In terms of Section 5(1) and 19(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, following
officers of ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal are designated as Central Public Information
Officers
(CPIOs) and First Appellate Authorities (FAAs) in respect of the subject matters
mentioned against their names:
S.No. | Matters to be dealt with under RTI Act, 2005 |
Name & Designation of the Officer designated as CPIO |
Name & Designation of the Officer designated as First Appellate Authorities |
---|---|---|---|
1 | All matters related
to
AICRP on FIM |
Dr. K.N.
Agrawal, PC-FIM |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
2 | All matters related
to AICRP on EAAI |
Dr. V.K.
Bhargav, PC-EAAI |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
3 | All matters related
to
AICRP on ESA |
Dr. K.N. Agrawal, PC, ESA | Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
4 | All matters related
to
AICRP on UAE |
Dr. Shiv Pratap
Singh, PC-UAE |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
5 | All matters related
to
APPD |
Dr. Sukhadev
Mangaraj
Head, APPD |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
6 | All matters related
to
AMD |
Dr. Ved Prakash
Chaudhary, Head AMD |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
7 | All matters related
to
TTD |
Dr. U.R.
Badegaonkar, PS, I/c Head TTD |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
8 | All matters related
to
AEP |
Dr. Sandip
Gangil, I/c Head AEP |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
9 | All matters related
to
IDED |
Dr. K.V. Ramana
Rao, Head IDED |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
10 | All matters related
to
CESPU |
Dr. Punit Chandra,
I/c Head CESPU |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
11 | All matters related
to Regional Centre, Coimbatore |
Dr. Ravindra Naik,
I/c Regional Station, Coimbatore |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
12 | All matters related
to
KVK |
Dr. Deepak
Singh, Head KVK |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
13 | All matters related
to
PPC |
Dr. V.K.
Bhargav, I/c PPC |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
14 | All matters related
to
Farm Section |
Shri Ravindra
Singh,
I/c Farm section |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
15 | All matters related
to
RW |
Dr. Ashutosh P
Pandirwar, I/c Research Workshop |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
16 | All matters related
to
PME Cell |
Dr. S.K. Giri, I/c PME Cell |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
17 | All matters related
to
AKMU |
Dr. Karan
Singh, I/c AKMU |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
18 | All matters related
to
Library |
Shri A.P.
Shilarkar,
I/c Library |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
19 | All matters related
to
Finance |
Shri Rajesh
Dubey, F&AO |
Dr. C.R. Mehta, Director |
20 | All matters related
to
Security |
Shri Rakesh
Kumar, DD (OL) & Security Coordinator |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
21 | All matters related
to
Guest House |
Dr. S.K.
Chakraborty, Guest House Coordinator |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
22 | All matters related
to
EMS |
Shri Goutam, I/c EMS |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
23 | All matters related
to
VMS |
Shri M V
Prasad, I/c, VMS |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
24 | All matters related
to
Administration |
Smt. Swati
Singh, AAO (Admn.) |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
25 | All matters related
to
Recruitment |
Smt. Swati
Singh, AAO (Admn.) |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
26 | All matters related
to
Purchase–I |
Smt Deepa
Shinde, AAO (Pur-I) |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
27 | All matters related
to
Purchase–II |
Smt Deepa
Shinde, AAO (Pur-II) |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
28 | All matters related
to
Bills & Cash Section |
Shri Rakesh
Kumar, DD (O.L) & DDO |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
29 | All legal matters | Smt. Swati
Singh, AAO (Admn.) |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
30 | (i) All Bills and
Budget related matters related to AICRPs and CRPs (ii) All matters related to PG Cell of the Institute |
Shri Prakash
Patil, DDO (AICRP) & AAO PG Cell |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
31 | All matters related
to
Central Stores Section |
Shri Mustafa Kamal
, AAO (CS) |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
32 | All matters related
to
Dispensary |
Shri Mustafa Kamal
, AAO (CS) |
Shri Abhishek
Yadav,CAO |
33 | Other Projects | Co-PI/PI (As the case may be) |
PI/Director (As the case maybe) |
The RTI Act under section 4 provides a comprehensive framework for promoting
openness in the functioning of the public authorities.
While Section 4(1) (a) provides a general guideline for record management, so that
the
information could be easily stored and retained, the sub-sections b,c and d of
Section 4
relate to the organizational objects and functions. Sub-sections (b), (c) and
(d) of
Section 4 of the RTI Act and other related information can be grouped under six
categories; namely, 1-organsiation and function, 2- Budget and programmes,
3-
Publicity
and public interface, 4-E. governance, 5-Information as prescribed and 6.
