(1) The Himachal Pradesh State Load Despatch Centre (HPSLDC) shall be the Nodal Agency for all intents and purposes and the overall coordination of the various activities under these Regulations.
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(2) The Functions of the Nodal Agency.—(i) functions related to the preparation of detailed guidelines for:—
(a) submission of DPRs by the Project Entity(ies) to Nodal Agency and by the Nodal Agency to the Commission;
(b) processing of appraisal of the schemes;
(c) disbursement and release of funds subject to the provisions of these regulations;
(d) monitoring of scheme(s) at the execution and operation stage;
(e) cost/time overrun in the execution of scheme(s) and remedial measures to curb and mitigate the same ;
(f) submission of schemes to the Commission for sanction and submission of progress reports etc. to the Commission; and
(g) any other item required to complete the intend of the regulations to ensure the proper implementation of the provisions of these regulations;
(ii) functions related to the scrutiny of the draft schemes:—
(a) the Nodal Agency shall initially scrutinize the proposals received from the concerned Project Entity(ies) in each quarter for technical suitability duly keeping in view the eligibility conditions as per regulation 3 of these regulations;
(b) all the proposals received by it at the end of a quarter shall be scrutinized as per the prudent practices and submitted, within one month, to the Appraisal Committee for its suitable directions/recommendations; and
(c) all the proposals received by the Nodal Agency in a quarter shall be processed in a single lot;
(iii) functions related to submission of the draft schemes to the Commission.—The Nodal Agency shall submit the self contained draft scheme(s), duly scrutinized and processed as per clause (ii) above, alongwith the recommendations of the Appraisal Committee, to the Commission for sanction, soon after the availability of the recommendations of the Appraisal Committee;
(iv) functions related to monitoring the progress of sanctioned schemes during the execution stage:—
(a) the Nodal Agency shall monitor the progress of the implementation of the scheme(s), sanctioned by the Commission as per regulation 7 of these regulations, on monthly basis based on the progress report to be submitted to it by the concerned Project Entity implementing the scheme;
(b) to submit the status report, along with the proposed remedial measures if any, to the Monitoring Committee on a quarterly basis;
(c) to submit to the Commission the progress reports, along with the recommendations of the Monitoring Committee under sub-regulation (2) of regulation 8, to the Commission on a monthly basis;
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(d) to submit the proposals for revision of the scope of work, sanctioned cost or the completion targets, along with the recommendations of the Monitoring Committee under clause (iii) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 8, to the Commission; and
(e) to submit proposals, along with the recommendations of Monitoring Committee, For the release of funds against the sanctioned cost of the scheme(s) to the Commission;
(v) functions related to monitoring the progress of sanctioned schemes during operation stage:—
(a) the Nodal Agency shall submit the progress report on a quarterly basis about the functioning of the schemes during the operation stage to the Monitoring Committee; and
(b) the Nodal Agency shall also submit, to the Commission, half yearly progress reports about the functioning of the schemes during operation stage, along with the details of recommendations, if any, made by the Monitoring Committee for improving the performance of such schemes and action taken in this regard; and
(vi) other functions:—
(a) function as Secretariat to the Monitoring Committee and the Appraisal Committee;
(b) keep the Record of Business transacted at each meeting of the Appraisal Committee and the Monitoring Committee;
(c) to submit, to the Commission the proposals received by it in a quarter, along with complete details as well as the recommendations of the Appraisal Committee, within 15 days from the receipt of recommendations from the Appraisal Committee;
(d) prepare Annual Report of PSDF; and
(e) perform such other functions as may be assigned by the Commission, Monitoring Committee and the Appraisal Committee.