Investment of Rs. 15000 crores of OMBADC fund ?

Investment of
Rs. 15000 crores  of  OMBADC fund 
has not  been  reflected 
in Odisha Chief Secretary’s Review meeting held on 16.9.20

Only 
Rs. 16 crores  available in  OMBADC account 
out  of  Rs. 16,562.27 
crores, information obtained under RTI .  

Dear
friends

As
reported  in media  to day ( 17.9.20) , Chief Secretary Asit
Tripathy  reviewed  sanction and 
utilization of  OMBADC Fund  and directed 
all  departments  to complete 
projects  sanctioned  under 
OMBADC ( Odisha Mineral
Bearing  Area Development  Corporation ) within scheduled  time limit. 
The  press  release 
carries  a  lot 
of  information  except 
investment  of  Rs. 15,022.82 crore in some other 
places  which has not been  disclosed 
by the  authority  of OMBADC 
under RTI Act.

 In
fact, Srikant  Pakal, RTI 
Activist of Cuttack  district ( M-9338455092)    had filed  RTI  to
the PIO, office  of  OMBADC, Govt. of Odisha, Bhubaneswar (
presently  functioning in Aranya Bhawan)  seeking 
information  about (a)  Article of Association, Memorandum of
Association, Date  of Registration of OMBADC,
( b)  present available of fund  in OMBADC till 31^st 
December, 2019 , ( c ) Details
of fund transferred to  different  districts , details of  payments 
made to different  agencies  on various 
works  till December, 2019 , (d) Details of 
fund  deposited  in the 
account  of  OMBADC with 
date  of deposit etc.

 The
Reply of the PIO (information provided)  on dated 28^th August, 2020  is  as
follows.

 1.     
OMBADC (Odisha Mineral Bearing Area Development Corporation)   was   registered  on December, 2014  under 
the  Companies Act, 2013.

2.     
MMDR  Compensation 
money  of OMBADC  as  on
31.12.2019

(Rs. In Crores)

 On
another RTI query, the  PIO,
Director  of  Mines, Govt. of Odisha  has provided 
information dated 31.1.20 list of Mining lease 
holders  with address who paid  compensatory
penalty  as per order  of 
Supreme Court during 2017, amount paid 
each of them with date of payments. 
The  details  of information is  available 
in the  following  link.   A total amount of Rs. 15326,63,88,256
has been  collected  as compensation and  penalty 
as per  direction of the Supreme  Court.

 https://odishasoochana.blogspot.com/2020/03/compensation-and-penalty-collected-from.html

 3.  
OMBADC  was 
constituted  in 2014  with  contribution
from the  Mining  lease 
holders  for the  amount 
paid by them  against  diversion of forest land  for 
mining  purpose. As  per order of  Supreme Court on August 2,2017, the  Mining 
lease holders  have  paid 
penalty  for  illegal 
mining  which has been  deposited 
in OMBADC.  

 As per  press 
release  made  from the 
Chief  Secretary’s office  ( reported 
in media TOI dt. 17.9.20) , the Projects 
worth  Rs.1080.92  crore  has so far been sanctioned  under OMBADC 
in sectors  like housing, drinking
water, skill  development etc.  Counter 
to  this press  release, it was found that   as per RTI 
information provided  from
the  office  of OMBADC 
dt. 28.8.20,  total amount  of Rs. 1143.11  crore 
has already  been released  to  different
line departments  which is  as follows 
in details.

But  the  news (  published  in Prameya dt. 17.9.20) which quotes press
release  of Chief  Secretary, It is stated  that total amount of Rs. 1081 crore  has been 
utilized  from CAMPA Fund.
However, as per RTI  information  provided 
from the  office of OMBADC  in respect 
of Availability and  release
of  Ad hoc CAMPA  Fund 
is as follows.

 a.     
 Ad hoc CAMPA Fund position 
in Bank  as on 31.12.2019

Ad hoc CAMPA Fund Rs. 910
crore  released  to the 
project  implementing agency  as on 31.12.2019

 Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date- 17.9.20