Information
disclosed on own initiative.
S.No. | Item | Details of disclosure | Remarks/ Reference Points (Fully met/partially met/ not met- Not applicable will be treated as fully met/partially met) |
---|---|---|---|
1.1 |
Particulars
of its organisation,functions and duties |
(i) Name and address
of
the Organization |
Fully met |
(ii) Head of the organization | Fully met | ||
(iii) Vision,
Mission
and Key objectives |
Fully met
(Available on ICAR website) |
||
(iv) Function and duties | Fully met | ||
(v) Organization Chart | Fully met | ||
1.2 | Power
and
duties of its officers and employees |
(i) Powers and
duties
of officers (administrative, financial and judicial) |
Fully met
(Available on ICAR website) |
(ii) Power and
duties
of other employees |
Partially met | ||
(iii) Rules/ orders
under which powers and duty are derived and |
Partially met (order of GOI /ICAR followed) |
||
(iv) Exercised | |||
(v) Work allocation | |||
1.3 |
Procedure
followed in decision making process |
(i) Process of decision making Identify key decision making points |
fully Met |
(ii) Final
decision making authority |
fully Met | ||
(iii) Related
provisions, acts, rules etc. |
fully Met | ||
(iv) Time limit for
taking a decisions, if any |
fully Met | ||
(v) Channel of
supervision and accountability |
fully Met | ||
1.4 | Norms
for
discharge of functions |
(i) Nature of
functions/ services offered |
fully Met |
(ii) Norms/
standards
for functions/ service delivery |
fully Met | ||
(iii) Process by
which
these services can be accessed |
fully Met | ||
(iv) Time-limit
for achieving the targets |
fully Met | ||
(v) Process of
redress
of grievances |
fully Met | ||
1.5 | Rules,
regulations, instructions manual and records for discharging functions |
(i) Title and
nature of the record/ manual/instruction |
fully Met |
(ii) List of Rules,
regulations, instructions manuals and records. |
fully Met | ||
(iii) Acts/ Rules manuals etc | fully Met | ||
(iv) Transfer
policy
and transfer orders |
fully Met | ||
(v) Process of
redress of grievances |
fully Met | ||
1.6 |
Categories
of documents held by the authority under its control |
(i) Categories of documents | fully Met |
(ii) Custodian of
documents/categories |
fully Met | ||
1.7 | Boards,
Councils, Committees and other Bodies constituted as part of the Public Authority |
(i) Name of
Boards, Council, Committee etc. |
N.A. |
(ii) Composition | N.A. | ||
(iii) Dates from
which constituted |
N.A. | ||
(iv)Term/ Tenure | N.A. | ||
(v) Powers and functions | N.A. | ||
(vi) Whether their
meetings are open to the public? |
N.A. | ||
(vii) Whether the
minutes of the meetings are open to the public? |
N.A. | ||
(viii) Place where
the minutes if open to the public are available? |
N.A. | ||
1.8 |
Directory
of officers and employees |
(i) Name and designation. | Fully Met |
(ii) Telephone ,
fax and email ID |
Fully Met | ||
1.9 | Monthly
Remuneration received by officers & employees including system of compensation |
(i) List of
employees
with Gross monthly remuneration |
Fully Met |
(ii) System of
compensation as provided in its regulations |
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1.10 | Name,
designation and other particulars of public information officers |
(i) Name and
designation of the public information officer (PIO), Assistant Public Information (s) & Appellate Authority |
Fully Met |
(ii) Address,
telephone
numbers and email ID of each designated official. |
Fully Met | ||
1.11 | No. Of
employees against whom Disciplinary action has been proposed/ taken |
No. of
employees against whom disciplinary action has been (i) Pending for Minor penalty or major penalty proceedings |
Fully Met |
(ii) Finalised for
Minor penalty or major penalty proceedings |
|||
1.12 |
Programmes
to advance understanding of RTI |
(i) Educational programmes | Partially met |
(ii) Efforts to
encourage public authority to participate in these programmes |
Partially met | ||
(iii) Training of CPIO/APIO | Partially met | ||
(iv) Update &
publish guidelines on RTI by the Public Authorities concerned |
Partially met | ||
1.13 | Transfer
policy and transfer orders |
Fully met |
2. Budget and Programme |
|||
S.No. | Item | Details of disclosure | Remarks/ Reference Points (Fully met/partially met/ not met- Not applicable will be treated as fully met/partially met) |
---|---|---|---|
2.1 |
Budget
allocated to each agency including all plans, proposed expenditure and reports on disbursements made etc. |
(i) Total
Budget
for the public authority |
Fully
met |
(ii) Budget
for
each
agency and plan & programmes |
Fully met | ||
(iii) Proposed expenditures | Fully met | ||
