JHARKHAND SPACE APPLICATIONS CENTER

Department of Information Technology

Government of Jharkhand,

Information Handbook under Right to Information Act, 2005

1. Particulars of the Organization

   JSAC has been established in May 2003 by the Dept. of IT, Govt. of Jharkhand in collaboration with ISRO and presently functioning as an autonomous body under the Dept. of IT, Govt. of Jharkhand to provide the geo-spatial support and solution to the various government departments and other organizations in the field of development planning and e-governance. It is acting as a quick-decision support system.

2. Functions & Duties

   The functions and duties of JSAC are to act as a nodal agency to collect, create, update, and develop central database related to natural resources, infrastructure, amenities and services and socio-economic aspects. It also includes the data analysis and preparation of action plan maps for various planning needs. And data dissemination and information diffusion is also a major aspect to meet the goal of development of Jharkhand State through the inputs from the Geo-Informatics or Geo-Spatial Technology.

3. Administrative Setup

   Jharkhand Space Applications Center (JSAC) is an autonomous center established under the administrative control of Department of Information Technology, Government of Jharkhand with Chief Secretary as the Chairman of the Governing body and Development Commissioner as the Chairman and Secretary, IT as the Vice-Chairman of the Executive committee. Activities of JSAC are guided and monitored by the Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of Jharkhand and the Director, JSAC.

   

4. Objectives
   • Preparation of Natural Resource Inventory and mapping for the state using Space Technology inputs.
   • Creation of Geographical Information System (GIS) database for the state and make it available to all departments/users of the state.
   • To work as Nodal Agency in the field of Space Technology Applications through Remote Sensing, GIS-GPS & Satellite communications, etc., for Jharkhand state.
   • To Organize National / Regional workshops, seminars, symposia and awareness programs in the use of space technology for the development of the state.
   • To Interact with State Government, Industry and Academy so as to promote research activities in the Center.
5. 1. Definitions/Abbreviations used
      1. "RTI Act" means Right to Information Act, 2005;
      2. "JSAC" means Jharkhand Space Applications Center;
      3. "The Chairman" means Chairman of the Center under rule 6;
      4. "The Vice-Chairman" means one of Vice-Chairman of the Center under rule 7;
      5. "The Secretary" means the Secretary of Center under rule 10;
      6. "The Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee constituted under rule 8;
      7. "The Executive-Chairman" means the Executive-Chairman of the Executive Committee under rule 8;
      8. "Member Secretary" means the Member Secretary of the Executive Committee under rule 8;
      9. "The Director" means the Director of the, Jharkhand Space Applications Center under rule 9;
      10. "Year" means the Financial Year April to March of consecutive year;
      11. "Office bearers" Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary of the Center;
      12. "Act Means" Society Registration Act 21 of 1860;
      13. "Byelaws" means the Rules & Regulations framed under rule 13;
      14. "PIO" means Public Information Officer designated under Section 5(1) of the RTI Act;
   2. The powers and duties of its officers and employees

      All the activities related to the project or any other works will be under the guidance, supervision and control of the Director, JSAC. Any other duties that may be assigned from time to times by director to all the officers and employees.

   3. Discharge of its Functions

      Every officer and employee is directly responsible to the director as he/she gets jobs/works/functions directly from the Director, JSAC.

   4. Rules, Regulations, Instructions, Manuals and Records, held by it or

      Every officer and employee is directly responsible to the director as he/she gets jobs/works/functions directly from the Director, JSAC.

