OBRAS DE ACCESIBILIDAD

Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Horticulture, Air Conditioning, Fire Fighting, Transportation and Canteen Services, Arrangement of Model Examination Center, Purchase of different variety of paper mainly for printing self instructional material for students enrolled and meeting requirement of other items required by Heads of Departments or NIOS staff is placed under the purview of Building, Maintenance and Purchase Section.

The tasks of Operationalising Guest House accommodation available at A-31, Sector – 62 Noida, Renovation and development of Reception area to work as a Facilitation Centre, Furnishing of Conference Halls, Purchase of paper and other materials indented by Heads of Departments were also undertaken.

7.2.1 Permanent Electricity Connection

Completion Certificate/NOC for A 24-25, Sector–62, Noida building has been obtained and permanent electricity connection was obtained. The cost of running D.G. Sets has now come down considerably and there is less wear and tear of electric equipments.

S. No. Name Designation Date of joining

1. Shri C. Dharuman Director (Evaluation) 24-06-2010

2. Dr. K. P. Wasnik Director (Voc. Edu.) 02-08-2010

3. Dr. Kuldeep Agarwal Director (Academic) 04-11-2010

4. Smt. Neelam Gautam Deputy Director (Accounts) 28-02-2011 5. Shri C. Neelap Deputy Director / Regional Director 12-08-2010 6. Shri Rushi Kumar Rath Deputy Director / Regional Director 01-09-2010 7. Shri Ajay Kumar Khanduri Deputy Director / Regional Director 30-09-2010 8. Shri Badagala Vara Prasada Rao Deputy Director / Regional Director 30-09-2010

9. Shri Anil Kumar Accounts Officer 15-09-2010

10. Shri Krishan Kant Sagar Electronic Engineer 19-01-2011 11. Shri Pramod Kumar T.K. Assistant Director (Acad.) 29-03-2011 12. Dr. A. K. Singh Assistant Director (Acad.) 28-02-2011

7.2.2 Maintenance of NIOS Premises

Basic amenities such as housekeeping services, generator operation, running of lift services, security arrangements, upkeep of horticulture, communication services have been provided in both the buildings of NIOS. Fire fighting equipments have also been put in place in all the floors of both the buildings.

7.2.3 Subsidized Transport and Canteen Services

As a welfare measure subsidized transport facility provided to NIOS staff has been continued this year too. Subsidized canteen facilities at both the buildings has also been provided to NIOS staff.

7.2.4 Arrangement of Model Examination Center

In order to maintain the credibility of exam and to curb the malpractices in NIOS examinations, innovative steps were taken for examinations since April, 2009 onwards, were also continued this year too. A model examination centers were established at NIOS HQ and in all Regional Centers. Installation of CCTVs, video recordings during examination, security arrangements, use of public address system and other facilities required in conduct of smooth examinations were arranged. Seating arrangements of around 500 candidates were made within NIOS premises.

7.2.5 Purchase and Procurement

Different varieties of printing paper was procured mainly for printing of self Instructional Materials (SIM) for students enrolled. This year 4450 MTs of paper worth Rs. 17.7 crore was purchased. Other purchased of consumable and non-consumable items has also been done as per the GFR-2005. Mini Studio in Media Unit has been set up and to be got inaugurated very soon.

7.3 Accounts

7.3.1 The accounts unit is a major branch of administration department, which prepares the Annual Accounts of NIOS in pursuance of Memorandum of Association of NOS Society and govt. of India’s directions. It keeps account of all income and expenditure incurred in respect of all activities and programmes of NIOS.

During 2010-11 Audit of Regional Centres were taken up and there was delegation of Financial Powers.

Audit of Regional Centres: The Internal Audit team

are constituted for audit of Regional Centres, which have conducted internal audit of some Regional Centres such as Delhi, Jaipur, Patna, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Allahabad etc. The Audit team guided about correct procedure in the Regional Centre for efficient discharge of work.

