CITIZEN CHARTER OF INFORMATION &
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
Our Motto: To keep people and Government informed.
INTRODUCTION:
The
department of Information & Public Relations has been entrusted with
responsibility of disseminating the policies and programmes of the Government
to the public and keep Government informed about the peoples reaction in regard
to these.
Presently, all modes of communication
viz-personal contact, Song and Drama, Audio-Video, Photo exhibition,
Print/Electronic Media are being used by the Department to achieve this
objective. The department has its own website in which Govt. decisions in
support of policies and programmes are incorporated time to time so that
maximum number of people could be informed within and out side the state. The
department is utilizing latest technique for transmitting information to print
and electronic media. All the offices of the department are computerized.
PUBLIC INTERFACE:
The client or customers of the
department is people of the state in general and media persons in particular as
through them the information is provided to the masses from time to time.
The department issues News
releases/Press notes and advertisements, organizes Press conferences for
informing public. Besides development articles, features, articles and
backgrounders are also issued.
Himachal diary of 30 minutes is
regularly being produced by the department, which highlights the developmental
aspects and events. This is being telecast thrice in a month on Ist, 3rd
and 5th Sunday at
OUR STAFF:
The department is headed by the
Director located in the Suchna Avam Jan Samapark Bhawan, near Majitha House,
Chhotta Shimla. It consists of various wings such as Press Section, Feature Section,
Advertisement section, Photo Section, ENG Unit, Song and Drama Unit, Exhibition
Unit, Publication wing, Establishment Section and Accounts Sections. The
directorate controls, administers and gives guidelines to its subordinate
offices i.e. District Public Relations Offices, which are located in every
districts headquarters in the state and are headed by Distt Public Relations
Officers. The department has Press Liaision Offices at
KEEPING YOU INFORM:
The
department is bound to keep itself informed of all the policies and programmes
as well as projects and schemes related to every department, which are being
implemented in the field. The department collects information from all the
developmental activities undertaken by various departments and publicises the
same for general public. In view of this the department is always in the need
of information related to various departments and government decisions taken
from time to time.
In natural calamity and major
accidents cases the timely information is vital for public and media persons.
But as top government functionaries are out to places of mishap to
supervise/assist relief and rescue work. It becomes tough to PR personal to
obtain the details and further dissemination of correct information. Being
government department, the responsibility to provide right, factual and timely
information is more important.
In such cases if incident occurs in
some remote and far-flung corner of the state, the things get more complex as
delay occurs in getting authentic information. The next higher official or
officer of the department such as APRO, DPRO and state headquarter should be
informed frequently in these particular cases. The higher official or officials
are expected to address the situation and get the complete information/details
from the concerned quarters as soon as early possible.
The department can help by providing
right feedback to the Government if some policy and programmes are not
acceptable to the public.
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Annexure-‘A’
Name of the Department/Offices: Information & Public Relations
Details of PIO, APIOs
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|
Designation |
Complete Office Address |
Office Telephone No. |
E-mail Address |
Jurisdiction/ Units under the
control for which he will
rendering in formation to
applicants. |
|
State Public
Information Officer at Department level |
Director |
Suchna Avam Jan Sampark Bhawan, H.P.Shimla-2 |
2621853 |
dprhp@yahoo.com |
Throughout the
State. |
|
Assistant Public
Information Officers at Department level |
1. Additional/
Joint/Deputy Director 2. Distt Public
Relations Officers 3. Assistant Public Information Officers |
Suchna Avam Jan Sampark Bhawan, H.P.Shimla-2 In every Distt In their place of posting |
|
|
Within their area of
jurisdiction. Within the
concerned Distt. Within the
concerned Sub-Division. |
|
A) Shri Rajender Rajan,Public Information Officer (PIO) |
Deputy Director |
Directorate of Information & Public Relations, H.P.Shimla-2 |
95177-2621328 |
|
All offices of the Department in the State as well as PLO’s |
|
B) Smt. Arti Gupta,
Assistant Public Information Officers (APIO) |
Information Officer |
Directorate of Information & Public Relations, H.P.Shimla-2 |
95177-2621328 |
|
All offices of the Department in the State as well as PLO’s |
|
C) Shri Shiv Dutt
Garag, Appellate Authority. |
Joint Director |
Directorate of Information & Public Relations, H.P.Shimla-2 |
95177-2621328 |
|
All offices of the Department in the State as well as PLO’s |
Annexure
List of Bodies, which needs to be brought under the purview of Right to
Information Act, 2005 of Government of India.
|
Sr.No. |
Nomination |
Activities performed |
Nature and extent of ownership by owned/cont rolled/ substantially financed |
Extent of financial assistance provided directly or indirectly |
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-N.A- |
-N.A- |
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