      1. Governing Body and Executive Committee

         S.N	OFFICIAL'S DESIGNATION	DESIGNATION IN G.B.
         1	Chief Secretary	Chairman
         2	Development Commissioner	Vice-Chairman
         3	Secretary, IT Department	Vice-Chairman
         4	Secretary, Finance Department	Member
         5	Secretary, Planning Department	Member
         6	Secretary, Revenue & Land Reforms	Member
         7	Secretary, Science & Technology Department	Member
         8	Secretary, Home Department	Member
         9	Secretary, Rural Development	Member
         10	Secretary, Water Resources	Member
         11	Secretary, Urban Development	Member
         12	Secretary, Human Resources Dev.	Member
         13	Secretary, Health Education	Member
         14	Director, IT	Member
         15	Director, Science & Technology Department	Member
         16	Scientific Secretary or Director or his nominee Earth Observation System, ISRO, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India New Bel Road, Bangalore.	Member
         17	Director or his nominee National Remote Sensing Agency, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India, Balanagar, Hyderabad.	Member
         18	Director or his nominee Space Application Centre, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad	Member
         19	Director, Dept. of Mines & Geology, Govt. of Jharkhand	Member
         20	Director, Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Jharkhand	Member
         21	Engineer-in-Chief, PHED, Govt. of Jharkhand	Member
         22	Experts in the field of Remote Sensing &GIS	Member
         23	Experts in the field of Earth Science	Member
         24	Experts in the field of Water Resource	Member
         25	Experts in the field of Information Technology	Member
         26	Director, Jharkhand Space Applications Center	Secretary

      2. Executive Committee

         S.N	OFFICIAL'S DESIGNATION	DESIGNATION IN E.C.
         1	Development Commissioner	Ex.Chairman
         2	Principal Secretary, IT Department	Ex. Vice-Chairman
         3	Secretary, Finance Department	Member
         4	Secretary, Planning Department	Member
         5	Director, IT	Member
         6	Director, Science & Technology Department	Member
         7	Scientific Secretary or Director or his nominee Earth Observation System, ISRO, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India New Bel Road, Bangalore.	Member
         8	Director or his nominee National Remote Sensing Agency, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India, Balanagar, Hyderabad.	Member
         9	Director or his nominee Space Application Centre, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad	Member
         10	Director, Jharkhand Space Applications Center	Member Secretary

      3. Whether meetings of these governing body and Executive Committee open to public? No
      4. Whether minutes of the meeting accessible for public? No
6. Directory of Officers and Employees or Monthly Remuneration received by Officers and Staffs : -

   The remuneration of Officers and Staff of the Center are governed by All India Service Pay Scale/State Government pay scale. They are paid their salary/remuneration in their prescribed scale along with allowances admissible to them as prescribed by the Government from time to time. In addition, some staff on contract basis/ terms are paid remuneration. No employee is paid less than the minimum wage prescribed

   1. The Status of Officers and Staff posted on Non-Plan Posts in the year 2005-2006

      SN	Name of Post	Name of Officer/ Employee	Sanctioned Post	Working Strength	Vacant Post
      1	Director	Mr. Sarvesh Singhal, IFS	1	1	0
      2	Scientist	Sri Najmul Hoda	4	2	2
      3	Computer Scientist/System Analyst		2	0	2
      4	Satellite Communication Specialist		1	0	1
      5	Jr. Scientist	Dr.Niraj Sharma Sri Ravish Kumar	3	2	1
      6	Programmer	Sri Rajesh Rawani	1	1	0
      7	Asst. Programmer	Sri Rakesh Kumar	2	1	1
      8	Fin/Accounts Officer	Sri Prashant Kumar	1	1	0
      9	Adm.Officer		1	0	1
      10	P. A. to Director	Sri Aman Kumar Singh	1	1	0
      11	Librarian	Sri Mrinmoy Kr. Mandal	1	1	0
      12	Cartographer	Sri Rahul Kumar Singh	1	1
      13	Scientific/Technical Assistant	Mrs. Jyoti Bala Lamay Mr. Lakhan Lal Matho Mrs. Pammi Nitin Sinha	5	3	2
      14	Computer Assistant	Nishi Jaya Kullu Mr. Dilip Kumar Thakur	2	2	0
      15	Administrative Assistant	Sri Mahendra Rajwar Sri Anil Kumar	4	2	2
      16	Driver	Sri Narai Bhunesh Minj	2	1	1
      17	Peon		4	0	4
      18	Sweeper		2	2
      19	JRF		10	00	10

