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RTI Cell

 RTI Cell deals with the work relating to receive On-line and Off-line RTI application and Appeals and transferred it to concerned CPIO and First Appellate Authority. 

Chapter- 10

Right to Information Act, 2005

10.1   The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI) was assented by the President of India on 15.6.2005 and notified on 21.6.2005. Some of the Sections of the Act, namely, sections 4(10, 5(1) & (2), 12,13,15,16,24,27 & 28 relating to obligations of Public Authorities for maintenance and computerization of record/information, designation of Public Information Officers constitution of Central Information Commission and State Information Commission, exclusion of certain organizations etc, came into force immediately. The remaining provisions of the RTI Act came into force on the 120th day of its enactment i.e. 12th October 2005.

10.2   In compliance of the RTI Act, the Department has designated CPIOs and Appellate Authorities. The respective PSUs under the administrative control of the Department have been directed to ensure compliance of the RTI Act. Some of the important steps taken by the Department in compliance of the Act are:-

(a)Creation of separate link for RTI Act on its website http://fert.nic.in and placing a handbook on RTI giving general information about the Department required under the Act.

(b)Orders designating CPIOs and Appellate Authorities with required details are placed on the website, which are being updated from time to time.

(c)Counter opened at Public Information Centre of DoF at Room No. G-12, Ground Floor, A wing, Shastri Bhawan, for necessary of RTI applications as well as prescribed fee under the RTI Act.

10.3  The Department has started registration of applications and appeals under the RTI Act on the Management Information System (RTI_MIS) software available on the web-site of CIC http://rtionline.gov.in/RTIMIS.

10.4  The Department has started receiving RTI applications/Appeals on RTI web  portal of DoPT, http://rtionline.gov.in/RTIMIS.

10.5   During the year 2022, 677 applications and 33 appeals were received physically and online out of which 643 applications and 31 appeals were disposed off during the year and the remaining 34 out of 677 applications and 02 out of 33appeals are under process for sending reply to the applicants.

The Department of Fertilizers hereby designate the following Officers as the Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs), First Appellate Authorities (FAAs), in respect of works related to Section’s indicated against their name:-

 

Sl.No

Name & Designation of CPIOs (Shri/Smt/Ms)

Work Relating to

Name & Designation of First Appellate Authority (Shri/Smt/Ms)

1.

Chetram Meena, Under Secretary

Fertilizer Subsidy (Ind.)

Padamsing Pradipsing Patil, Director

2.

Tilak Raj, Under Secretary

Gen.Admn/Estt./IT

Johan Topno, Deputy Secretary

3.

P.G Meithiondai, Under Secretary

DBT

M. Subramanian, Director

Parliament

Anil Phulwari, Director

Fertilizer Act

Anurag Rohtagi, Director

4.

Mool Chand Meena, Under Secretary

PMI/RTI

Anil Phulwari, Director

Cash

Johan Topno, Deputy Secretary

5.

Robin Gangte, Under Secretary

Vigilance

Anurag Rohtagi, Director

UPP/FP

Niranjan Lal, Director

6.

Nirmla Devi Goel, Under Secretary

P&K/IC

Anurag Rohtagi, Director

Coordination

Anil Phulwari, Director

7.

Pumzalal Pulamte, AFA

Budget/Finance

Ujjwal Kumar, Deputy Secretary

8.

Yashpal Arora, Under Secretary

PSU

M. Subramanian, Director

Rajbhasha

Johan Topno, Deputy Secretary

9.

Dalbir Singh, AC

Movement/SSP

Harvinder Singh, Director

10.

Naveen Kodain, AD

Shipping

Harvinder Singh, Director

11.

Manmohan Singh, AD

Admin (FICC)

Manoj Kumar, Deputy Secretary

 

12.

Gori Shankar, Deputy Director

Cost, FICC

Shyam Sunder Agrawal, JD (CE)

 

K.N Hari Hara Prasad, JD(CE)

 

13.

Deepak Mohan Srivastava, AO

F&A, FICC

Manoj Kumar, Deputy Secretary

14.

Sankara Subramonian V,   Under Secretary

Fertilizer Innovation

Padamsing Pradipsing Patil, Director

Organic Fertilizer

Manoj Kumar, Deputy Secretary

15.

Pawan Kumar, Sr. AO

Account Officer, PAO

Dr. (Ms) Ranjeeta, CA

16.

Ashis Katyayan, AD(OL)

Rajbhasha

Johan Topno, Deputy Secretary