Delegation of Financial Powers: During the year,

NIOS has revised the Delegation of Financial Powers with the approval of Finance Committee and Executive Board of NIOS. The financial powers are decentralized and Regional Centres are delegated financial powers so that they can efficiently perform their duties and responsibilities.

7.3.2 Income Generated by the NIOS

All Non-Plan expenditure are met from own generated income of NIOS which is coming by way of admission & examination fees from NIOS learners and income from sale of publication, interest receipt and other misc. income. During the year 2010-11 income from fees were to the tune of Rs. 7980.93 lakhs as against Rs. 7220.51 lakhs during 2009-10 whereas income from other sources were Rs. 1925.76 lakhs against the previous year figure of Rs. 1715.40 lakhs. The trend of NIOS generated income for the last 10 years is given at Annexure - 1A & 1B.

7.3.3 Expenditure

The Non-Plan expenditure during the year 2010-11 was Rs. 7198.19 lakh as compared to Rs. 6975.04 lakh during previous year. The Plan expenditure during the year 2010-11 was Rs. 819.03 lakh as compared to Rs. 1160.92 lakh during previous year. A diagrammatic presentation of the NIOS Non Plan and Plan expenditure from 1999- 2000 onwards are at Annexure II and III.

7.3.4 Budgetary Support to NIOS

The budgetary support to NIOS from the MHRD during 2010-11 was Rs. 1125.00 lakh under Plan only. A diagrammatic presentation of Budgetary support to NIOS from the MHRD since 1999-2000 is at Annexure –IV.

7.3.5 Fee Concession to Prioritized Groups

During 2010-11, subsidy aggregating to Rs. 722.04 lakh was given in the form of concessions in admission fee to the students belonging to weaker sections of society comprising women, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, ex-servicemen and handicapped. This subsidy was solely met from NIOS generated funds. The number of beneficiaries availing subsidy during the year was 2,01,599 [SCs; 57420, STs; 33,512, Ex-Servicemen; 205, Handicapped; 1895, Women; 1,08,567 (excluding SC/ST Women)]. The rates of subsidy ranged between Rs. 250 to Rs. 450 per student depending on the courses of study and gender. A diagrammatic presentation of year wise subsidies given from 1999-2000 to 2010-11 is at Annexure –V.

7.3.6 Important Activities

During the year 2010-11:

In order to comply with accrual system of accounting, depreciation was charged on Fixed Assets of NIOS.

Efficient management of working capital was effected with the help of cash flow and fund flow statement.

Effective control was exercised on fixed assets by way of preparing fixed assets schedule in proper proforma.

Separate Balance sheet, Income & Expenditure A/c and Receipt & Payment A/c have been prepared in respect of GPF & Pension Fund.

The annual accounts of NIOS were prepared on accrual basis, in uniform format as applicable to all central autonomous bodies and prescribed by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

The computerization of Accounts in all the Regional Centres of NIOS was adopted and the monthly accounts of all Regional Centres are being prepared in Tally 9.0 version. Synchronization of Tally data of all Regional Centres will be introduced in 2011-12.

The certification audit of accounts of NIOS for the year 2009-10 was got conducted by DGACR from 11-06-2010 to 25-06-2010.

Audit certification of Annual Accounts for the year 2009-10 which was obtained from DGACR has already been laid in the Parliament by the MHRD.

A training programme on Tally package & Accounting System was held on 10th _{& 11}th

September 2010 at NIOS Hqrs.

The funds generated by way of collection of admission and examination fees and sale of publications etc. during the year 2010-2011 were to the tune of Rs. 9906.69 lakh as against Rs. 8935.91 lakh during 2009-2010. The increase of 10.87% in the revenue was due to (a) increase in the number of students enrolled and increase in the number of students who appeared for examinations, (b) increase in receipt of miscellaneous fee, and (c) receipt of interest on term deposit from bank. Income from interest earned by NIOS during 2010-2011 was Rs. 1124.01 lakhs. The trend of NIOS generated income from 1999-2000 onwards is at Annexure-I.