Suo Motu Disclosure

Joint Secretary (AMRUT), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is the ex-officio Chairman of TCPO. All the Policy matters are referred to the Chairman for his consideration/ decision. 

Chief Planner is the Head of the Department who is delegated with all the powers of the Head of the Department of a subordinate office under ‘Financial Rules’. The Chief Planner approves all the technical matters, reports, studies, projects; etc., dealt with by the Organization. 

Additional Chief Planner is next to the Chief Planner. He is overall in-charge of a few divisions in TCPO and also functions as head of the office. 

Town and Country Planner the next in the hierarchy; are the heads of the divisions. The Divisional Head is responsible to supervise, conduct, formulate and monitor the technical work assigned to the respective division. The organization is structured into seven divisions supported by the Administration and OL Division. 

Associate Town & Country Planners / Associate Architect, next in the hierarchy, are the middle-level officers in the Organization. They are in-charge of various technical projects, studies, monitoring work assigned to the concerned division. They submit all such work to the divisional head for consideration, who in turn forwards the same to the Additional Chief Planner for his consideration and approval. 

Assistant Town & Country Planners / Research Officers are the lower rung officers attached with various divisions depending upon the workload. They scrutinize, formulate, assess, appraise and workout various studies and planning projects including monitoring of schemes. They submit their work to the next senior officer or divisional head, as the case may be for his perusal, guidance, and consideration. 

Planning Assistants / Research Assistants / Investigators are the supporting staff at the subordinate level, attached with various divisions depending upon nature and quantum of work. They are responsible for the collection, compilation and scrutiny of information, conducting surveys, preparation of drawings and maps and provide all other necessary support to the supervisory officers and divisional head. 

Administrative Officer is the in-charge of the Administration Division supported by Office Superintendents,  Senior Secretariate Assistants and Junior Secretariate Assistants.

Senior P.A. Group-B Gazetted Officer and senior-most in the cadre of stenographers is attached to the Chief Planner. Sr. P.A. is responsible for maintaining the engagement diary and provides other secretarial assistance to the Chief Planner who is a Joint Secretary level officer. 

Assistant Director (OL), a Group-A Gazetted Officer is in-charge of Hindi Division in the Organization. He is responsible for matters related to the promotion of Hindi. 

Office Superintendent is the in-charge of one section of the Administration and provides support to the Administrative Officer in disposing off assigned administrative matters. 

Stenographers Grade I, II and III are attached to various Divisions depending upon workload; provide stenographic, computer and secretarial assistance to the supervisory officers and the divisional head. 

Hindi Translator is responsible to translate all the technical matters from English to Hindi and provide support to the AD (OL) and other senior officers in all such matters.

Documentation Assitant is the in-charge of office Library administration and managament, purchase of government and non-government publications, journals, magazines, news papers etc and accesssioning, classificatio and cataloguing of documents received in teh Library. He, also provides reference, referral and resource sharing services to the officers/offiicals of TCPO.

Senior Secretariat Assistant and Junior Secretariat Assistant at the lower administrative hierarchy are the supporting staff to the  Office Superintendent and Administrative Officer. They initiate the administrative files and are responsible for maintaining the records and upkeep of files. 

Multi-Tasking staff is posted in various divisions of the Organization to provide support in the sorting of records, movement of files and diary and dispatch work. 

All the technical matters such as preparation of plans and projects, appraisal reports of central sector schemes, comments on technical documents received from the central Ministries and other concerned agencies, policy notes and guidelines are processed and scrutinized at the middle level officers with the help of supporting staff and put up to the divisional head for consideration. The concerned divisional head forwards all such matters to the Chief Planner, TCPO for his consideration and approval. Once it is technically cleared by the Chief Planner, the matter is sent to the Ministry for consideration and further necessary action.

For all the technical matters supervision is done by the middle-level officers at the level of Associate Planner and finalized by the divisional Head i.e. Town & Country Planner before putting up to the Chief Planner for consideration/approval.

Responsibility and accountability for the work at various levels in the division.

While taking up any work relating to the preparation of plans/projects and conducting studies, a specific time period is stipulated based on the nature, scope and coverage of the work and the same is completed accordingly. For taking up any study the time period is generally 6 months to one year depending upon the scope and quantum of work  

VIP references and other important technical matters are attended on priority and disposed off within a week as per the instructions received from the Ministry from time to time. 

With reference to administrative matters within the office, the Chief Planner TCPO has issued instructions for disposal of various administrative matters such as advances and withdrawals required by the staff and processing of various applications within 1 – 4 weeks depending upon the nature of work, vide office circular no. C.11018/2/2001-TCPO/Admn.III dated 29.01.2002

All the technical and administrative matters are processed, supervised and coordinated at the division level and finally disposed off with the approval of Chief Planner

The provision in Financial Rules and Service Rules and the MOP, as published by Government of India, from time to time along with other necessary instructions issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Finance, as well as Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, are followed in discharging various functions. 

Ministry has also formulated the Urban Development Plan, Formulation and Implementation (URDPFI) Guidelines which are referred for various technical matters. 

In addition, TCPO formulated a number of Manuals and Guides on various aspects of urban and regional planning and development, which are referred to while dealing with various technical matters, and preparation of plans and projects. 

