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Friday, 14 September 2012
DOPT issued ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ (FAQ) on ‘Right to Information Act’ (RTI)
DOPT issued FAQ on RTI
Department
of Personnel and Training has issued an another clarifications on Right
to Information Act (RTI) as in the form of FAQ. Nearly seventeen
questions and answers are compiled with simple and effective
information. We reproduced the contents of the FAQ and given below for
your reference…
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs) ON RTI (AS ON JANURARY 2012)
Q.1. What is Information?
Information
is any material in any form. It includes records, documents, memos,
e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders,
logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data
material
held in any electronic form. It also includes information relating to
any private body which can be accessed by the public authority under any
law for the time being in force.
Q.2 What is a Public Authority?
A
"public authority" is any authority or body or institution of self
government established or constituted by or under the Constitution; or
by any other law made by the Parliament or a State Legislature; or by
notification issued or order made by the Central Government or a State
Government. The bodies owned, controlled or substantially financed by
the Central Government or a State Government and non-Government
organisations substantially financed by the Central Government or a
State Government also fall within the definition of public authority.
The financing of the body or the NGO by the Government may be direct or
indirect.
Q.3 What is a Public Information Officer?
Public
authorities have designated some of its officers as Public Information
Officer. They are responsible to give information to a person who seeks
information under the RTI Act.
Q.4 What is an Assistant Public Information Officer?
These
are the officers at sub-divisional level to whom a person can give his
RTI application or appeal. These officers send the application or
appeal to the Public Information Officer of the public authority or the
concerned appellate authority. An Assistant Public Information
Officer is not responsible to supply the information. The Assistant
Public Information Officers appointed by the
Department
of Posts in various post offices are working as Assistant Public
Information Officers for all the public authorities under the Government
of India.
Q.5. What is the Fee for Seeking Information from Central Government Public Authorities?
A
person who desires to seek some information from a Central Government
Public Authority is required to send, along with the application, a
demand draft or a banker’s cheque or an Indian Postal Order of Rs.10/-
(Rupees ten), payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority as
fee prescribed for seeking information. The payment of fee can also be
made by way of cash to the Accounts Officer of the public authority or
to the Assistant Public Information Officer against proper receipt.
However, the RTI Fee and the mode of payment may vary as under Section
27 and Section 28, of the RTI Act, 2005 the appropriate Government and
the competent authority, respectively, by notification in the Official
Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Q.6. What is the Fee for the BPL applicant for Seeking Information?
If
the applicant belongs to below poverty line (BPL) category, he is not
required to pay any fee. However, he should submit a proof in support of
his claim to belong to the below poverty line.
Q.7. Is there any specific Format of Application?
There
is no prescribed format of application for seeking information. The
application can be made on plain paper. The application should, however,
have the name and complete postal address of the applicant.
Q.8. Is it required to give any reason for seeking information?
The information seeker is not required to give reasons for seeking information.
Q.9. Is there any provision for exemption from Disclosure of Information?
Sub-section
(1) of section 8 and section 9 of the Act enumerate the types of
information which is exempt from disclosure. Sub-section (2) of section
8, however, provides that information exempted under sub-section (1) or
exempted under the Official Secrets Act, 1923 can be disclosed if
public interest in disclosure overweighs the harm to the protected
interest.
Q.10. Is there any assistance available to the Applicant for filing RTI application?
If
a person is unable to make a request in writing, he may seek the help
of the Public Information Officer to write his application and the
Public Information Officer should render him reasonable assistance.
Where a decision is taken to give access to a sensorily disabled person
to any document, the Public Information Officer, shall provide such
assistance to the person as may be appropriate for inspection.
Q.11. What is the Time Period for Supply of Information?
In
normal course, information to an applicant shall be supplied within 30
days from the receipt of application by the public authority. If
information sought concerns the life or liberty of a person, it shall be
supplied within 48 hours. In case the application is sent through the
Assistant Public Information Officer or it is sent to a wrong public
authority, five days shall be added to the period of thirty days or 48
hours, as the case may be.
Q.12. Is there any provision of Appeal under the RTI Act?
If
an applicant is not supplied information within the prescribed time of
thirty days or 48 hours, as the case may be, or is not satisfied with
the information furnished to him, he may prefer an appeal to the first
appellate authority who is an officer senior in rank to the Public
Information Officer. Such an appeal, should be filed within a period of
thirty days from the date on which the limit of 30 days of supply of
information is expired or from the date on which the information or
decision of the Public Information Officer is received. The appellate
authority of the public authority shall dispose of the appeal within a
period of thirty days or in exceptional cases within 45 days of the
receipt of the appeal.