(iv) Revised
budget for
each agency, if any |
Fully met | ||
(v) Report
on
disbursements made and place where the related reports are available |
Fully met | ||
2.2 |
Foreign and
domestic tours |
(i) Budget | Fully
met |
(ii)
Foreign
and
domestic Tours by ministries and officials of the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government and above, as well as the heads of the Department. a) Places visited b) The period of visit c) The number of members in the official delegation d) Expenditure on the visit |
Fully met | ||
(iii)
Information
related to procurements a) Notice/tender enquires, and corrigenda if any thereon, b) Details of the bids awarded comprising the names of the suppliers of goods/ services being procured, c) The works contracts concluded – in any such combination of the above-and d) The rate /rates and the total amount at which such procurement or works contract is to be executed. |
Fully
met |
||
2.3 |
Manner of execution of subsidy programme |
(i) Name of
the
programme of activity |
N.A. |
(ii)
Objective
of the programme |
N.A. | ||
(iii)
Procedure
to avail benefits |
N.A. | ||
(iv)
Duration of
the programme/ scheme |
N.A. | ||
(v) Physical
and
financial targets of the programme |
N.A. | ||
(vi)
Nature/
scale of subsidy /amount allotted |
N.A. | ||
(vii)
Eligibility criteria for grant of subsidy |
N.A. | ||
(viii)
Details
of beneficiaries of subsidy programme (number, profile etc) |
N.A. | ||
2.4 |
Discretionary and non-discretionary grants |
(i)
Discretionary and non-discretionary grants/ allocations to State Govt./ NGOs/other institutions |
N.A. |
(ii) Annual
accounts of all legal entities who are provided grants by public authorities |
N.A. | ||
2.5 |
Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits of authorizations granted by the public authority |
(i)
Concessions, permits or authorizations granted by public authority |
N.A. |
(ii) For
each
concessions, permit or authorization granted a) Eligibility criteria b) Procedure for getting the concession/ grant and/ or permits of authorizations c) Name and address of the recipients given concessions/ permits or authorisations d) Date of award of concessions /permits of authorizations | N.A. | ||
2.5 | CAG & PAC paras | CAG and PAC
paras and the action taken reports (ATRs) after these have been laid on the table of both houses of the parliament. | N.A. |
3. Publicity Band Public interface |
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S.No. | Item | Details of disclosure | Remarks/ Reference Points (Fully met/partially met/ not met- Not applicable will be treated as fully met/partially met) |
---|---|---|---|
3.1 |
Particulars for any arrangement for consultation with or representation by the members of the public in relation to the formulation of policy or implementation there of |
Arrangement for consultations with or representation by the members of the public (i) Relevant Acts, Rules, Forms and other documents which are normally accessed by citizens | N.A. |
(ii)
Arrangements for consultation with or representation by a) Members of the public in policy formulation/ policy implementation b) Day & time allotted for visitors c) Contact details of Information & Facilitation Counter (IFC) to provide publications frequently sought by RTI applicants |
N.A. | ||
Public-
private partnerships (PPP) (i) Details of Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), if any |
N.A. | ||
(ii)
Detailed project reports (DPRs) |
N.A. | ||
(iii)
Concession agreements. |
N.A. | ||
(iv)
Operation and maintenance manuals |
N.A. | ||
(v)
Other documents generated as part of the implementation of the PPP |
N.A. | ||
(vi)
Information relating to fees, tolls, or the other kinds of revenues that may be collected under authorisation from the government |
N.A. | ||
(vii)
Information relating to outputs and outcomes |
N.A. | ||
(viii)
The process of the selection of the private sector party (concessionaire etc.) |
N.A. | ||
(ix)
All payment made under the PPP project |
N.A. | ||
3.2 |
Are the details of policies / decisions, which affect public, informed to them |
Publish
all relevant facts while formulating important policies or announcing decisions which affect public to make the process more interactive; (i) Policy decisions/ legislations taken in the previous one year | N.A. |
(ii)
Outline the Public consultation process |
N.A. | ||
(iii)
Outline the arrangement for consultation before formulation of policy |
N.A. | ||
3.3 |
Dissemination of information widely and in such form and manner which is easily accessible to the public |
Use
of
the most effective means of communication (i) Internet (website) | N.A. |
