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No smooth sailing for Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad?
Visiting journalists have a feeling that Rahul Gandhi will not have a smooth sailing this time in Wayanad. The ruling party in Kerala and ruling party at the Centre have put all resources and manpower in the constituency to see the defeat of Rahul Gandhi. One can wait and watch.
Will Rajasthan CM be the first to go?
In political circles considered close to PM Narendra Modi, of the three Chief Ministers chosen by him Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma will be the first to go? One can wait and watch.
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- Five officers quit Indian Revenue Service
- CDS examination results announced by UPSC
- Vibhu Nayar is also Secretary, Women & Child Development
- Surendra Singh returns to parent cadre
- Muthukrishnan Sankaranarayanan appointed as Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy
- Shobhit Gupta appointed as Joint Secretary, Civil Aviation
- Vimal Anand appointed as Joint Secretary, Commerce
- Ms Monalisa Dash appointed as Joint Secretary, DoNER
- Rahul Jain appointed as Joint Secretary, Economic Affairs
- Ranjit Singh appointed as Joint Secretary, Food Processing
- Rajeev Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary, MHA
- Ms Vrunda Manohar Desai appointed as Joint Secretary, I&B
- Navin Agarwal appointed as Joint Secretary, Investment & Public Asset Mgmt
- Mahendra Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary, Labour
- Vivek Kumar Bajpai appointed as Joint Secretary, Mines
- Rajiv Manjhi appointed as Director, ISTM
- Jai Prakash Pandey appointed as Additional Secretary, UPSC
- Abhishek Bhagotia appointed as Joint Secretary, Lokpal, DoPT
- Lal Chhandama appointed as Joint Secretary, Rural Development
- Ms Debolina Thakur appointed as Joint Secretary, Social Justice
- Rahul Kashyap appointed as Secretary, NCSK
- ECI removes Kanthi Rana Tata as Police Commissioner, Vijaywada
- ECI seeks panel of three IPS officers for Vijayawada Police Commissioner
- ECI removes P Sitaramanjaneyulu as DGP Intelligence in AP
- Dnyaneshwar Bhalachandra Patil is Development Commissioner, SEEPZ, SEZ, Mumbai
- IMD forecasts Normal weather for Phase 2 Lok Sabha Poll
- PESB in search of a candidate for CMD, NEPA
- All Mamta's blue eyed officers will get same postings when MCC is lifted
- Three Trade service officers got new postings
- Somanath Shivarudrappa Ukkali debarred from central deputation
- NTTM advertises for senior posts
- Consultant post advertised for Nagpur units of Maharashtra LSA
- Post of Director (HR) ITI Limited advertised
- Applications for CBFC RO for Cuttack & Kolkata locations invited
- Post of Director NIT, Srinagar announced
- Five members of HP Police Service promoted to IPS
- 169 officers in SBI to be promoted to DGM grade (UPDATED)
- Vice President of India Confers `Outstanding PSU of the Year’ Award on HAL (UPDATED)
- Ms Rashmita Jha appointed as CVO, NTPC (UPDATED)
- Manoj Kumar appointed as CVO, JNPA (UPDATED)
- Dharmendra Yadav appointed as CVO, NMC (UPDATED)
- Justice RM Pandey recommended as Permanent Judge of Chhattisgarh HC (UPDATED)
- Fresh one-year term recommended for Justice WS Nargal (UPDATED)
- Fresh one-year term recommended for Justice R Agrawal (UPDATED)
- Fresh one-year term recommended for Justice WS Nargal (UPDATED)
- Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh recommended for the post of MD, SBI (UPDATED)
- PJ Nath re-appointed MD & CEO, NELCO Ltd
- KN Patel appointed MD, Axita Cotton Ltd
- NH Kothari appointed ED, Axita Cotton Ltd
- S Mahajan appointed Nominee Director, MMTC Ltd
- VK Singh appointed NE Director, Fundviser Capital (India) Ltd
- Mrs Goyal appointed Addl. Director, Pritika Auto Industries Ltd
- Simon Hill appointed Addl. Director, Confidence Petroleum India Ltd
- NK Tyagi appointed Addl. Director, Pritika Auto Industries Ltd
- VK Sharma appointed Addl. Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd
- DB Shah appointed NE Director, IEL Ltd
- PS Shah quits as NE Director, IEL Ltd
- BS Bedi quits as NE Director, Fundviser Capital (India) Ltd
Five officers: Mrs Tanya Singhal, AClT, Bengaluru; S R Gopalakrishnan DCIT, Mysore; Sushil Kumar Mishra JCIT, Patna; Ravi A sonawane, ACIT, (Central Cir)-2, Surat and Mrs Dhanno Devi, ACIT, New Delhi have resigned from Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax.