Q.13. Is there any scope for second appeal under the RTI Act?
If
the first appellate authority fails to pass an order on the appeal
within the prescribed period or if the appellant is not satisfied with
the order of the first appellate authority, he may prefer a second
appeal with the Central Information Commission within ninety days from
the date on which the decision should have been made by the first
appellate authority or was actually received by the appellant.
Q.14. Whether Complaints can be made under this Act? If yes, under what conditions?
If
any person is unable to submit a request to a Public Information
Officer either by reason that such an officer has not been appointed by
the concerned public authority; or the Assistant Public Information
Officer has refused to accept his or her application or appeal for
forwarding the same to the Public Information Officer or the appellate
authority, as the case may be; or he has been refused access to any
information requested by him under the RTI Act; or he has not been given
a response to a request for information within the time limit specified
in the Act; or he has been required to pay an amount of fee which he
considers unreasonable; or he believes that he has been given
incomplete, misleading or false information, he can make a complaint to
the Information Commission.
Q.15. What is Third Party Information?
Third
party in relation to the Act means a person other than the citizen who
has made request for information. The definition of third party
includes a public authority other than the public authority to whom the
request has been made.
Q.16. What is the Method of Seeking Information?
A
citizen who desires to obtain any information under the Act, should
make an application to the Public Information Officer of the concerned
public authority in writing in English or Hindi or in the official
language of the area in which the application is made. The application
should be precise and specific. He should make payment of application
fee at the time of submitting the application as prescribed in the Fee
Rules.
Q.17. Is there any organization(s) exempt from providing information under RTI Act?
Yes,
certain intelligence and security organisations specified in the
Second Schedule, are exempted from providing information excepting the
information pertaining to the allegations of corruption and human
rights violations.
Source: www.persmin.nic.in
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DOPT issued FAQ on RTI
Department
of Personnel and Training has issued an another clarifications on Right
to Information Act (RTI) as in the form of FAQ. Nearly seventeen
questions and answers are compiled with simple and effective
information. We reproduced the contents of the FAQ and given below for
your reference…
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs) ON RTI (AS ON JANURARY 2012)
Q.1. What is Information?
Information
is any material in any form. It includes records, documents, memos,
e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders,
logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data
material
held in any electronic form. It also includes information relating to
any private body which can be accessed by the public authority under any
law for the time being in force.
Q.2 What is a Public Authority?
A
"public authority" is any authority or body or institution of self
government established or constituted by or under the Constitution; or
by any other law made by the Parliament or a State Legislature; or by
notification issued or order made by the Central Government or a State
Government. The bodies owned, controlled or substantially financed by
the Central Government or a State Government and non-Government
organisations substantially financed by the Central Government or a
State Government also fall within the definition of public authority.
The financing of the body or the NGO by the Government may be direct or
indirect.
Q.3 What is a Public Information Officer?
Public
authorities have designated some of its officers as Public Information
Officer. They are responsible to give information to a person who seeks
information under the RTI Act.
Q.4 What is an Assistant Public Information Officer?
These
are the officers at sub-divisional level to whom a person can give his
RTI application or appeal. These officers send the application or
appeal to the Public Information Officer of the public authority or the
concerned appellate authority. An Assistant Public Information
Officer is not responsible to supply the information. The Assistant
Public Information Officers appointed by the
Department
of Posts in various post offices are working as Assistant Public
Information Officers for all the public authorities under the Government
of India.
Q.5. What is the Fee for Seeking Information from Central Government Public Authorities?
A
person who desires to seek some information from a Central Government
Public Authority is required to send, along with the application, a
demand draft or a banker’s cheque or an Indian Postal Order of Rs.10/-
(Rupees ten), payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority as
fee prescribed for seeking information. The payment of fee can also be
made by way of cash to the Accounts Officer of the public authority or
to the Assistant Public Information Officer against proper receipt.
However, the RTI Fee and the mode of payment may vary as under Section
27 and Section 28, of the RTI Act, 2005 the appropriate Government and
the competent authority, respectively, by notification in the Official
Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Q.6. What is the Fee for the BPL applicant for Seeking Information?
If
the applicant belongs to below poverty line (BPL) category, he is not
required to pay any fee. However, he should submit a proof in support of
his claim to belong to the below poverty line.
Q.7. Is there any specific Format of Application?
There
is no prescribed format of application for seeking information. The
application can be made on plain paper. The application should, however,
have the name and complete postal address of the applicant.
Q.8. Is it required to give any reason for seeking information?
The information seeker is not required to give reasons for seeking information.
Q.9. Is there any provision for exemption from Disclosure of Information?
