-and-duties
1.2.5	Work allocation	Done by Director Forest Education https://dfe.gov.in/work-allocation-and-duties
1.3	Procedure followed in decision making process [Section 4(1) (b) (iii)]
1.3.1	Process of decision making Identify key decision-making points	Director Forest Education http://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
1.3.2	Final decision-making authority	MoEF&CC http://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
1.3.3	Related provisions, acts, rules etc	Delegation of powers issued by MoEF & CC https://dfe.gov.in/delegation-of-financial-powers
1.3.4	Time limit for taking a decisions, if any	Depends upon the matter http://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
1.3.5	Channel of supervision and accountability	https://dfe.gov.in/channel-of-supervision-and-accountability
1.4	Norms for discharge of functions [Section 4(1) (b) (iv)]
1.4.1	Nature of functions / services offered	Training to SFS and FROs & In- service Officers http://dfe.gov.in/mandate
1.4.2	Norms/standards for functions/service delivery	As per the syllabus of SFS and FROs and other manuals for the respective task http://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
1.4.3	Process by which these services can be accessed	The Directorate follows Central Government Rules and procedures http://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
1.4.4	Time-limit for achieving the targets	Depends upon the matters http://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
1.4.5	Process of redress of grievances	As per mandatory guidelines https://dfe.gov.in/channel-of-supervision-and-accountability
1.5	Acts, rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records for discharging functions [Section 4(1)(b)(v)]
1.5.1	Title and nature of the record/manual/instruction	Various rules and regulations of GoI http://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
1.5.2	List of Act, rules, regulations, instructions manuals and records	https://dfe.gov.in/recruitment-rules https://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
1.5.3	Acts/Rules manuals etc	https://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
1.5.4	Transfer policy and transfer orders	https://dfe.gov.in/transfer-and-joining-orders
1.6	Categories of documents held by the authority under its control [Section 4(1) (b) (vi)]
1.6.1	Categories of documents	Various documents prepared by various sections of the Directorate are kept under the control of various sections/cells
1.6.2	Custodian of documents/categories
1.7	Board, Councils, Committees and other Bodies constituted as part of the Public Authority [Section 4(1) (b) (viii)]
1.7.1	Name of Boards, Council, Committee etc	Not Applicable
1.7.2	Composition
1.7.3	Dates from which constituted
1.7.4	Term/Tenure
1.7.5	Powers and functions
1.7.6	Whether their meetings are open to the public?
1.7.7	Whether the minutes of the meetings are open to the public?
1.7.8	Place where the minutes if open to the public are available?
1.8	Directory of officers and employees [Section 4(1) (b) (ix)]
1.8.1	Name and Designation	https://dfe.gov.in/who-is-who
1.8.2	Telephone, fax and email ID	https://dfe.gov.in/directory-of-officers-and-employees
1.9	Monthly Remuneration received by officers & employees including system of compensation [Section 4(1) (b) (x)]
1.9.1	List of employees with Gross monthly remuneration	https://dfe.gov.in/list-of-employees-with-gross-monthly-remuneration
1.9.2	System of compensation as provided in its regulations	As per regulations of GoI
1.10	Name, Designation and other particulars of public information officers [ Section 4(1) (b) (xvi)]
1.10.1	Name and designation of the public information officer (PIO), Assistant Public Information (s) & Appellate Authority	https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-pio
1.10.2	Address, telephone numbers and email ID of each designated official	https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-pio
1.11	Numbers of employees against whom Disciplinary action has been proposed/taken (F No. 1/6/2011 - IR dt. 15.4.2013)
1.11.1	Number of employees against whom disciplinary action has been (i) Pending for Minor penalty or major penalty proceedings	NIL
1.11.2	(ii) Finalised for Minor penalty or major penalty proceedings	NIL
1.12	Programmes to advance understanding of RTI (Section 26)
1.12.1	Educational programmes	Officers are deputed based on the need
1.12.2	Efforts to encourage public authority to participate in these programmes	As per the instructions received time to time from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-pio
1.12.3	Training of CPIO/APIO	As per requirement https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-pio
1.12.4	Update & publish guidelines on RTI by the Public Authorities concerned	https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-pio
1.13	Transfer policy and transfer orders Transfer policy and transfer orders[F No. 1/6/2011- IR dt. 15.4.2013]
1.13.1	Transfer Policy and Transfer Orders [F No. 1/6/2011- IR Dt. 15.4.2013]	https://dfe.gov.in/transfer-and-joining-orders
2. Budget and Programme
2.1	Budget allocated to each agency including all plans, proposed expenditure and reports on disbursements made etc. [Section 4(1) (b) (xi)]