143 candidates have cleared the Combined Defence Services (II) Examination, 2023 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission and inducted in the Indian Military Academy. The candidates are Rajat Kumar, Gaurav Singh, Piyush Parashar, Varun, Mayank Singh, Vikas Singh, Samant, Pawar Tanmay Gangadhar, Hitesh, Vishal Shahi, Sajal Sharma, Nikhil Choudhary, Rajneesh Upreti, Ankit Rana, Naman Kumar, Karan Khandelwal, Jaswant Singh, Ayan Kumar Dey, Abhimanyu SIngh Kushwaha, Gangadeep, Ankit Singh Bisht, Amar Singh, Kunal Dhingra, Ashish Singh Negi, Sumit Pandey, Sharad Sharma, Solanki Himalay Harjivan, Dharmveer, Pradeep Singh Rawat, Rajat Joshi, Rahul Singh, Shubham Joshi, Sourav Singh, Lakshay Rana, Rahul, Nirbhay Singh, Chandurkar Ojas, Mahesh, Ajay Bhatt, Prateek Kumar, Harshit Hooda, Rajnish Kumar, Deependra Rathore, Spandan Dash, Ajay Singh, Abhi Raj Singh Chouhan, Prince Kumar Debayan Ghosh, Sahil Kumar, Ayush Kumar Gadhwal, Sayed Haider Husain and Vineet Kumar. Similarly, other candidates include, Divanshu Basandani, Piyush, Yogesh Kumar, Hardeep, Yash Shukla, Avinash Kumar, Sparsh Singh Dewri, Lucky Jindal, Ankit Kumar Tripathi, Akshansh Khokhar, Kushagra Mishra, Abhinav Kumar, Siddharth Rana, Shubham Kumar, Shubham Rawat, Prateek Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Deepanshu, Himanshu Kumar, Rinku, Manjeet Manas Sinha, Ankit Kumar, Himanshu, Ravi Pratap Singh, Sudhanshu Nath Tiwari, Akhilesh Vidhate, Dhruv Kumar Pandey, Lade Aryan Amruth, Amit Kandpal, Aakash Vats, Rahul Singh Bisht, Nishant Dadwal, Prabhat Singh Chauhan, Aman Bhardwaj, Shashank Mall, Harsh Vardhan Singh, Abhishek Singh Kushwaha, Jashandeep Singh, Shivam, Nilamani Polai, Harshit Malik, Devansh Raina, Himanshu Pratap Singh, Parth Gupta, Deepak Belwal, Anshuman Gupta, Abhinayak Singh, Ankush Goyat, Shashank Pundir and Yashwant Singh Sangwan.
