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This is History ( 1002 ) Modi had visited Karkare’s house Why did Ratan Tata visit RSS Headquarters again ? PC was a big face of Congress V P Pathak joins as Member (MM), Railway Board N Kashinath takes over as Member (S&T), Railway Board Army’s Vigilance Investigation Unit to work under COAS ? Ravi Kant returns to parent cadre Read All Whispers....		Ex Oil Secy Vivek Rae is Chairman of Hindustan Oil Exploration Co. GM, SECR retiring this month GM, ER superannuating in April Reddy to retire in May Rajeshwaran and Daniel likely to be promoted in HAG DoPT in search of officer for Financial Adviser in Heavy Water Board, Mumbai 25 PCS officers to get IAS in UP Three IRTS officers transferred 10 Railway officers get postings Read All Whispers....		Corporate Headlines Sanku is CS of GP Petroleums Ambbala is CFO of Omnitex Industries (India) Ltd Doshi is CFO of Bipac India Corporation Chugh is CFO of Jatalia Global Ventures Read All News... DEBATE Who will make the best PM- Modi or Rahul ? With the Lok Sabha elections approaching fast, political tempers too have started rising with a clear cut divide as rarely, or never, seen in the recent past. The upcoming elections seem to be taking the shape of presidential form of elections with the PM Narendra Modi, of course, the central figure and the Congress President Rahul Gandhi also fast trying to catch up with him as far as popularity and acceptability among the masses was concerned. Now the question is that who should be voted to power in the interest of the nation. Modi or Rahul ? Mail in short your views at mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com OR suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com What people say about us! I have been reading your site for years and I commend you for your dedication. Views of all your readers needs to be published as received. There is nothing political in your content, as it is readers views not WIC ! Keep it up. Publish fearlessly . Devindra FORUM DEBATE (1) I feel, instead of taking nine specialists from the Private Sector on three year contract, the best choice would have been to borrow the talent from Academic pool of universities well experienced of 10 years specialization with a Ph. D degree on deputation basis, so that if they do not deliver, the may revert back. Appointing from the Private Sector leads to conflict of interest and may be security threat too. There is a possibility that these private sector people may not like to continue after three years. Having industry experience plus these three years Government experience will all make them eligible for UN/IMF/WB/ADB etc. They have come only to add glory to their profile. Harish Kumar RTI Repeated lapses by the PIO The appellant filed RTI application seeking information on plan posts, non-plan posts, policy of UGC for the positions sanctioned under the scheme for the establishment centre for the study of social exclusion and inclusive policy regarding their extension from one plan to another etc. Multiple hearings were scheduled before the CIC in which interim orders were passed. The PIO submitted that due to her poor health condition she was not able to attend the Commission’s hearing on 13.02.2019. On a query by the CIC, she could not explain why the CIC order dated 02.01.2017 was not complied with by her on time. She further submitted that she is retiring from service on 31.03.2019 and in a similar case, a penalty of Rs 25,000 has already been imposed on her vide CIC order dated 13.02.2019 in case no. CIC/SA/A/2015/002095/00003/VN which she has paid already. The CIC observed that the PIO is on the verge of retirement but still did not understand the literal meaning of the order of the CIC, which is a matter of concern for the UGC. The Commission observed that the PIO was already penalised for non compliance of a CIC order and therefore, imposing penalty on her would literally amount to double jeopardy. Comments The objectives of the RTI Act is to ensure timely supply of relevant information to the appellant and imposing penalty bring no reform, until and unless the public authority authorities evolve a system to monitor and improve the system of disposal of the RTI applications. Dr. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is an expert on RTI matters and has co-authored the books RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO’s guide to RTI. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at the link: http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/ INTERVEW Maharashtra attracts maximum number of foreign tourists in India- says P J Nainduttia MD MTDC

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