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INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMBASSY, REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 4(1)(B) OF THE RTI ACT, 2005

(i)

the particulars of its organization, functions and duties;

Embassy of India is headed by Ambassador.

The functions of the Embassy inter alia, include political and economic cooperation, trade and investment promotion, cultural interaction, press and media liaison, and scientific cooperation in bilateral and multilateral contexts.        
Embassy functions within the purview of business allocated to the Ministry of External Affairs under the Government of India's Allocation of Business Rules and Transaction of Business Rules.

(ii)

the powers and duties of its officers and employees;

General Administrative powers are derived from IFS (PLCA) Rules, as amended from time to time.

Financial powers of the Officers of the Embassy of India have been detailed in the Delegated Financial powers of the Government of India's Representatives Abroad.

Other powers are derived from the Passport Act of India.
The Officers of the Embassy function under the guidance and supervision of the Ambassador.

(iii)

the procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability;

Decisions are taken under the instruction and supervision of the Ambassador.

(iv)

the norms set by it for the discharge of its functions

Norms are set under the instruction and supervision of the Ambassador.

(v)

the rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions;

IFS PLCA rules and annexures

Delegated Financial Powers of Government of India's Representatives abroad Rules

Passport Act

Manuals on Office Procedures

Other Central Government Rules and manuals published by Central Government.

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a statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control;

Classified documents/files relating to India's external relations

Unclassified documents/files including joint statements, declarations, agreements and MoUs.
Passport and consular services application forms

(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;

Embassy of India functions within the norms of India's foreign policy formulated by the Ministry of External Affairs. Policy is implemented by the Embassy under the guidance and supervision of the Ambassador.


Embassy interacts regularly with representatives of think tanks, academic community and others.

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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 advice, 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;

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a directory of its officers and employees;

A directory is given at Annex-I  

(x)

the monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations;

A statement of monthly remuneration is at :
Annex-II

(xi)

the budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made;

The Budget figures for the current financial year are given in the statement at Annex-III

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the manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes;

Embassy of India does not have any subsidy programme.

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particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by it;

No concessions/permits are granted by the Embassy of India.

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details in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form;

The Embassy's website has the required information. The Embassy also makes available to interested individuals various CD's and DVD's containing information on India, its people and culture.

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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;

Central Public Information officer:-
Attache
Mr. Upendra Singh Negi
Telephone: +38111266520
Fax         : +381113674209
Email: 
attache.belgrade@mea.gov.in 

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the names, designations and other particulars of the Central Public Information officer;

the Appellate Authority will be Cd'A
Mr. S K Verma,

Tel: +381112666520
Fax : +381113674209
Email 
hoc.belgrade@mea.gov.in

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such other information as may be prescribed and thereafter update these publications every year;

The Embassy's website has information which is updated on a regular basis.

ANNEX I

ANNEX IIMonthly Remuneration of Officers and Staff (India-Based) of Embassy of India, BelgradeNote : Apart from basic pay, India based Officers/staff are paid Foreign Allowance as fixed by Ministry of External Affairs from time to time.ANNEX IIITHE APPROVED FIGURES OF BE 2017-18 IN RESPECT OF E/I, BELGRADE ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Sl. No.

Designation

Name

1.

Ambassador – designate

Mr. Subrata Bhattacharjee

2.

First Secretary/Charge d’ Affairs a.i.

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Verma

3.

Attache (E & C)

Mr. Upendra Singh Negi

4.

ASO (Acctts & Protocol)

Mr. Vasu Jyoti Sharma

5.

ASO (Admn & Cons)

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Insan

6.

Personal Assistant

Mr. Niranjan Kumar

7.

Personal Assistant

Mr. Pankaj Kumar

8.

IBSA

Mr. Jimmy Augustine

Sl.No

Sanctioned Post

No. of Posts

Pay Scale

1

Ambassador

1

Rs. 225000

2

FS/SS

Rs. 78800-180500

3

Attache

1

Rs.47600-128200

 

 

 

 

5

ASO

2

Rs.44900-102800

6

PA/Stenographer

2

Rs. 25500-102800

7

IBSA

1

Rs.18000-41100

HEAD

AMOUNT (RUPEES IN THOUSANDS)

CHANCERY

COMMERCIAL

SALARIES   

25296

16625

WAGES

20

0

OVERTIME ALLOWANCE

300

0

MEDICAL TREATMENT

700

570

TRAVEL EXPENSES (LOCAL)

341

0

TRAVEL EXPENSES (OTHERS)

2800

1600

PUBLICITY

3150

0

OFFICE EXPENSES

6000

546

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

450

0

RENT,RATES & TAXES

14675

3200

MINOR WORKS

96

0

OTHER CHARGES

0

0

TRADE PROMOTION

 

 2350

TOTAL

53828

24891

Embassy of India, Belgrade

Year

Total No. of deaths registered/informed

Sex of the deceased

Cause of death

2012

Nil

N.A.

N.A.

2013

Nil

N.A.

N.A.

2014

Nil

N.A.

N.A.

2015

Nil

N.A.

N.A.

2016

Nil

N.A.

N.A.

2017

Nil

N.A.

N.A.

2018

01

Male

Not known

2019

01

Male

Not known

2020

Nil

N.A.

N.A.