Other candidates include, Praveen Bisht, Yogamber Singh, Gaurav Dwivedi, Shubhav Gautam, Hrithik Maddhan, Ritik Saini, Vikram Singh, Ayush Kumar Chaubey, Devansh Mishra, Mradul Krishan, Ayush Kumar Pandey, Ankit Negi, Yashpal Singh, Joy Deb, Nishant Kumar, Parth Sarthi Sharma, Aniket Singh Mahar, Jayant Pathak, Abhinn Sharma, Anant Mishra, Jatin Kumar, Nishant Kumar, Nikhil Dhania, Swayam Agarwal, Prashant Pandey, Arnav Zutshi, Ayush Chaturvedi, Vaibhav Mishra, Lakshya Yadav, Chirag Bhal, Manjeet Singh, Chayan Purohit, Pawan Murari, Sudershan Gaikwad, Ankur Aggarwal, Yash Pratap Singh,Vaniya Rutvik Ratnabhai, Pradyumn Gupta, Sharyansh Gautam, Ashish Chaudhary, Kunwar Satish Vikram, Sankpal Shridhar Shrikant and Giriraj Singh.
Vibhu Nayar, Secretary, Tribal Affairs, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development till May 5, 2024. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Surendra Singh, Additional Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment, has been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Muthukrishnan Sankaranarayanan has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Shobhit Gupta has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation. He is a 2000 batch IRSEE officer.
Vimal Anand has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce. He is a 2003 batch IRS-IT officer.
Ms Monalisa Dash has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. She is a 2003 batch IFoS officer.
Rahul Jain has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.
Ranjit Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries. He is a 2003 batch IA & AS officer.
Rajeev Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 2000 batch IOFS officer.
Ms Vrunda Manohar Desai has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. She is a 2003 batch IRS-IT officer.
Navin Agarwal has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Investment & Public Asset Management. He is a 1997 batch IRPS officer.
Mahendra Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment. He is a 1999 batch IRSEE officer.
Vivek Kumar Bajpai has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines. He is a 1999 batch IRSME officer.
Rajiv Manjhi has been appointed as Director, Institute of Secretariat Training & Management (ISTM). He is a CSS officer.
Jai Prakash Pandey has been appointed as Additional secretary, UPSC. He is a 2003 batch IRPS officer.
Abhishek Bhagotia has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Lokpal, DoPT. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Lal Chhandama has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Rural Development. He is a CSS officer.
Ms Debolina Thakur has been appointed as Joint Secretary & FA, Social Justice & Empowerment. She is a 1998 batch IA & AS officer.
Rahul Kashyap has been appointed as Secretary, National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK). He is a CSS officer.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the transfer of Kanthi Rana Tata from the post of Police Commissioner, Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 2004 batch IPS officer.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a panel of three IPS officers for the post of Police Commissioner, Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the transfer of P Sitaramanjaneyulu from the post of DGP Intelligence in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer.
Dnyaneshwar Bhalachandra Patil has been appointed as Development Commissioner, Santa Cruz Exclusive Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ), Special Economic Zone, Mumbai. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.
DG IMD informed Election Commission that there is no major concern with regard to heat wave for phase 2 of the General Elections scheduled on 26th of this month. The weather forecast is normal for the 13 States/UTs going for polls in Phase 2. In view of reports of above normal temperatures and heat waves in certain parts of the country, the Commission held a meeting with concerned agencies to understand the developing weather situation and discuss measures to mitigate any risk due to hot weather conditions during the period of General Elections. The meeting chaired by CEC Rajiv Kumar along with ECs Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu was attended by Additional Secretary Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Head of Department, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and DG Meteorological Department.
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking a candidate for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NEPA Limited, lying vacant since December 5, 2023.
The ECI has removed about two dozen officers from the field postings in Bengal sources said that all of them are bue eyed officers of the CM. And of=ne should not be surprised if they again be posted at the same place when model code of conduct is withdrawn.
The DGFT has transferred three senior Indian Trade Service officers. Accordingly, Lokesh HD has been posted as Development Commissioner, Dahej SEZ, D.Sridhar will join RA, Kochi as Addl DGFT and Dr Preveen Kumar, Jt DGFT, has been given the additional charges of RA, Nagpur and MIHAN SEZ. He is posted in Zonal Office Mumbai.
Somanath Shivarudrappa Ukkali has been debarred from all kinds of central deputation for a period of five years after he failed to join as CVO, HMT Limited. He is a 2004 batch IRS-IT officer.