TCPO has formulated the Guidelines and Design & Standards Document for the scheme on the National Urban Information System (NUIS) to operationalize the scheme.

TCPO has also formulated the Guidelines, Design & Standards Document, Model RFP etc for the Sub-Scheme on formualtion of GIS based Master Plan for 500 AMRUT Cities.

Since inception, TCPO prepared a number of Manuals and Guides on various aspects of urban and regional planning and development and published technical documents which are being used as reference material while taking up plans, projects, studies and other technical work. Some of the important documents prepared by TCPO are listed below: 

Manuals and Guidelines: 

• Manual for Preparation of Town and Regional Planning Maps - 1972 
• Guide to Survey of Industrial Establishments for the preparation of Development Plans -1972 
• Guide to Preliminary Planning Surveys for Small and Medium Size Towns - 1972 
• Guide to Analyzing Industrial Development in connection with Regional Planning - 1973 
• Guide to Land Use Classification for Planning Purposes – 1973 
• Report on Norms and Space Standards for Planning of Public Sector Project Towns – 1974 
• Guide to Classification of Industries on the basis of their Sustainability for Different Land Use Zones in Urban Areas – 1975 
• Guide to Survey of Industrial Establishments for the Preparation of Development Plans – 1975 
• Guide to Demographic Survey for Regional and Urban Planning – 1976     Guide to Industrial Zoning – 1976 
• Guide to Industrial Regionalisation – 1976 
• Guide to Preliminary Planning Survey of Urban Areas Including Land Use Classification – 1977 
• Norms and Space Standards for Urban Water Supply and Sewerage – 1980 
• Guide on Plant Materials for Landscaping in India – 1980 
• Guide to Preliminary Planning Surveys of Urban Area including Land Use Classification – 2003 

Scheme Guidelines: 

• Revised IDSMT Guidelines 
• IDSMT: Status Report 
• NUIS Standards Document 
• NUIS Guidelines 
• UIDSSMT: Status Report
• 2015 AMRUT- GIS Sub Schemes Guidelines 
• AMURT - GIS Sub Scheme Design & Standards
• 2018 - AMRUT - LAP & TPS Guidelines 

Technical Documents: 

• Town & Country Planning in India – 1962 
• Regional Planning Efforts in India – 1982 
• Urban land Use and Density Patterns in India – 1983 
• A Compendium on Indian Slums – 1996 
• Urban and Regional Planning and Development in India – 1996 
• TCPO : Retrospect and Prospect – 2001 
• “Households with Drainage Facilities in India – 2001”. 
• Households with Toilet Facilities in India –2001 
• Access of Households to Drinking Water in India – 2001 
• Final Population of Urban Agglomerations and Towns – 2001 - Population – range wise – 2005 
• Final Population of cities and towns by Population Range – 2001 - Including outgrowths – May, 2005 

Office and Employee Records: 

• Personal Service Books of Officers and Employees of TCPO 
• Office files maintained in the divisions as well as administrative section. 
• Office Stock register. 
• Staff car Log Books 

NO Such Boards, Councils, Committees and other Bodies constituted as part of the Public Authority

Directory of Officers and Employees

The given below documents are available in both Hindi and English language

ACPIO/ CPIO / APPELLATE AUTHORITY UNDER RTI ACT, 2005

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ORGANISATION

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

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नगर एवं ग्राम नियोजन संगठन

आवासन और शहरी कार्य मंत्रालय

No desciplinary action has been taken aganinst any employee of this organisation

Various trainings have been given to Administrative Staffs and RTI Cell officials to understand the RTI Act

Town and Country Planning Organisation does not have any branch or field office. The inter-divisional transfers occur as per the workload. 

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All the procurements related to TCPO is through GeM(Government e-Marketplace) portal of Government of India.

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This Organisation is not Dealing with the subject. The information may be available at the Minisitry of Housing and Urban Affair Website URL : - https//mohua.gov.in  

No such grants have been allocated to TCPO.

There is no public dealing in TCPO. However, concerned officers from state town and country planning departments and other government agencies, planning schools, students and researchers do visit TCPO for seeking certain technical information and guidance on various aspects of urban and regional planning. 

In connection with central sector projects / schemes taken up or being monitored by the organization; representatives from the state governments / local bodies also visit this office to know the status of such projects / schemes. For such purposes, visitors meet the Chief Planner or the concerned divisional head for seeking the required information. 

Information may also be sought from the Public Information Officer for seeking the information under the provisions of RTI Act, 2005.

CAG & PAC paras are not linked with Administration.

Town and Country Planning Organisation does not have any branch or field office. The inter-divisional transfers occur as per the workload.

No Such Policies decisions/Legislation taken in the previous one year.

Internet(TCPO Website,Email) and Printed Form (Reports and Guidlines)

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All Information available free of cost 

Hindi and English

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All the Guidelines and reports prepared by TCPO are avialable in the electronic form which is available below location 

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Departmental Library is maintained in the Organization. It is not open to the public and has about 11,000 documents containing Census publications, technical documents, subject books, etc. However, students of planning and architecture and researchers are allowed to refer the Library with the permission of Chief Planner.

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