Sub-section
(1) of section 8 and section 9 of the Act enumerate the types of
information which is exempt from disclosure. Sub-section (2) of section
8, however, provides that information exempted under sub-section (1) or
exempted under the Official Secrets Act, 1923 can be disclosed if
public interest in disclosure overweighs the harm to the protected
interest.
Q.10. Is there any assistance available to the Applicant for filing RTI application?
If
a person is unable to make a request in writing, he may seek the help
of the Public Information Officer to write his application and the
Public Information Officer should render him reasonable assistance.
Where a decision is taken to give access to a sensorily disabled person
to any document, the Public Information Officer, shall provide such
assistance to the person as may be appropriate for inspection.
Q.11. What is the Time Period for Supply of Information?
In
normal course, information to an applicant shall be supplied within 30
days from the receipt of application by the public authority. If
information sought concerns the life or liberty of a person, it shall be
supplied within 48 hours. In case the application is sent through the
Assistant Public Information Officer or it is sent to a wrong public
authority, five days shall be added to the period of thirty days or 48
hours, as the case may be.
Q.12. Is there any provision of Appeal under the RTI Act?
If
an applicant is not supplied information within the prescribed time of
thirty days or 48 hours, as the case may be, or is not satisfied with
the information furnished to him, he may prefer an appeal to the first
appellate authority who is an officer senior in rank to the Public
Information Officer. Such an appeal, should be filed within a period of
thirty days from the date on which the limit of 30 days of supply of
information is expired or from the date on which the information or
decision of the Public Information Officer is received. The appellate
authority of the public authority shall dispose of the appeal within a
period of thirty days or in exceptional cases within 45 days of the
receipt of the appeal.
Q.13. Is there any scope for second appeal under the RTI Act?
If
the first appellate authority fails to pass an order on the appeal
within the prescribed period or if the appellant is not satisfied with
the order of the first appellate authority, he may prefer a second
appeal with the Central Information Commission within ninety days from
the date on which the decision should have been made by the first
appellate authority or was actually received by the appellant.
Q.14. Whether Complaints can be made under this Act? If yes, under what conditions?
If
any person is unable to submit a request to a Public Information
Officer either by reason that such an officer has not been appointed by
the concerned public authority; or the Assistant Public Information
Officer has refused to accept his or her application or appeal for
forwarding the same to the Public Information Officer or the appellate
authority, as the case may be; or he has been refused access to any
information requested by him under the RTI Act; or he has not been given
a response to a request for information within the time limit specified
in the Act; or he has been required to pay an amount of fee which he
considers unreasonable; or he believes that he has been given
incomplete, misleading or false information, he can make a complaint to
the Information Commission.
Q.15. What is Third Party Information?
Third
party in relation to the Act means a person other than the citizen who
has made request for information. The definition of third party
includes a public authority other than the public authority to whom the
request has been made.
Q.16. What is the Method of Seeking Information?
A
citizen who desires to obtain any information under the Act, should
make an application to the Public Information Officer of the concerned
public authority in writing in English or Hindi or in the official
language of the area in which the application is made. The application
should be precise and specific. He should make payment of application
fee at the time of submitting the application as prescribed in the Fee
Rules.
Q.17. Is there any organization(s) exempt from providing information under RTI Act?
Yes,
certain intelligence and security organisations specified in the
Second Schedule, are exempted from providing information excepting the
information pertaining to the allegations of corruption and human
rights violations.
Source: www.persmin.nic.in
Thursday, 13 September 2012
REDEPLOYMENT OF ESTABLISHMENT FOR WORKPLACE TRAINING CENTRES (WTCS).
Copy of D.G. Posts No. 26-2/2012-Trg. Dated 06.09.2012
In accordance with the approval of the competent authority, the
existing 240 Workplace Training Centres are given formal structure with regular
establishment on re-deployment basis as follows:
(i) Depending on the
training workload and number of Nodes, upto two posts can be created for each WTC
by the Head of Circle re-deploying surplus posts from within the establishment
of the Circle in the following manner:
(a) For WTCs having 10
Nodes or less, one from Selection Grade Supervisors(LSG/HSG-II), or Inspector
of Posts/Assistant Superintendent of Posts, or PAs/SAs who have not at least
First MACP can be re-deployed to perform the function of both faculty as well
as Supervisor of the Centre.
(b) For WTCs having more
than 10 Nodes, depending on the overall training workload and number of Nodes
in the Centre, the HOC can consider creating a second post on re-deployment
basis as indicated in (a) above. Beyond this, no additional establishment can
be created for WTCs and no WTCs can have more than two posts.