The Ministry of Textiles has advertised for the filling of four posts of senior consultant(s) and consultants in the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) under the Ministry of Textiles. These posts are for the field of Innovation and Start-ups, Data Analytics, Scientific Researcher and Skilling and Training. The applications must reach on or before May 12, 2024.
The Ministry of Communications has advertised for the post of Consultant (Assistant Director Level) for Khamla, Nagpur units of Maharashtra LSA. The applications must reach on or before April 29, 2024.
The Ministry of Communications has advertised for the post of Director (Human Resources) ITI Limited on deputation/immediate absorption basis. The applications must reach on or before May 5, 2024.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has invited applications for the posts of Regional Officers at the Regional Office of Central Board of Film Certification, for Cuttack and Kolkata each on deputation basis.
The MInistry of Education has advertised for the post of Director in the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir).
Five members of Himachal Pradesh Police Service have been promoted to the IPS against the Select List of 2022 and allocated HP cadre. The officers are: Rakesh Singh, Arvind Chaudhary, Sandeep Kumar Bhardwaj, Bhag Mal and Rajesh Kumar.
The SBI has released the Select List for promotion from AGM to the grade of Deputy General Manager (DGM) for the Promotion Year 2024-25. The 169 officers to be promoted as DGM are: Abhay Ranjan, Ajay Kumar Jha, Ajay Kumar Singh, Ajit Singh, Akhilesh Kumar, Alok Jain, Alok Kumar Sinha, Alok Ranjan, Amit Kumar, Amit Kumar Jain, Amit Kumar Khandelwal, Amit Kumar Sharma, Anirudh Kumar Tripathi, Anoop Agrawal, Arun Kumar Panigrahi, Ashish Gupta, Ashish Yadav, Ashok Kumar Divakar, Ashok Vinayakrao Sonune, Ashutosh Srivastava, Ashwin Prabhakar Kulkarni, Ashwin Kumar, Ashwini Deshmukh, Avinash Agrawal, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, B V Rao, B K Mandhata, Binod Kumar, Bipin Kumar Singh, Biplab Choudhary, Chanchal Kumar Mishra, Deepak Aggarwal, Dharmanada Banai, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Diganta Saikia, D S Narayan, Dileep Reddy Mosali, Gagan Wadhawan, G V Kumar, Goutam Kumar Mistry, Gunjan Kumar, Gunneswara Rao Kandala, H K Dandotikar, H A Shirpurkar, Jayant Gadkari, Jitendra Kumar, Jyoti Kumar, Kabula Behera, Kamlesh Kumar Gupta, Kanhaiya Lal Agrawal, Karan Gupta, Karthikeya Venkateswaran S, Kaushal Kumar, Kiran Mishra, Kumar Priyank, Kumar Vineet, Macherla Veerender, Madhu R K, Manas Kumar, Manish Kumar, Manish Kumar Mishra, Manish Uppal, Manoj Kumar, Manoj Kumar Choudhary, Manoj Kumar Singh, Monika Negi, Mrityunjay Shankar, Mukesh Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Mukesh Rayakwar, Mukul Manna, Murlidhar Jha, Narsimha Gangappa, Narayana Buddiga, Narendra Kumar Choudhary, Narendra Pratap Singh, Neelakshi Singh, Neeraj Raja Singh, Niraj Kumar, Niraj Kumar Sah, Nishith, Nitin Joshi, Nitya Nand Jha, Palanisamy K G, Panchu Ranm Meena, Pandiranjan A, Pankaj Kumar Chauhan, Pankaj Pathak, Paramtosh Kumar Singh, Pawan Kumar, Poonkomar R, Prashanta Katragadda, Praveen Kumar, Praveen Kumar Mansinghka, Priyabrata Mishra, Puneet Sharma, Radhika Pragya, Raghun N, Rahul, Rahul Ranjan, Raj Ignace Bara, Raj Kumar, Raj Kumar Chhoker, Rajeev Kumar, Rajendra Prasad, Rajesh Chourey, Rajesh Kumar Deepak, Rajesh Kumar Dwivedi, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Rajesh Marwaha, Rajesh Prasad, Rajinder Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, Ram Nivas Mahala, Ramakrishna Vavilala, Ravi Shankar Choudhary, Ravichandran S, R T S Nair, Rohit Kamal