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  • DAVP to ensure max publicity: MIB seeks ‘Quit India’ commemoration details from ministries

    NEW DELHI: The ministry of information and broadcasting has asked all ministries to send details about programmes planned by their respective ministries related to commemoration of 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement and 70 years of lndia’s freedom to MIB to ensure adequate publicity and visibility of these activities through Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) in a coordinated manner.

    MIB secretary N K Sinha, in a letter to colleagues in other ministries, stated that details should be sent about the set of activities like the Pledge, the Quit lndia Quiz, the New India Manthan, and the Causes: one would like to dedicate oneself to.

    In this connection, he drew attention to the letter from the Department of Personnel  and Training regarding ‘Sankalp se Siddhi – Attainment through Resolve’ being celebrated as a mass movement during the five-year period from 2017 to 2022. These core activities can be complemented by the Ministries / Organisations suitably at their level. He also enclosed the DoPT letter.

    He wrote: “I shall be grateful if suitable actions are taken in time to make the Commemoration a grand success” and drew attention to the letter from DoPT for suggestions of programmes.

    Sinha added “that there are moments in the journey of nations that fundamentally alter the course of history. One such moment was the Quit lndia Movement, also known as August Kranti’ Andolan that began on 9 August 1942. This Movement was am important milestone in the Indian freedom struggle. Under the leadership of Mahatma Candhi, people across India, in every village, city transcending all barriers came together with a common mission- to uproot imperialism. Five years after the Quit lndia movement, India attained freedom on l5 August 1947.

    The five-year period from 2017 to 2022 will be a unique opportunity of ‘Sankalp to ‘Siddhi’ towards a New India.

    lt all begins with a pledge – a pledge to create a New India that is strong prosperous and inclusive, an India that will make our freedom fighters proud. This is the best time to make every Indian a Builder of a New India. It could be complemented at individual / organisational / local levels.

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  • Prasar advisor Sunil Arora new IICA DG & CEO

    Prasar advisor Sunil Arora new IICA DG & CEO

    NEW DELHI: Information & broadcasting ministry’s former secretary Sunil Arora has reportedly been appointed as the director-general and CEO of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), the corporate affairs ministry’s think tank. The IAS officer of the 1980 batch of Rajasthan cadre, Arora retired as the secretary earlier this year, and was serving as an advisor at Prasar Bharati.

    IICA generally focuses on matters concerning functioning of corporates and strives towards capacity building with various stakeholders including professionals and regulators.

    The government’s Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of Arora as the IICA CEO and D-G via an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said. He has been appointed in the top scale of Rs 80,000=00 for a period of five years or till attaining the age of 65 years or until further orders, whichever is the earliest, it added.

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  • Prasar advisor Sunil Arora new IICA DG & CEO

    Prasar advisor Sunil Arora new IICA DG & CEO

    NEW DELHI: Information & broadcasting ministry’s former secretary Sunil Arora has reportedly been appointed as the director-general and CEO of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), the corporate affairs ministry’s think tank. The IAS officer of the 1980 batch of Rajasthan cadre, Arora retired as the secretary earlier this year, and was serving as an advisor at Prasar Bharati.

    IICA generally focuses on matters concerning functioning of corporates and strives towards capacity building with various stakeholders including professionals and regulators.

    The government’s Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of Arora as the IICA CEO and D-G via an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said. He has been appointed in the top scale of Rs 80,000=00 for a period of five years or till attaining the age of 65 years or until further orders, whichever is the earliest, it added.

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  • RTI Online Web Portal launched to file applications online

    RTI Online Web Portal launched to file applications online

    NEW DELHI: The government today launched a web portal https://rtionline.gov.in to promote participation of our citizens in the process of governance and policy making decisions of the government.

    Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office V Narayanasamy said this facility has presently been provided to Central Ministries but DoPT will consider extending this facility to the subordinate and attached offices of central government also.

    The minister also appealed to the state governments to consider developing similar facility of filing online RTI applications.

    The RTI online web portal has been developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) at the initiative of Department of Personnel and Training.

    This is a facility for the Indian Citizens to file RTI applications online and first appeals and also to make online payment of RTI fees. The prescribed fees can be paid through internet banking of State Bank of India and its associate banks as well as by Credit/Debit cards of Visa/Master, through the payment gateway of SBI linked to this site. This facility is available for all the Ministries/Departments of Central government.

    This system provides for online reply of RTI applications/ first appeals, though reply could be sent by regular post also. This system works as RTI MIS also. The details of RTI applications received through post could also be entered into this system. The citizens can also check the real time status of their RTI applications/first appeals filed online.