A

STUDY ON
HR AND IR SCENARIO
AT
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

SOUTHC
O
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

VISION

• 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
   
MISSIgrowth.
ON
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.
CORPORATE ORGANISATION CHART OF NESCO, BALASORE

M.R. MOHAPATRA
CEO

A.K.
PK S.
A.K. S.D.BH BARDHA S. S.P. M.K.
V MOHAN BHUYA P.K.
DASH ANJA N SINGH MALLICK PRAHARA
GM TY N MOHAN
GM AGM AGM DGM AGM J
(COMME AGM AGM TY
(HRD (RA & (RE (WORKS (HT AGM
RCE) (FINANC (MRT & CS
(I/C)) DSM) BALASO ) MAINT.) (PUR)
E) EA)
RE)

S. SWAIN R.R. RATH A PANDA

GET GET SECY EXE.
 HR WING

A K DASH
GM (HRD) I/C

SK SS C K RATH KC B BEHERA SN P C ROUT

MISHRA MOHAPATRA MOHANTY DEBGOSWAMI
DM (HR) AM (HRD) SO JM (HR) JM (HR)
DM (HR) JAJPUR JM (HR)
ROAD
CIRCLE
 LIST OF CIRCLES AND DIVISIONS OF NESCO
Sl. 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 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
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
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
 LIST OF TRADE UNIONS
Sl.No NAME OF THE NAME OF THE
NAME OF THE UNION REGD. No
. GENERAL SECRETARY PRESIDENT
Power Employees Union,
1 Under 1127 Tarakanta Pattnayak Arun Dey
Balasore
Kalinga Bidyut Employees Union, NESCO Jogesh Ch.
2 463 Surendra Prasad Das
Bhadrak Employees Agasti
Bananchal Bidyut Karmachari Coordinatio Tarakanta
3 Subash Ch. Samal
Sangha, Keonjhar n Pattnayak
OSEB Workmens Union, Branch,
4 Committee 746 Dibakar Sahu
Jajpur
Keonjhar Electrical Workers Ramesh Ch.
5 1268/80 Sibaram Pal
Union, Keonjhar Satapathy
NESCO Workers Employees Ramesh Ch.
6 Sramik 723 Ashok Ku. Ghosh
Union, Balasore Satapathy
Mahasangh
Ramesh Ch.
7 OSEB Workers Union, Balasore a 1206 G.K. Mohapatra
Satapathy
Ramesh Ch.
8 Jajpur Electrical Workers Union 702 Govinda Ch. Jena
Satapathy
Bhadrak Electrical Workers Sarat Ch.
9 869 Kalpataru Pati
Union, Bhadrak Mohanty
Orissa Rajya Bidyut Shramik NOBSM Bhubaneswar
10 345 Sarat Ch. Mohanty
Karmachari Sangha Rao
OSEB Progressive Employees
11 Union [Nikhila Orissa Bidyut 1126 Pravakar Das Krushna Ch. Rao
Mazdoor
Orissa Sangha]
State Electricity
12 Corporation Engineers 698/71 SK S.A. Mobin B.P. Basu Mallik
Association
13 OSEB Bijuli Karmachari Sangha 623 Bhramar Bar Rout Jatindra Ray
NESCO Shakti Karmachari
14 799 Niranjan Padhiary A Mohapatra
Sangha, Balasore
 LIST OF EMPLOYEE UNIONS
Sl.N REGD. NAME OF GENERAL NAME OF
o NAME OF UNION
No. SECRETARY PRESIDENT
NESCO Finance
1 Employees Pratap Kumar Sahoo Nityasloka Das
Association
NESCO Service
Manoj Kumar
2 Engineers S.P. Mallik
Praharaj
Association
Orissa Power
21575/
3 Sector Engineers K.C. Sahoo N.K. Pani
10
Association

NESCO United
4 Sunil Kumar Pradhan Arun Dey
Engineers Forum

Pension Bhokta
5 G.N. Ray N.C. Choudhury
Association
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
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.
END OF PRESENTATION