Shaha, Saket Kumar Nayak, Salil Shukla, Sandeep Baburao Moon, Sangeetha Bhaskar M, Sanjay Ambastha, Sanjay Garg, Sanjay Mohan Nair, Sanjeeb Kumar Nath, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar Maganti, Sapan Kumar, Sarath Raj Masthebhakthi,, S B Moharana, Satish Kachhawa, Sattya Prakash, Satyajit Patra, Saurav Rath, Sayan Bhattacharyya, Senthil Kumar Rajendiran, Shailesh Kumar Dubey, Shankar Salkhu Murmu, Sheeja A, Shiv Kumar Koshare, Shreeja V, Smitha S Nair, Sonal Panchal, Sonalika Akhouri, Soumya Sahoo, Subramanyam Yelliboyena, Sudhansu Sekhar Panda, Sudhir Kumar, Sujit Kumar Tiwari, Sunil Kumar Goel, Surya Kaligotla, Sushmita Sahoo, Tanuja Chaturvedi, Uday Kumar Biswas, Umesh Kumar, Varun Kumar, Vasudevan P K, Vijaya Chilukuru, Vijayakumar T, Vikas Vashistha, Vikrant Tiwari, Vivek Kumar Sinha and Yeddanapudi Nageswara.
Vice President of India Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar bestowed the 'Outstanding PSU of the Year’ award to HAL at AIMA’s Managing India Awards ceremony in Delhi yesterday night. The award was received by C B Ananthakrishnan, CMD (Additional Charge), on behalf of HAL. He thanked AIMA for selecting HAL for the prestigious award.
The Vice President congratulated all the winners who he said were thoughtfully picked up by the jury. He praised HAL's performance and said its success story is inspiring and the PSU is the pride of the nation.
“It is an honor to receive the award from Hon’ble Vice President, and we at HAL are deeply motivated by this gesture. We will continue to strive and contribute to nation building with our dedicated efforts to make India self-reliant in defence production”, said Ananthakrishnan.
Established in 1957, The All India Management Association (AIMA) is the Voice of India’s leaders and managers and the apex body of the management profession in India. It works closely with industry, government, academia, and students to further the cause of the management profession in India. Its mission is to facilitate individuals and organizations realize their potential.
HAL recorded the highest-ever revenue from operations of over Rs. 29,810 crores (provisional and unaudited) for the financial year ended on March 31, 2024, registering a double-digit growth of around 11% as against 9% in the previous financial year. The company maintained the growth momentum and has achieved an all-round improved performance in diverse areas.
Ms Rashmita Jha has been appointed as CVO, National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), Delhi. He is a 1997 batch IRS-IT officer.
Manoj Kumar has been appointed as CVO, Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), Mumbai. He is a 2003 batch IRS-IT officer.
Dharmendra Yadav has been appointed as CVO, National Medical Commission (NMC), Delhi. He is a 1996 batch ITS officer.
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey, Additional Judge, for appointment as Permanent Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court.
The Supreme Court Collegium has resolved to recommend that Justice Sachin Singh Rajput be appointed as Additional Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court for a fresh term of one year with effect from May 16, 2024.
The Supreme Court Collegium has resolved to recommend that Justice Radhakishan Agrawal be appointed as Additional Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court for a fresh term of one year with effect from August 2, 2024.
The Supreme Court Collegium has resolved to recommend that Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal be appointed as Additional Judge of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court for a fresh term of one year with effect from June 3, 2024.