2.1.1	Total Budget for the public authority	Not Applicable
2.1.2	Budget for each agency and plan programmes
2.1.3	Proposed expenditures
2.1.4	Revised budget for each agency, if any
2.1.5	Report on disbursements made and place where the related reports are available
2.1.6	Information related to procurements (a) Notice/tender enquires, and corrigenda if any thereon, (b) Details of the bids awarded comprising the names of the suppliers of goods/ services being procured, (c) The works contracts concluded – in any such combination of the above-and, (d) The rate /rates and the total amount at which such procurement or works contract is to be executed	As per GoI directives most of the purchase of Goods and Services are procured through GeM Portal
2.2	Foreign and domestic tours (F.No. 1/8/2012- IR dt. 11.9.2012)
2.2.1	Budget	https://dfe.gov.in/budget
2.2.2	Foreign and domestic Tours by ministries and officials of the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government and above, as well as the heads of the Department. (a) Places visited, (b) The period of visit, (c) The number of members in the official delegation, (d) Expenditure on the visit	https://dfe.gov.in/budget
2.3	Manner of execution of subsidy programme [Section 4 (i) (b) (xii)]
2.3.1	Name of the programme of activity	Not Applicable
2.3.2	Objective of the programme
2.3.3	Procedure to avail benefits
2.3.4	Duration of the programme/scheme
2.3.5	Physical and financial targets of the programme
2.3.6	Nature/scale of subsidy/amount allotted
2.3.7	Eligibility criteria for grant of subsidy
2.3.8	Details of beneficiaries of subsidy programme (number, profile etc)
2.4	Discretionary and non-discretionary grants
2.4.1	Discretionary and non-discretionary grants/allocations to State Govt./NGOs/other institutions	Not Applicable
2.4.2	Annual accounts of all legal entities who are provided grants by public authorities	Not Applicable
2.5	Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits of authorizations granted by the public authority [Section 4(1) (b) (xiii)]
2.5.1	Concessions, permits or authorizations granted by public authority	Not Applicable
2.5.2	For each concessions, permit or authorization granted (a) Eligibility criteria (b) Procedure for getting the concession/ grant and/ or permits of authorizations (c) Name and address of the recipients given concessions/permits or authorisations (d) Date of award of concessions /permits of authorizations	Not Applicable
2.6	CAG & PAC Paras
2.6.1	CAG and PAC paras and the action taken reports (ATRs) after these have been laid on the table of both houses of the parliament	https://dfe.gov.in/cag-and-pac-paras
3. Publicity Band Public Interface
3.1	Particulars for any arrangement for consultation with or representation by the members of the public in relation to the formulation of policy or implementation there of [Section 4(1)(b)(vii)] [F No. 1/6/2011-IR dt. 15.04.2013]
3.1.1	Relevant Acts, Rules, Forms and other documents which are normally accessed by citizens	https://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
3.1.2	Arrangements for consultation with or representation by (a) Members of the public in policy formulation/policy implementation, (b) Day & time allotted for visitors, (c) Contact details of Information & Facilitation Counter (IFC) to provide publications frequently sought by RTI applicants	Not Applicable
3.1.3	Public- private partnerships (PPP) :Details of Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), if any
3.1.4	Detailed project reports (DPRs)
3.1.5	Concession agreements
3.1.6	Operation and maintenance manuals
3.1.7	Other documents generated as part of the implementation of the PPP
3.1.8	Information relating to fees, tolls, or the other kinds of revenues that may be collected under authorisation from the government
3.1.9	Information relating to outputs and outcomes
3.1.10	The process of the selection of the private sector party (concessionaire etc.)
3.1.11	All payment made under the PPP project
3.2	Are the details of policies/decisions, which affect public, informed to them [ Section 4(1) (c)]
3.2.1	Publish all relevant facts while formulating important policies or announcing decisions which affect public to make the process more interactive; Policy decisions/ legislations taken in the previous one year	Not Applicable
3.2.2	Outline the Public consultation process
3.2.3	Outline the arrangement for consultation before formulation of policy
3.3	Dissemination of information widely and in such form and manner which is easily accessible to the public [Section 4(3)]
3.3.1	Use of the most effective means of communication ; Internet (website)	https://dfe.gov.in/index.php
3.4	Form of accessibility of information manual/handbook [Section 4(1) (b)]
3.4.1	Information manual/handbook available in Electronic format	Yes, displayed on the Institute website https://dfe.gov.in/training-material
3.4.2	Printed format	Not Applicable
3.5	Whether information manual/handbook available free of cost or not [Section 4(1) (b)]
3.5.1	List of materials available : Free of cost	Free of cost can be downloaded from Directorate website https://dfe.gov.in/training-material