   2. Pay Scales of Employees

      SN	Name of Post	Pay Scale
      1	Director	Rs.16400-450-20000
      2	Scientist	Rs.10000-325-15200
      3	Computer Scientist/System Analyst	Rs.10000-325-15200
      4	Satellite Communication Specialist	Rs.10000-325-15200
      5	Jr. Scientist	Rs.8000-275-13500
      6	Programmer	Rs.8000-275-13500
      7	Financial/Accounts Officer	Rs.6500-200-10500
      9	Administrative Officer	Rs.6500-200-10500
      10	P. A. to Director	Rs.5500-175-9000
      11	Librarian	Rs.5000-150-8000
      12	Scientific/Technical Assistant	Rs.5000-150-8000
      13	Cartographer	Rs.5000-150-8000
      14	Computer Assistant	Rs.5000-150-8000
      15	Administrative Assistant	Rs.4000-100-6000
      16	Driver	Rs.3050-75-3950-80-4590
      17	Peon	Rs.2650-65-3300-70-4000
      18	Sweeper	Rs.2650-65-3300-70-4000
      19	Junior Research Fellow on Project Basis	Rs.8000/- (Fixed)

   3. Details of Budget Allocated :

      Details of budget allocated to the Center for the year 2004-05 is as under :

      Plan Head

      SN	Head	Budget Proposal	Allotment Received	Expenditure till 31st March 05
      1	Pay and DA	35.95	35.95	31.65
      2	TA	03.00	03.00	04.32
      3	Office Complex at ATI Building	05.00	05.00	05.20
      4	Telephone & Fax Charges	02.00	02.00	01.69
      5	Maintenance of Vehicle & Fuel Charges	2.50	2.50	03.42
      6	Postage & Stamp Expenses	00.50	00.50	00.14
      7	Printing & Stationeries	04.00	04.00	06.00
      8	Electricity, Diesel Generator & Water Charges/ Maintenance	02.50	02.50	01.50
      9	Other Miscellaneous Expenditures	5.00	5.00	08.25
      		60.45	60.45	62.17

   4. Details of budget allocated to the institute for the year 2005-06 is as under : -

      SN	Head		Budget Proposal(Rs. In Lakh)	Allotment Received (Rs. In Lakh)	Expenditure till 31st March 06(Rs. In Lakh
      1	Salary		48.48
      	(a) Pay	20.73
      	(b) DP	10.36
      	(c) DA	05.29
      	(d) HRA	04.22
      	(e) Transport Allowance	00.56
      	(f) Medical Allowance	00.17
      	(g) C.C.A.	00.37
      	(h) Other Allowance	06.78
      2	TA		02.00
      3	Audit Fee		00.50
      	Annual Maintenance & Equipment Charge		03.00
      	(a) Air Conditioners	01.00
      	(b) PCs, Photo Copier, Fax Machine etc.	01.00
      	(c) Insurance of Equipments	01.00
      4	Rental Expenses		05.60
      	(a) Office Complex at ATI Building	03.60
      	(b) Diesel Generator set including fuel	02.00
      6	Electricity & Water Charges/Maintenance		01.50
      7	Telephone & Fax Charges		02.00
      8	Postage & Stamp		00.50
      9	Maintenance of Vehicle & Fuel Charges		01.50
      10	Cartographic Consumables		01.00
      11	Computers/UPS and Accessories and Upgradation		04.00
      12	Field Equipments including field camera		01.00
      13	Purchase of Books & Ready reference materials/ journals		01.50
      14	Minimal Visual Image interpretation Equipments		00.50
      15	Cost of Remote Sensing & other data products		03.00
      16	Printing & Stationeries		01.50
      17	Other Miscellaneous Expenditures		01.00
      	Total		78.58

