EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1455 CUTTACK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2019 / SRAVAN 11, 1941
COMMERCE & TRANSPORT (TRANSPORT) DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 30th July, 2019
No.5077‒TRN-LC-MISC-0106-2017/T.―In pursuance of direction of the Supreme
Court Committee on Road Safety and for undertaking various road safety activities for
reduction of road accidents and fatalities in the State, a Dedicated Fund for Road Safety has
been created by the Government of Odisha from the year, 2015-16.
For proper utilization and maintenance of the Fund, Government have been pleased to
make the following regulations; namely:─
1. SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT:
(i) These regulation may be called “the Odisha Road Safety Fund Management
Regulations, 2019”.
(ii) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Odisha Gazette.
2. DEFINITION:
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:―
(a) “Committee” means the Committee constituted under the regulations for
management of the fund.
(b) “Financial Year” means a period of twelve months commencing from the 1st Day
of April of a calendar year.
(c)
“Fund” means the “Odisha Road Safety Fund”
(d) “Scheme” means scheme implemented to achieve the objective of the fund.
(e) “Society” means Odisha Road Safety Society registered under the Societies
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860).
(f)
“State” means the State of Odisha.
3. SOURCE OF FUND :
(a) Twenty Per cent of the amount collected towards compounding fees and fines
collected from various Motor Vehicle offences during the year shall be allocated
as Grant-In-Aid to Odisha Road Safety Society in the budget estimate of the
subsequent year under the fund under Demand No.21-2041-00-800-1898-41586-
000-0-1-0 under State Non-Plan by the Government in the Finance Department.
(b) The flow of funds shall be regular.
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(c) The funds shall be deposited in a Bank Account specifically opened for the
purpose.
(d) The Fund shall be non-lapsable.
4. PURPOSE OF THE FUND:
The fund will be utilized for various road safety measures, traffic education, traffic
enforcement etc. with an aim to reduce road accidents and fatalities as detailed below;
namely:―
(i)
To make and implement schemes, projects and awareness programmes
pertaining to road safety and related activities.
(ii)
To take necessary steps for safe plying of vehicles and safe movement of road
users.
(iii)
To identify accident prone places and to take corrective measures.
(iv)
To impart knowledge and create awareness about traffic rules among the
public.
(v)
To provide equipment and vehicles to enforcement agencies for effective
enforcement of traffic rules and for taking steps for controlling road accidents.
(vi)
To provide trauma and post-accident care.
(vii)
To conduct study and research on road safety.
(viii)
To collect and analyze road accident data.
5. OPERATIONAL GUIDELINE:
(1)
Management Committee :―
The Administrative Department for the fund shall be the Commerce & Transport
(Transport) Department and the fund shall be operated by a Committee
constituted as follows; namely:―
(i)
Principal Secretary,
Commerce & Transport (Transport) Department
Chairman
(ii)
Transport Commissioner, Odisha
Member
(iii)
I.G. of Police, C.I.D. & Crime Branch, Odisha
Member
(iv)
Additional /Joint /Deputy Secretary to Government,
Commerce & Transport (Transport) Department
(in-charge of Road Safety)
Member
(v)
A representative in the rank of Special Secretary /
Additional Secretary from Finance Department
Member
(vi)
A representative in the rank of Special Secretary /
Additional Secretary from Health & Family Welfare Department
Member
(vii)
A representative in the rank of Special Secretary /
Additional Secretary from Housing & Urban Dev. Department
Member
(viii)
A representative in the rank of Special Secretary /
Additional Secretary from Works Department
Member
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(ix)
A representative in the rank of Special Secretary /
Additional Secretary from Home Department
Member
(x)
A representative in the rank of Special Secretary /
Additional Secretary from School & Mass Education Department
Member
(xi)
Joint Commissioner Transport (Road Safety)
Member
Secretary
(2)
The Committee shall be called the “Management Committee” of the fund.
(3)
The Committee shall meet at least once in every quarter of a financial year.
(4)
The quorum of the meeting of the Committee shall be five members.
(5)
Further, a meeting shall be held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary to
review the fund position once in a year.
6. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:
(1) The Committee shall select and approve the schemes to be financed from the
fund.
(2) The Committee shall monitor the physical and financial progress of the
sanctioned schemes.
(3) The Committee shall ensure maintenance of account of the fund in accordance
with rules and procedures of the State Government.
7. CONDITIONS FOR THE SCHEME TO BE FINANCED FROM THE FUND:
The conditions for the scheme to be financed from the fund shall be as follows;
namely :―
(1)
Selection of the Scheme shall be made by the Management Committee.
(2)
Only such schemes/plans shall be financed which will be completed within the
timeframe approved by the Committee.
(3)
In no circumstances any amount sanctioned out of the fund shall be invested
under any deposit scheme.
(4)
The amount sanctioned from the fund shall be utilized only for the purpose for
which it is sanctioned.
(5)
However, the Transport Commissioner, Odisha as the Head of the Lead
Agency may sanction up to Rs.15.00 lakh (Rupees Fifteen Lakh only) in one
occasion subject to maximum of Rs.1.00 Crore (Rupees One Crore only) in a
year. Expenditure exceeding the above ceiling may be made with approval of
the Management Committee.
8. PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS TO THE MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE OF THE FUND:
(1)
The proposals/schemes on various activities shall be submitted by different
Departments such as Home, Works, Health and Family Welfare, Housing and
Urban Development to the Lead Agency constituted under the chairmanship of
Transport Commissioner.
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(2)
The
Lead
Agency/Transport
Commissioner
shall
put
up
such
proposals/schemes received from various Departments before the Management
Committee for approval.
(3)
After approval by the Management Committee, the financial sanction shall be
issued by the Transport Commissioner, Odisha for execution of the
proposal/scheme by concerned Departments.
9. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EXECUTION OF THE SCHEME FINANCED OUT OF THE
FUND:
(1)
The Transport Commissioner/Lead Agency shall coordinate the necessary work
for successful execution of the scheme. The head of the concerned
Departments shall be responsible for implementing and regular monitoring of
construction, maintenance and repair of useful equipment financed out of the
fund.
(2)
Heads of Departments concerned shall be responsible for successful
implementation of the schemes. They shall supervise, monitor and review
physical and financial progress of the schemes. The senior most District Level
Officer of respective Department shall be responsible for issue of Completion
Certificate of the scheme.
(3)
The Odisha General Financial Rules (OGFR) and other Government orders
issued from time to time shall be complied with in case of purchases with
respect to the approved schemes.
10. MAINTENANCE AND AUDIT OF FUNDS:
(1)
The Accounts Officer of the Office of the Transport Commissioner shall properly
maintain accounts of the expenditure incurred from the fund in accordance with
provisions of OGFR/Delegation of Financial Rules/Treasury Code etc and such
accounts shall be reconciled with the records of Accountant General, Odisha
simultaneously.
(2)
These accounts shall be audited by the Departmental Auditors as well as the
Accountant General (Audit), Odisha.
(3)
The amount of the fund shall not be invested for any other purpose.
(4)
Detailed report of income of and expenditure from the fund shall be submitted
by the Lead Agency to Government from time to time as and when required.
The Office Order No.7224/T., dated the 6th October, 2016 is superseded herewith.
By Order of the Governor
G. SRINIVAS
Principal Secretary to Government
Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10
Ex. Gaz. 786-173+100