Whispers Forum

At the outset the contents may not be construed as allegations or aspersions which I’m not authorized to same but only social feedback only We welcome any report on IPS induction and the sagacity and the working of IPS officers is always praiseworthy , but as the finding says that the posts of IPS should be doubled, it should always be taken into account that the present government is making every time slogan that minimum government ,maximum governance ,And in such parlance, we should instead reduce the number of functionaries rather than enhancing the posts a critical examination of the utilization of such brainy officers should be carried out to see whether the intake should be revised or not as the Paramount factor for not increasing such intake is technological, advancements and integrations that are available in greater form which can reduce the necessity of physical strength the IPS officers It is seen at many places they are posted in a very insignificant departments vestigial deptts ( seek apology to say so, because of my limited wisdom,)like housing department BR&D , and many other departments, where their intelligence is not gainfully utilized, there should be a proper churning and reinventing departments looking to contemporary scenario , so that deptts should be created which need the backup support and the public interface It is also widely seen that Senior officers don’t interact with public at large and don’t make surprise visits in the fields to get first hand information / true line order situation instead they are more Inclined to stay in their cushy offices, and the feedback given by the juniors is taken in totality . We have to create assertive citizenary and open up space for citizen participation with the government functionaries for better civic activism.
Mahendra Goel

The AAP has announced to contest on all seats in MP and Chhattisgarh. Many observers were earlier inclined to believe that AAP would only play the role of vote katwa in states except Delhi and Punjab. But AAP surprised everyone by making a spectacular entry in Singrauli as mayor in last year's civic elections. In this election, 5 councillors of AAP had also won in Singrauli. A mayor and 64 councillors of AAP won in MP. In this way, AAP was able to make a dent in BJP's vote bank directly. But it's true that AAP has so far caused more harm to Congress than BJP. It remains to be seen how AAP would utilize Manish Sisodia's arrest to gain people's sympathy. Media focus is on AAP and Sisodia after the arrest.
Aditya Singh

The Appellant sought information regarding the status of the complaint filed at IBBI under section 217 of the Insolvency Bankruptcy Code, 2016 read with Section 7 under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The PIO submitted that the RTI application was rejected at the outset as it was not filed by a citizen but a body corporate. Referring to Section 3 of the RTI Act, the CIC observed that the right to information is available only to the citizens of India and there is no provision for giving information to Corporations, Associations, Companies. As the application was filed by M/s Utility Premises Pvt. Ltd., the second appeal is therefore disposed of as being inadmissible.
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The Department of Personnel & Training published “Guide on the Right to Information Act, 2005” in 2009 which mentioned that if the RTI application were filed by an office bearer of any legal entity, indicating his/her name, in such cases information can be supplied to him / her on the presumption that a citizen has sought the information.
Citation: UPPL Projects Pvt Ltd. v. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), File no.: CIC/IBBIN/A/2022/126256, Date of Decision: 09/02/2023
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

The Minister for Education, Australia, Jason Clare is on a visit to India from February 28 to March 4 to foster India-Australia relations in the field of education. India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has announced two Australian universities will soon establish campuses in the GIFT CITY of Gujarat. India is encouraging the opening of campuses of reputed foreign universities in India. If this materializes then India can stop brain drain and our students will get better opportunities in their own countries.
Shruti Kumari

Customers of banks using or intending to use locker facilities have received a message from their banks that they need to sign a new agreement on Rs100 stamp paper as per RBI directive. The whole exercise is irrelevant and a waste of customers' and Bank's time. Do we sign an agreement every time we buy a flight or train ticket? All that is required is for RBI to release a press note drawing the attention of current and future bank customers that use of locker facility is governed by the rules and regulations contained in the RBI circular the contents of which are available in RBI/Banks website. Since customers cannot amend these rules but have to comply with them to use lockers this notification should be adequate.
Raghavan