3.5.2	At a reasonable cost of the medium	Not Applicable
4. E-Governance
4.1	Language in which information Manual/Handbook Available
4.1.1	Hindi	https://dfe.gov.in/training-material
4.1.2	English	https://dfe.gov.in/training-material
4.1.3	Vernacular / Local Language	Not Applicable
4.2	When was the information Manual/Handbook last updated?
4.2.1	Last date of Annual updation	https://dfe.gov.in
4.3	Information available in electronic form [ Section 4(1) (b) (xiv)]
4.3.1	Details of information available in electronic form	All types of Information https://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
4.3.2	Name/title of the document/record/other information	Office orders, formats, manuals, handbook etc https://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
4.3.3	Location where available	Under RTI Section and other relevant sections of the website https://dfe.gov.in/induction-training
4.4	Particulars of facilities available to citizen for obtaining information [ Section 4(1) (b) (xv)]
4.4.1	Name & location of the facilities	Website of the Directorate https://dfe.gov.in/
4.4.2	Details of information made available	All rules and regulations https://dfe.gov.in/
4.4.3	Working hours of the facility	Office working hours
4.4.4	Contact person & contact details (Phone, fax email)/td>	https://dfe.gov.in/directorate-address
4.5	Such other information as may be prescribed under section 4 (i) (b) (xvii)
4.5.1	Grievance redressal mechanism	All grievances are redressed by the respective committees constituted https://dfe.gov.in/channel-of-supervision-and-accountability
4.5.2	List of completed schemes / projects / Programmes	https://dfe.gov.in/other-training-programs
4.5.3	List of schemes / projects / programme underway	https://dfe.gov.in/other-training-programs
4.5.4	Details of all contracts entered into including name of the contractor, amount of contract and period of completion of contract	Not Applicable
4.5.5	Annual Report	https://dfe.gov.in/directors-reports
4.5.6	Frequently Asked Question (FAQs)	Not Applicable
4.5.7	Any other information such as – (a) Citizen’s Charter, (b) Result Framework Document (RFD), (c) Six monthly reports on the, (d) Performance against the benchmarks set in the Citizen’s Charter	Not Applicable
4.6	Receipt & Disposal of RTI applications & appeals
4.6.1	Details of applications received and disposed	https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-pio
4.6.2	Details of appeals received and orders issued	https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-pio
4.7	Replies to questions asked in the parliament [Section 4(1) (d) (2)]
4.7.1	Details of questions asked and replies given	Parliament questions are communicated by the MoEF& CC, GoI and replied in time to the respective sections of the MoEF& CC https://dfe.gov.in/parliament-questions
5. Information as may be Prescribed
5.1	Such other information as may be prescribed [F.No. 1/2/2016-IR dt. 17/08/2016, F.No. 1/6/2011-IR dt. 15/04/2013]
5.1.1	Name & details of – (a) Current CPIOs & FAAs, Earlier CPIO & FAAs from 1.1.2015	https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-pio
5.1.2	Details of third party audit of voluntary disclosure (a) Dates of audit carried out (b) Report of the audit carried out	3^rd April, 2024 https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-section
5.1.3	Appointment of Nodal Officers not below the rank of Joint Secretary / Additional HoD (a) Date of appointment (b) Name & Designation of the officers	https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-pio
5.1.4	Consultancy committee of key stake holders for advice on suo-motu disclosure (a) Dates from which constituted (b) Name & Designation of the officers	Not Applicable
5.1.5	Committee of PIOs/FAAs with rich experience in RTI to identify frequently sought information under RTI (a) Dates from which constituted (b) Name & Designation of the Officers	https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-pio
6. Information Disclosed on own initiative
6.1	Item / information disclosed so that public have minimum resort to use of RTI Act to obtain information	Mandatory disclosure already uploaded in the website of DFE, Dehradun https://dfe.gov.in/rtis-pio
6.2	Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW) is followed (released in February, 2009 and included in the Central Secretariat Manual of office procedures (CSMOP) by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pension, Govt. of India)
6.2.1	Whether STQC certification obtained and its validity	-
6.2.2	Does the website show the certificate on the Website?	http://dfe.gov.in/website-certificate

Last updated: 14 May, 2025