7. Library :

   The JSAC Library has sound collection of books, reports, proceedings and manuals mainly on the subjects Remote Sensing/GPS/Photogrammetry, Geographical Information System (GIS), Geology, Soil, Agriculture, Forestry, Ecology, Geography, Computer Science & Information Technology, Tribal Studies, etc. The Library has also atlas and thematic maps of different subjects. The Library subscribes journals in field of Remote Sensing, GIS, Soil & Agriculture, Forestry and Computer Science. Satellite data (AWiFS, LISS - III & IV for entire Jharkhand, IKONOS, Quick Bird and CARTOSAT-I data for Ranchi city and Surroundings) and digital copies of documents are available for reference purpose in JSAC Library.

   The Library provide technical support to the Scientists and also actively help in research and extension programmes of the department. The Library extents the facilities to the scientists, research scholars, students, academicians and administrators.

   The Library provides, Online Journal Search Services, CAS (Current Awareness Services), Reprographics Services, References/Information Services and Internet Services, etc. Online Public Access Catalogue Search Services is to be introduced shortly.

   For Information, query, the any assistance and the use of library, the librarian may be consulted at following address : -

   Mrinmoy Kumar Mandal

   Librarian / Documentation Officer

   Jharkhand Space Applications Center

   Ph. No. 0651-2401719, Fax No. - 0651-2401720 , E-mail-librarian.jsac@gmail.com

8. Information can be had in printed form or in digital form (in restricted manner) from 10.0 am to 5.0 p.m. on working days. Information from the Library can also be had between the same time on working days. The contact of the librarian is: Information on the internet can be accessed anytime from the website www.jharkhand.gov.in/IT/JSAC
9. Contact persons for getting more information

   Director Jharkhand Space Applications Center, Ranchi may be contacted for more information [at the following address] : -

   Director,

   Jharkhand Space Applications Center, Ranchi-8

   (Tel: 0651-2401719, FAX-0651-2401720

10. Information in Electronic form

    The Website of JSAC - http://jsac.Jharkhand.gov.in/ contains relevant information on JSAC's activities. Efforts are made to update the Website as often as possible. In addition, training materials and other published materials are kept in Electronic form which are made available to participants at training programmes.

11. How to Apply : -

    (a)Introduction

    Any citizen of India who desires to obtain any information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 may make a request preferably in the Application Format in writing to the Public Information Officer of the Concerned Jharkhand Space Applications Center (JSAC).

    (b)Application Fee : In accordance to directives given in the Gazette Notification issued by Deptt. Of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Govt. of India, vide No. 34012/8(s)/2005-Estt. (B) dated 16/09/2005, the application for obtaining information under sub-section (1) of section 6 must be accompanied by prescribed application fee drawn in favour of JSAC, payable at the local office where the application has been submitted. At present the application fee, which is subject to change from time to time, is as under:- An Application fee of Rs. 10/- per application will be charged for supply of information other than the information relating to tender documents/Bids/Quotations/Business Documents in addition to the cost of document or photocopies of document/information, if any. For tender documents, an application fee of Rs. 500/- per application will be charged. A sum of Re. 1/- per page will be charged for supply of photocopy of document (s) under the control of the Institute.

    Note : No fees shall be charged from the persons, who are below poverty line, on submission of photocopy of the BPL Card issued by the competent authority.

    In the case of information in Electronic format, the charges will be Rs. 25/- per floppy/ Rs. 100/- per CD in addition to the fee mentioned above.

    Address

    JHARKHAND SPACE APPLICATIONS CENTER

    Department of Information Technology

    Government of Jharkhand,

    Ground Floor, Engineer's Hostel No.2,

    Near Goal Chakkar, Dhurwa, Ranchi-834004

    Phone 0651-2401719, Fax 0651-2401720