ASTUDY ON

HR AND IR SCENARIOAT

NESCO, BALASORE

Sumit Shankar Kundu

The Electricity Supply Act of 1948

Central Electricity Authority

State Electricity Boards

Orissa State Electricity Board 1961

TRANSMISSION COMPANIES

GENERATION COMPANIES

GRIDCO 1996

NESCO

WESCO

CESCO

SOUTHCO

NESCO, BALASORE• Incorporated on November 19, 1997

• Carries out distribution & retail supply of electricity energy in

North-Eastern regions of ORISSA

• Joint venture between ORISSA POWER TRANSMISSION

CORPORATION LIMITED (OPTCL) & Reliance Energy Ltd.

• Caters to a consumer base of 0.4 million with an estimated energy

input of 2,500 Mu’s

• Reliance Energy Ltd holds 51% stake

• Reliance Energy Ltd took control of management from Jan 18th 2003

Strengthening of safety, loss reduction activities & promoting environment

protection.

Streamlining of the billing system, revenue collection and other value

added services for consumers.

NESCO inspires its employees to become consumer centric.

Satisfying the customers’ needs and powering State's growth.

To be a powerful Distribution Company in the Electricity sector of Orissa

state:

Uninterrupted & reliable power supply at competitive rates to all

customers round the clock, 365 days a year.

Continuously develop competent and committed human resources to

match best standards.

Optimum use of Technical & Human Resources.

MISSION

VISION

VGM

(COMMERCE)

A.K. DASHGM

(HRD (I/C))

PK MOHANTY

AGM(FINANCE)

S.D.BHANJA

AGM(RA & DSM)

S. BHUYAN

AGM(MRT &

EA)

A.K. BARDHANAGM (RE

BALASORE)

S. SINGHDGM

(WORKS)

S.P. MALLICK

AGM(HT

MAINT.)

M.K. PRAHARAJ

AGM(PUR)

P.K. MOHANTY

CS

M.R. MOHAPATRACEO

CORPORATE ORGANISATION CHART OF NESCO, BALASORE

S. SWAINGET

R.R. RATHGET

A PANDA

SECY EXE.

HR WING

S K MISHRA

DM (HR)

P C ROUT

JM (HR)

S N DEBGOSWAMI

JM (HR)

B BEHERA

SO

K C MOHANTY

JM (HR)

C K RATH

AM (HRD)

S S MOHAPATRA

DM (HR) JAJPUR ROAD

CIRCLE

A K DASHGM (HRD) I/C

LIST OF CIRCLES AND DIVISIONS OF NESCOSl. No. NAME OF CIRCLE/DIVISION

1 EC, BALASORE

2 BED, BALASORE

3 BED, BASTA

4 JED, JALESWAR

5 CED, BALASORE

6 EC, BARIPADA

7 BED, BARIPADA

8 UED, UDALA

9 RED, RAIRANGPUR

10 EC, BHADRAK

11 BED, BHADRAK

12 BSED, BHADRAK

13 SED, SORO

14 EC, JAJPUR ROAD

15 JRED, JAJPUR ROAD DIVISION

16 JTED, JAJPUR TOWN

17 KED, KEONJHAR

18 AED, ANANDPUR

MANPOWER POSITION AS ON 30.04.2007

• TOTAL TECHNICAL EXECUTIVES – 366

• TOTAL NON TECHNICAL EXECUTIVES – 52

• TOTAL TECHNICAL NON EXECUTIVES – 3069

• TOTAL NON TECHNICAL NON EXECUTIVES – 610

• TOTAL CONTRACT WORKERS - 552

ASPECTS OF HR & IR AT NESCO• RECRUITMENT & SELECTION• INDUCTION & PLACEMENT• TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT• PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL• FRINGE BENEFITS• WORKERS PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT• GRIEVANCE HANDLING• SAFETY• SOCIAL SECURITY

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION

• Done through newspaper advertisements

• Follows the rules of ORISSA SERVICE CODES

• Graduate Engineer Trainees – GETs

• Diploma Engineer Trainees – DETs

• ITI Certificate Holders

ITI Holders

• Trainee Apprentice – simple ITI

• Trainee Technician – ITI + Workman Permit

SELECTION PROCESS

• Scrutiny

• Written Test

• Final Interview

INDUCTION & PLACEMENT

• Consolidated pay during training period• Probation period of one year after training• Payment as per scale of pay after

regularisation• Placements in various DIVISIONS, SUB-

DIVISIONS, SECTIONS & DEPARTMENTS• Induction programme of one week for the

selected employees

INDUCTION & PLACEMENT

• Newly recruited undergo two years training• On successful completion, GETs are regularised as ASSISTANT MANAGER

(Electrical) DETs are regularised as JUNIOR MANAGER

(Electrical) ITI’s regularised as JUNIOR TECHNICIAN

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

• Executives have undergone training programs at Managerial Development Institute – MUMBAI, Management Institute of Hyderabad and DRUM program at DELHI.