The Financial Service Institutions Bureau has recommended Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh for the position of Managing Director (MD) in SBI. The bureau has interviewed 16 candidates on April 23 and 24
PJ Nath has been re-appointed as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of NELCO Limited with effect from June 13, 2024.
Kushal Nitinbhai Patel, Non-Executive Director, Axita Cotton Limited, has been re-designated as Managing Director of the company.
Nilesh Hasmukhbhai Kothari has been appointed as Executive Director of Axita Cotton Limited.
Siddharth Mahajan, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, has been appointed as Nominee Director of MMTC Limited.
Vinodkumar Kamtaprasad Singh has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Fundviser Capital (India) Limited.
Mrs. Kritika Goyal has been appointed as Additional Director (Non Executive Independent) of Pritika Auto Industries Limited.
Simon Hill has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Non-Independent) of Confidence Petroleum India Limited.
Narinder Kumar Tyagi has been appointed as Additional Director of Pritika Auto Industries Limited.
Vijay Kumar Sharma has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent Non- Executive) on the Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited with effect from May 15, 2024.
Darshan Bipinchandra Shah has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of IEL Limited.
Parshva Satishkumar Shah has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Independent Director of IEL Limited.
Bhupinder Singh Bedi has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Independent Director of Fundviser Capital (India) Limited
Rampant misuse of official vehicles
I am a social worker, who works for the benevolence of the people and fetch their grievances on the public platform for redressal. Recently, it has been brought to my notice that there is a rampant misuse of official vehicles by a retired officer, who has been engaged as OSD [Administration] post retirement in a statutory body by the name of the Commission for Air Quality Management [CAQM], under the aegis of Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. This practice of misusing official vehicle [pre and post retirement] is going on for the past many months [say 8-9 months] by the said officer for commuting from residence and office vice-a-versa with the connivance of his senior officers / coterie. Many times, when the vehicle is required by other staff / officials of the office for official purpose, it is not available to them. May I request the higher echelons of the Ministry of EFCC and the Commission to have a look into the matter seriously and stop the freebies offered to him instantly and recover the transport allowance as well?
D K Saxena
Guidelines regarding the authenticity of Swamy's Medical Attendance Rule / Swamy's Handbook
The applicant referred to reply of earlier RTI application where it was mentioned that CGHS Rules are being followed for settlement of medical claims including dental medical reimbursement as applicable in Delhi NCR. The applicant submitted that since there is no clear circular or guidelines of FCI Headquarters, New Delhi for reimbursement of dental medical treatment. Therefore, Swamy's Medical Attendance Rule mentioned in the letter issued by FCI Headquarters is followed in most of the Offices in FCI while dealing with medical reimbursement of employees of FCI. The applicant contended that there is a huge confusion in most of the FCI Offices as to which Circular / Guidelines / Letter issued by FCI, Headquarters, New Delhi has to be adhered while dealing with reimbursement of medical claims. He requested to provide the clear information / FCI Headquarters Circular or Guidelines regarding any kind of medical reimbursement (which includes dental medical treatment also). The respondent replied that as per RTI Act, PIO is required to provide information as available with him in the form of O.M., notifications, rules, regulations, orders, letters and circulars etc. Queries / clarifications or interpretation of information is outside the preview of the RTI Act. The CIC held that an appropriate response as per the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005 has been provided by the Respondent
Comments
Legally, only such information that is held and available with a public authority can be provided to the information seekers and giving reasons/ opinions/ interpretations, etc are beyond the scope of duty of the PIO. However, it is an Obligation of public authorities under section 4(1) (d) to provide reasons for its administrative or quasi-judicial decisions to affected persons.
Citation: Shri CHANDAN v. Food Corporation of India, CIC/FCIND/A/2022/647480; Date of Decision : 18.03.2024
Dr Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is a RTI Consultant currently working with IIM Visakhapatnam. She has co-authored the books, RTI Right to Information - Law and Practice and PIO’s Guide to RTI. She offers consultancy on RTI matters and Third party audit. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at the link www.rtifoundationofindia.com
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