NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

The Right to Information Act, 2005

The Right to Information Act, 2005 has been passed by Parliament and has received the assent of the President on 15 June 2005 The Act aims at providing for setting out the practical regime of the right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commission and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

The Act extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu & Kashmir. The entire Act comes into force with effect from 12 October 2005 . Under the provision of the said Act, NABARD as a Public Authority is under obligation to publish certain data as required under Section 4 (1) (b) of the Act. Besides, under Section 5 (1), NABARD is required to designate Central Public Information Officers in all its offices to provide information to citizens requesting for the same.

FOR ALL INFORMATION RELATED TO NABARD HEAD OFFICE

NABARD has designated Shri V. Ramakrishna Rao, Chief General Manager & Secretary, Secretary's Department, Head Office, Mumbai (Tel No.(022- 2653 0063) as the Central Public Information Officer. In his absence, Shri C. K. Gopalakrishna, Chief General Manager, Head Office, Mumbai (Tel No. (022-2653 9878) will be the Central Public Information Officer. The address and other details of the above officers are as follows:

Name and Designation
Shri V. Ramakrishna Rao, Chief General Manager & Secretary

Address
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
Plot No. C - 24, G Block
Bandra Kurla Complex
Bandra (East)
Mumbai - 400 051

E-mail
secy@nabard.org

FOR ALL INFORMATION RELATED TO :

(A) VARIOUS STATES

(B) BANKS OPERATING IN THE STATES

(C) NABARD OPERATIONS IN THE STATE

(D) ABOUT NABARD REGIONAL OFFICE IN THE STATE

The Chief General Manager (CGM) in charge of NABARD Regional Office located at the State headquarters is designated as Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) . He will deal with all queries relating to Regional Offices, client institutions, other institutions/authorities and outside persons within the state/ jurisdiction of the Regional Office. He will also deal with all requests received from staff of the Regional Office as also the retired officers and staff settled in the state. Click here to get the names addresses and contact details of CPIOs.

APPELLATE AUTHORITY

Shri Amaresh Kumar, Executive Director, NABARD, Head Office, Mumbai shall be the Appellate authority in NABARD, for the entire Bank, both for information related to Head Office and information related to various States for the purpose of receiving appeals under the provisions of section 19 (1) of the said Act.

(a) All the appeals relating to replies furnished by CPIO , NABARD, HO, will be addressed to:

Shri. Amaresh Kumar, Executive Director, NABARD (Appellate Authority), NABARD, 7th Floor, 'C' Wing, C-24, G-Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400051.

Tel No. : (022) 26530011
Fax No. (022) 26530012
E-mail : ed3@nabard.org

(b) All the appeals emanating from the replies furnished by the CPIO at the NABARD’s various Regional Offices will be addressed as under:

Shri. Amaresh Kumar, Executive Director (Appellate Authority)

Address: Address of the Regional Office concerned (Click here for Addresses)

The citizens who wish to obtain information regarding NABARD can approach the Regional Offices located at the State headquarters for information specific to their State and NABARD Head Office, Mumbai for information relating to NABARD in general. The information would be provided based on an application accompanied by the prescribed fees for the purpose. The fees prescribed for the purpose are as under :

Application Fee : Rs. 10/- per application

The amount may be tendered at the concerned Regional Office or Head Office of NABARD in the form of cash or by Demand Draft or bankers cheque drawn in favour of NABARD.

For providing information:

Rs. 2/- per each page (in A4 size paper) created or copied.
actual charge or cost price of a copy in larger size paper.
actual cost or price for samples or models; and
for inspection of records, no fee for the first hour ; And a fee of Rs. 5/- for each 15 minutes (or fraction thereof thereafter).
For information provided in diskettes, floppy : Rs 50/- for diskette or floppy.

For information in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or Rs 2/- per page of photocopy.

The amount may be tendered at the concerned Regional Office or Head Office of NABARD in the form of cash or by Demand Draft or bankers cheque drawn in favour of NABARD

The citizens of below poverty line category are exempted from paying the fees.

Under the provisions 4(1)(b) of the Act, NABARD has provided information Department wise under various heads as indicated below in its Website. (www.nabard.org)

The particulars of its organization, functions and duties
The power and duties of its officers and employees
Procedure followed in decision making including channels of supervision and accountability
The norms set by it for the discharge of its functions
The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions.
Statement of categories of documents that are held by it or under its control.
The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by the members of the public, in relation to the formulation of policy or implementation thereof - NOT APPLICABLE
A Statement of the Boards, Councils, Committees and other bodies consisting of 2 or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice.
Directory of its officers and employees
Monthly remuneration received by its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations
The budget allocated to its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made
The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details and beneficiaries of such programmes
Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by it -NOT APPLICABLE
Details of the information available to, or held by it, reduced in an electronic form
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
The names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers
Such other information as may be prescribed

The information provided in the Website is being updated on a regular basis. However, while citizens are free to source our website for any information, they can also approach Regional Offices / Head Office of NABARD for obtaining additional information, if any under the Act.

List of Departments

Functions of Department

NABARD Act

NABARD General Regulations, 1982

NABARD General Regulations 1984 (Additional)

Details of award of tenders / contracts issued by NABARD

About NABARD

Role and Functions

Subsidiaries of NABARD

Associated with NABARD

Rural Economy

Model Bankable Projects