DIRECTORATE OF FIELD PUBLICITY
REGIONAL OFFICE -- ITS ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
For supervision, direction and control over the activities and functions of 207
units all over the country, there are 22 Regional Offices each headed by either by a DDG/Directors.
While in two regions, the officers of rank of Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) are in position,
in 12 regions there are Directors of Selection Grade(NF scale) level. There are 8 regions without
regular Regional Heads.
With a view to covering the entire country with remotest areas and islands, the Regions have either
been carved by clubbing more than one State or in bigger States, two Regional Offices have been set
up. The smaller states which have been combined to be covered under a Region are - Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Tripura and the Region is called Meghalaya, Mizoram Tripura (MMT) Region. Similarly, Nagaland
and Manipur have one region named Nagaland and Manipur Region and North West region with its
headquarters at Chandigarh has Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Chandigarh
and State of Delhi. Maharashtra region also has Goa in addition to Maharashtra. Various remote
areas and Islands are the part of the region which is nearest to them.
DDG/Directors in their region are assisted by various personnel on programme, administrative,
technical and accounts side for carrying on their responsibilities of running their
own office as also the units under their control. They have been delegated adequate
administrative and financial powers to ensure smooth functioning of their units.
The role of Regional Heads is very important since by virtue of being the leader of the team of
Field Publicity Officers, the responsibility for guiding and supporting them lies on them.
The Field Publicity Officers plan their programmes and execute them in accordance with
the policy directive issued to them by the Directorate through their respective Regional
Heads. In fact, the performance and the output of a unit of a region depends to a great extent
on the efforts made by the DDG/Directors who has to ensure conditions in his office
as well as Unit's office for efficient and smooth functioning. The administrative
control of the Unit is important, indeed, for running the office but for extracting
devoted working in the field from Field Publicity Officer and unit, Regional
Head has to do a little more. He inspires them, keeps up their morale since the
field work is replete with all kinds of hazards, problems and difficulties.
With DDG/Director support and guidance they are capable of fulfilling the tasks assigned to them.
REGIONAL OFFICES ESTABLISHMENT AND STAFF :
DDG/Directors are assisted by an Administrative Officer, a Field Publicity Officer, Accountant,
Cashier, two Upper Division Clerks, two Lower Division Clerks and one Daftry. The total
requirements of the area for their office of 1465 sq. ft., including 737 sq.ft. for utilisation
of space exclusively for publicity purposes like establishing reading room etc. Accounts
matter of the region are handled with the help of Accountant and it is his duty to ensure that
the payments of salaries, TA claims etc., are made to the staff of the regional office and field
units speedily. The UDCs and LDCs assist in maintaining office records and scrutinizing
cases pertaining to units.