(c The total number of
WTCs for which in the above manner be re-deployed shall not exceed 240(224 in
Postal/RMS Divisions and 16 in Postal Accounts Wing) as per the Annexure ‘A’ to
this Memo.
(d) The posts of the
Supervisor-cum-Trainer/Trainer will be re-deployed similarly for 16 ZTCs/WTCs
functioning in Postal Accounts Wing from AAO or even from the Accounts of
sufficient seniority.
(e) Chief PMsG or PMsG
can utilize the services of Supervisors-Com-Trainers or Trainers posted in one
WTC in any other WTC in their respective Circles or Region for training
purpose, in exigencies , purely on short –term basis.
(ii) The Supervisor
–Cum-Trainer will coordinate the training pogramme and will also take classes.
The trainer will only be taking classes. If two are of the same grade in a
WTC/ZTC, senior official will work as Supervisor-Cum-Trainer.
(iii) Once the posts are re-deployed,
respective Heads of Circles will fill up the posts , taking into account the
aptitude and suitability of the officials
considered for posting . In case suitable candidates are not available,
HOCs can consider engaging retired Postal employees as guest faculty aptitude for
training after following the existing rules regarding such engagement. In
respect of CTCS/ATCs functioning in Postal Accounts Wing, Head of the Circle
will do so in consultation with the Postal Accounts Wing the Circle.
(iv) The posts thus re-deployed would form a
separate establishment under the respective administrative unit i.e.,
Divisional Office/Regional Office/Circle Office/DA (P)/GM(Postal Accounts &
Finance). The expenditure on the establishment of the same shall be met from
the Training Head for which appropriate provisioning wild be entail expenditure
on account of pay and allowances as well as establishment costs utilizing head of account like
OE,OC,PPSS etc.
2. The admissibility of training
allowance@ 15% of the basic pay to the trainers in WTCs is being taken up with
suitable orders will be issued by the Postal Directorate,
3. Training Division of the Postal
Directorate will monitor, through the Heads of Circles/concerned, that the
establishment so created is fully utilized and quality of training fulfils the
expected standards.
4. The Heads of Circles may straightaway
issue orders for re-deployment in respect of Non-Gazetted staff in accordance
with this Directorate letter No. 2-2/93-PE-I dated 07.09.1993 under intimation
to establishment Division and Training Division of the Directorate . However,
the proposal for re-deployment in respect of Gazetted posts, such as Assistant Superintendent
of Posts and AAOs, are required to be taken up with Establishment Division of
Postal Directorate for prior approval under intimation to Training Division.
5. This issues in consultation with Integrated
Finance Wing vide Diary No. 221/FA/12/CS dated 06.09.2012.
Sd/-
(Rakesh
Kumar)
Director(Training)
She lets her brush do the talking Hemasri Bhavya wins first prize in the junior category at All India Stamp Design contest
( Artist Hemasri Bhavya displaying her award-winning painting in Visakhapatnam on Monday )
Any idea how the Postal Department will be in 2050?
A young artist let her imaginations run wild with her brush and secured
the first prize in the ‘junior’ category at the All India Stamp Design
Contest conducted in November last year.
U. Hemasri Bhavya, Std. IX of St. Ann’s School, NAD Kotha Road junction,
was the only one whose painting was selected, from the three north
coastal districts.
Creative
She painted a pigeon and the sun on one side and an owl and mars on the other.
“The postal delivery system in the world would be completing 286 years
by that time. The pigeon and the sun depict delivery of mails during day
and the owl is a representation of delivery of mails by night. By 2050,
the postal department would be able to deliver letters to mars,” says
Bhavya.
Dexterity
The painting reflects not only her dexterity with the brush but also her imaginative abilities.
The tagline at the bottom of the painting reads in Hindi “Galli se
galaxy tak, kahi bhi, kabhi bhi” (from the street to the galaxy,
anywhere, anytime). It sums up how the Postal Department would be in
2050.
‘Expressive’
Bhavya had also won the second prize at the All-India level in The Hindu
Young World Competition in 2011. “Her painting of a rainy day scene was
chosen for its depth and the expressions on the faces of the children,”
recalls her father Bangarraju, a pre-production head at Frameboxx
Animation and Visual Effects. She already has around 80 prizes in her
kitty in painting competitions conducted by various organisations.
“Bhavya started dabbling with the brush when she was hardly 11 months
old and began participating in painting competitions from Std. II
onwards,” recalls Mr. Bangarraju, who is a painter himself. She painted a
large portrait of the noted playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam and
won his appreciation, when she presented it to him during his visit to
the city. Bhavya aims to do a design course at the National Institute of
Design. She talks very little and let’s her brush do the talking for
her.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com
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