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33K Complaints Pending In Central Information Commission

(New Delhi) 33K Complaints Pending In Central Information Commission
Over 33,000 complaints and appeals are pending with the Central Information Commission, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
“As far as Central Information Commission is concerned, 33,487 number of second appeals/complaints are pending as on November 28, 2019,” Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.

राष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार आयोग के 26वें स्थापनादिवस समारोह में केंद्र का रिपोर्टकार्ड

(नई दिल्ली)राष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार आयोग के 26वें स्थापनादिवस समारोह में केंद्र का रिपोर्टकार्ड
केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री अमित शाह ने राष्ट्रीय मानव अधिकार आयोग के 26वें स्थापना दिवस समारोह में मुख्य अतिथि के तौर पर अपना संबोधन दिया। मंच पर आयोग के अध्यक्ष, पूर्व न्यायाधीश श्री एच एल दत्तू भी उपस्थित रहे। गृह
ग्रह मंत्री नेकहा के महात्मा गांधी के ‘वैष्णव जन तो तेने कहिए…’ भजन के एक-एक वाक्य से बड़ा मानवाधिकार के लिए कोई चार्टर हो ही नहीं सकता
आतंकवाद और नक्सलवाद मानव अधिकार के सबसे बड़े दुश्मन हैं; इनके प्रति भारत सरकार शून्य सहिष्णुता की नीति पर अडिग है:
उन्होंने अधिकारों के प्रति एक ‘भारतीय दृष्टिकोण’ रखते हुए अधिकारों के उलंघन को उजागर करने और शोध के आधार पर मानव अधिकारों की रक्षा के लिए सरकार का मार्गदर्शन करने की अपील की
उन्होंने बताया के भारत सरकार संकुचित धारणा से ऊपर उठकर ‘वसुधैव कुटुंबकम’ और ‘सबका साथ सबका विकास’ जैसे सूत्र लेकर आगे बढ़ रही है
शाह ने अपनी सरकार का रिपोर्ट कार्ड प्रस्तुत करते हुए कहा
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी ने अपनी कल्याणकारी नीतियों से देश के लगभग 70 करोड़ लोगों को बिजली, गैस, शौचालय और स्वास्थ्य बीमा देकर उनके मानवाधिकार की रक्षा की है

Prez Kovind Advocates Transparency in RTI :CIC

[New Delhi]Prez Kovind Advocates Transparency in RTI
President Ram Nath Kovind strongly advocated transparency in governance, saying there is no such thing as “too much information” in a democracy and “information overload” is always preferable to deficit.
Inaugurating the 13th annual convention of the Central Information Commission, the highest appellate authority in RTI matters, the president also made a strong pitch for the declassification procedure and maintenance of archives.
He expressed need for declassification protocols for government and archival documents, and see how we can modernise these,
The president said India has appointed half-a-million public information officers under the RTI Act with the estimated requests for information touching as high as six million requests a year which are astounding numbers.
Right to information is about nurturing the social contract of trust between the citizen and the state – where both must have faith in each other.
Earlier speaking on the occasion, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh requested the gathering of information commissioners, activists, information officers and people to find out if “unnecessary RTI applications” can be reduced as much of the information is readily available on government web sites.
The Right to Information Act came into force on October 12, 2005. The first application was filed by Shahid Raza Burney before Pune Police on the same day.

{3}Information Commissioners Administered Oath For C I C Office

[New Delhi] {3} Information Commissioners Administered Oath For Central Information Commission Office
[1]Bimal Julka,
[2] Divya Prakash Sinha and
[3]Amitava Bhattacharyya
were administered the oath of office of the Information Commissioners, Central Information Commission (CIC) by the Chief Information Commissioner, Shri Radha Krishna Mathur.
With This total number of Information Commissioners including the Chief Information Commissioner has gone upto 11 in the Central Information Commission.
Shri Bimal Julka, a former IAS officer, before joining the office of Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission, was holding the post of Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in Government of India. His area of eminence includes Administration and Governance.
Shri Divya Prakash Sinha, a former IPS officer, before joining the office of Information Commissioner in Central Information Commission, was holding the charge of Secretary (Security) in the Government of India. His area of eminence includes experience in security.
Shri Amitava Bhattacharyya, a former IAS officer, before joining the office of Information Commissioner in Central Information Commission, was holding the charge of Chairman, Staff Selection Commission. His area of eminence includes Administration and Governanc

S K Bahri, IAAS (1981)Of Industry Ministry,Prematurely Repatriated To His Cadre

[New Delhi]S K Bahri, IAAS (1981)Of Industry Ministry,Prematurely Repatriated To His Cadre
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments also
[1] Shri Badri Narain Sharma, 1AS (RJ:1985), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power as Additional’ Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance vice Smt.Rashmi Verma, IAS (BH:1982) on her elevation as Secretary, Ministry of Textiles.
[2] Ms. Anjali Anand Srivastava, IAAS (1982), presently posted in her cadre as Secretary, Central Information Commission vice Shri Atanu Purkayastha, IAS (WB:1983) on his superannuation on 29.02.2016.
[3]Shri Bala Prasad, IFS (MN:1983), presently posted in his cadre as Managing Director, TRIFED under Ministry of Tribal Affairs vice Shri Karan Bir Singh Sidhu, IAS (PB:1984) consequent on his premature repatriation to his cadre.
[4] Shri Subhash Chandra Pandey, IAAS (1983), presently posted in his cadre as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry vice Shri S K Bahri, IAAS (1981) consequent on his premature repatriation to his cadre.

Ex-Def Secy RK Mathur Sworn In as Eighth CIC For Three Years

[New Delhi]Ex-Def Secy RK Mathur Sworn In as Eighth CIC
Former Defence Secretary RK Mathur was today sworn in as the eighth Chief Information Commissioner by President Pranab Mukherjee at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan
62-year-old Mathur, a retired IAS officer of Tripura cadre, completed his two-year fixed tenure as Defence Secretary in May last year.As the CIC, he will have a tenure of about three years, till he attains the age of 65 years.
The oath ceremony could not be held earlier as the President was on a southern sojourn for 14 days and returned on December 31.
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection committee, which has Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, as its members, had last year on December 16 selected Mathur as the new CIC.
The Central Information Commission has been headless twice since the BJP government came to power in 2014. Earlier, it was without a chief for nearly 10 months after the completion of the tenure of the then Chief Information Commissioner, Rajiv Mathur, in August, 2014.
It again fell vacant a month back following the retirement of Vijai Sharma.At present, there are seven Information Commissioners — Basant Seth, Yashovardhan Azad, Sharat Sabharwal, Manjula Prasher, MA Khan Yusufi, Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu and Sudhir Bhargava.
The Commission is made up of one chief and 10 Information Commissioners. The posts of three Information Commissioners are still vacant