• MOU with US Energy Association, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation APS for exchange of information and experience

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

• 26 executives have attended several conventions and programmes on FINANCE

• 3 executives have attended several conventions and programmes on HUMAN RESOURCE

• 4 executives have attended several conventions and programmes on INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• 21 executives attended several conventions and programmes on LOSS REDUCTION

• 185 executives and 10 non-executives attended several conventions and programmes on TECHNICAL ASPECTS

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

• Done annually• Heads of all departments are assigned with

the task• Confidential Character Roll is used for

assessment• Grading is done as OUTSTANDING, VERY

GOOD, GOOD, AVERAGE and BELOW AVERAGE• CCR is checked by GM- HR

FRINGE BENEFITS• DEARNESS ALLOWANCE – As per Govt. rules• HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE• NIGHT SHIFT ALLOWANCE• BONUS – As per Payment of Bonus Act 1965• MEDICAL ALLOWANCE• WASHING ALLOWANCE• CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE (Executives)• CYCLE ALLOWANCE• GREEN CARD• MOBILE EXPENDITURE

Sl.No. NAME OF THE UNION REGD. NoNAME OF THE GENERAL

SECRETARY

NAME OF THE

PRESIDENT

1 Power Employees Union, Balasore

Under NESCO

Employees

Coordination

Committee

1127 Tarakanta Pattnayak Arun Dey

2 Kalinga Bidyut Employees Union, Bhadrak 463 Surendra Prasad Das Jogesh Ch. Agasti

3Bananchal Bidyut Karmachari Sangha,

KeonjharSubash Ch. Samal Tarakanta Pattnayak

4 OSEB Workmens Union, Branch, Jajpur 746 Dibakar Sahu

5 Keonjhar Electrical Workers Union, Keonjhar

Sramik

Mahasangha

1268/80 Sibaram Pal Ramesh Ch. Satapathy

6 NESCO Workers Employees Union, Balasore 723 Ashok Ku. Ghosh Ramesh Ch. Satapathy

7 OSEB Workers Union, Balasore 1206 G.K. Mohapatra Ramesh Ch. Satapathy

8 Jajpur Electrical Workers Union 702 Govinda Ch. Jena Ramesh Ch. Satapathy

9 Bhadrak Electrical Workers Union, Bhadrak

NOBSM

869 Kalpataru Pati Sarat Ch. Mohanty

10Orissa Rajya Bidyut Shramik Karmachari

Sangha345 Sarat Ch. Mohanty Bhubaneswar Rao

11OSEB Progressive Employees Union [Nikhila

Orissa Bidyut Mazdoor Sangha]1126 Pravakar Das Krushna Ch. Rao

12Orissa State Electricity Corporation

Engineers Association698/71 SK S.A. Mobin B.P. Basu Mallik

13 OSEB Bijuli Karmachari Sangha 623 Bhramar Bar Rout Jatindra Ray

14 NESCO Shakti Karmachari Sangha, Balasore 799 Niranjan Padhiary A Mohapatra

LIST OF TRADE UNIONS

LIST OF EMPLOYEE UNIONSSl.No NAME OF UNION REGD.

No.NAME OF GENERAL SECRETARY NAME OF PRESIDENT

1 NESCO Finance Employees Association Pratap Kumar Sahoo Nityasloka Das

2 NESCO Service Engineers Association S.P. Mallik Manoj Kumar Praharaj

3 Orissa Power Sector Engineers Association

21575/10 K.C. Sahoo N.K. Pani

4 NESCO United Engineers Forum Sunil Kumar Pradhan Arun Dey

5 Pension Bhokta Association G.N. Ray N.C. Choudhury

WORKERS PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT

• Introduced in the year 2004

• Formation of Works Committees at various levels

• Follows a 3 tier system – DIVISIONAL LEVEL, CIRCLE

LEVEL & CORPORATE LEVEL

• Meetings from 6th to 9th of every month at DIVISIONAL &

CIRCLE LEVELS

• Meetings on 23rd and 25th of every month at the

CORPORATE LEVEL

GRIEVANCE HANDLING

• Open door policy

• Most grievances are solved at the infant stage

• Management boasts of ZERO grievance in the recent years

SAFETY MEASURES

• Utmost importance to safety standards• Training at MULTI SKILL TRAINING CENTRE at

Balasore to ensure safe use of equipments• Effective measures are adopted continuously• Sharp decline in the number of accidents• Safety training programmes at sectional level• SAFETY WEEK is observed• Discussions regarding safety at worker

participation forums

SOCIAL SECURITY• MEDICAL BENEFIT

• SICKNESS BENEFIT

• EXTENDED SICKNESS BENEFIT

• ENHANCED SICKNESS BENEFIT

• DISABLEMENT BENEFIT

• DEPENDANT BEFEFIT

• MATERNITY BENEFIT

• FUNERAL EXPENSES

• CASH BENEFITS

SUGGESTIONS• Management should provide incentives to the employees

i.e. both regular and contract labour as a motivation.• Management should provide welfare facilities to

employees.• There should not be any feeling of complexion between

regular and contract labourers.• The scope of Workers Participation in Management should

be made wider and properly practiced.• Use of quality circle should be made.• More social security measures should be provided under

ESI Act, 1948.

END OF PRESENTATION