3.4 |
Form of accessibility of information manual/ handbook |
Information manual/ handbook available in (i) Electronic format | N.A. |
(ii) Printed format | N.A. | ||
3.5 |
Whether information manual/ handbook available free of cost or not |
List of
materials available (i) Free of cost | N.A. |
(ii) At
a reasonable cost of the medium |
N.A. |
4. E.Governance |
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S.No. | Item | Details of disclosure | Remarks/ Reference Points (Fully met/partially met/ not met- Not applicable will be treated as fully met/partially met) |
---|---|---|---|
4.1 |
Language in which Information Manual/ Handbook Available |
(i) English | Fully met |
(ii) Vernacular/ Local Language |
Partially met | ||
4.2 |
When was the information Manual/Handbook last updated? |
Last date of Annual updation | Partially met |
4.3 |
Information available in electronic form |
(i) Details of information available in electronic form | Fully met |
(ii) Name/ title of the document/record/ other information |
Fully met | ||
(iii) Location where available |
Fully met | ||
4.4 |
Particulars of facilities
available to citizen for obtaining information |
(i) Name & location of the faculty | Fully met |
(ii) Details of information
made available |
Fully met | ||
(iii) Working hours of the facility |
Fully met | ||
(iv) Contact person &
contact details (Phone, fax email) |
Fully met | ||
4.5 |
Such other information as may be prescribed under section 4(i) (b)(xvii) |
(i) Grievance redressal mechanism | Fully met |
(ii) Details of applications received under RTI and information provided |
Fully met | ||
(iii) List of completed
schemes/ projects/ Programmes |
Fully met | ||
(iv) List of schemes/
projects/ programme underway | Fully met | ||
(v) Details of all contracts entered into including name of the contractor, amount of contract and period of completion of contract |
Fully met | ||
(vi) Annual Report | Fully met | ||
(vii) Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) | Fully met | ||
(viii) Any other information such as a) Citizen’s Charter |
Fully met | ||
b) Result Framework Document (RFD) |
Fully met | ||
c) Six monthly reports on the | Fully met | ||
d) Performance against the benchmarks set in the Citizen’s Charter |
Fully met | ||
4.6 |
Receipt & Disposal of RTI applications & appeals |
(i) Details of applications received and disposed | Fully met |
(ii) Details of appeals
received and orders issued |
Fully met | ||
4.7 |
Replies to questions asked in the parliament |
Details of questions asked and replies given | Fully met |
5. Information as may be prescribed |
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S.No. | Item | Details of disclosure | Remarks/ Reference Points (Fully met/partially met/ not met- Not applicable will be treated as fully met/partially met) |
---|---|---|---|
5.1 |
Such other information as may be prescribed |
(i) Name & details
of (a) Current CPIOs & FAAs (b) Earlier CPIO & FAAs from 1.1.2015 | N.A. |
(ii) Details of
third party audit of voluntary disclosure (a) Dates of audit carried out (b) Report of the audit carried out |
Fully met | ||
(iii) Appointment of
Nodal Officers not below the rank of Joint Secretary / Additional HoD (a) Date of appointment (b) Name & Designation of the officers |
Fully met | ||
(iv) Consultancy
committee of key stake holders for advice on suo-motu disclosure (a) Dates from which constituted (b) Name & Designation of the officers |
N.A. | ||
(v) Committee of
PIOs /FAAs with rich experience in RTI to identify frequently sought information under RTI (a) Dates from which constituted (b) Name & Designation of the Officers |
Partially met |
6. Information Disclosed on own Initiative |
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S.No. | Item | Details of disclosure | Remarks/ Reference Points (Fully met/partially met/ not met- Not applicable will be treated as fully met/partially met) |
---|---|---|---|
6.1 |
Item /
information disclosed so that public have minimum resort to use of RTI Act to obtain information |
partially met | |
6.2 |
Guidelines
for Indian Government Websites (GIGW) is followed (released in February, 2009 and included in the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedures (CSMOP) by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions, Govt. Of India) |
(i) Whether STQC
certification obtained and its validity. (ii) Does the website show the certificate on the Website? | Fully met |
Principal Scientist and Vigilance Officer
Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering
Nabi Bagh, Berasia Road,
Bhopal - 462 038
Phone No: 0755 - 2521104