| Sec of RTI Act 4(1) |
Requirements Under
The
RTI Act
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Details |
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| (i) |
The particulars of the organization, its functions and
duties |
Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. is a public limited company
with 61.8% shareholding by Balmer Lawrie Investments
Limited, a Government Of India company and hence
a government company within the meaning of section
617 of the Companies Act, 1956.
The particulars, functions and duties of
Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited are fully enumerated
in the Memorandum and Articles of Association.
(1) Memorandum of Association 
(2) Articles of Association.
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| (ii) |
The powers and duties of the officers and employees |
Articles of Association, deals with the powers and duties
of the employees of all levels. However there
is internal system of delegating specific and
general authorities within the Company which are
issued and cancelled from time to time |
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| (iii) |
The procedure followed in the decision making process,
including channels of supervision and accountability |
Articles of Association is the internal rules for governing
the Company.
Articles of Association
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| (iv) |
The norms set for the discharge of functions |
Balmer
Lawrie & Co Limited being a government company
executes Memorandum of Understanding with the
Government of India for periodically setting up
of its business targets. This document is in public
by virtue of Government of India at Department
of Public Enterprises publishing the same.
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| (v) |
The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records,
held or under the control of the company or used
by the employees for discharging their functions |
The Company holds certain internal manuals like Accounting
Manual, Credit Control Manual, Purchase Manual,
Project Manual etc for discharging the functions
of the company. |
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| (vi) |
A statement of the categories of documents that are held
or under the control of the company |
The
Company holds certain categories of documents
which are required to be preserved and maintained
under various applicable provisions of law, viz.,
minutes of the general meetings of the shareholders,
books of accounts, master roll etc. |
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| (vii) |
The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation
with, or representation by, the members of the
public in relation to the formulation of its policy
or implementation thereof |
Various Parliamentary Committees such as, Committee on
Public Undertaking have jurisdiction over the
Company which superintends / audits the functioning
of the Company and also provide directional guidance.
The Company has a designated Director of Public
Grievance. |
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| (viii) |
A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other
bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted
as its part or for the purpose of its advise,
and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils,
committees and other bodies are open to the public
or the minutes of such meetings are accessible
for public |
The Company publishes in the Annual Report every year a
Corporate Governance Report which inter-alia deals
with the functioning of the Board procedure and
its committees.
Annual Report of the Company |
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| (ix) |
A directory of the officers and employees |
A directory, containing business wise and location
wise names, designation, office address, office
telephone etc. |
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| (x) |
The monthly remuneration received by each of the officers
and employees, including the system of compensation
as provided in the regulations |
System of compensation: All compensation is paid through
banking channel and proper payment vouchers.
Gross remuneration in each
scale |
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| (xi) |
The budget allocated to each of the agency, indicating
the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditure
and reports on disbursements made |
Budgetary allocation is not provided by the Government
of India to the Company. The Company operates
through its capital, internal accruals and borrowings. |
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| (xii) |
The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including
the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries
of such programmes |
Not applicable to the Company.
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| (xiii) |
Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations
granted |
Not applicable to the Company.
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| (xiv) |
Details in respect of the information, available to or
held, reduced in an electronic form |
Books of accounts are being kept by the Company electronically.
The un-audited
quarterly financial results are published
and kept in electronic form and are available
in www.balmerlawrie.com The Company uses extensively
various electronic software for it accounting
functions, HRD functions and business functions. |
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| (xv) |
The particulars of facilities available to citizens for
obtaining information including the working hours
of a library or reading room, if maintained for
public use |
Not applicable to the Company. |
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| (xvi) |
The names, designations and
other particulars of the Public Information
Officers.
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Shri Amit Ghosh
Company Secretary
Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd
21 Netaji Subhas Road
Kolkata 700 001
West Bengal
India
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| (xvii) |
Such other information as may be prescribed |
Not applicable |
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