read the given news
what krish is shouting 4 long , but are our deaf n dumb we call them
servants they call themselves masters of all's destiny r listening ?
http://www.dailypioneer.com/217093/CIC-choice-a-litmus-test-of-transparency.html
Friday, November 20, 2009
Nidhi Sharma | Nidhi Sharma
What is common between a former Secretary of Department of Personnel
and Training (DoPT), former CEO of Prasar Bharati, a 60-year-old
police officer and media advisor to the Prime Minister? They are all
retired bureaucrats who are supposed to guard the common man's right
to information (RTI) against the exploits of their own ilk — the
serving bureaucrats.
Sounds ironical? But this is exactly what has been happening over the
last four years in Central Information Commission (CIC) and State
Information Commissions — appellate authorities for Right to
Information (RTI) Act 2005. Retired bureaucrats have been appointed
through an opaque selection procedure followed by the Government.
The Government seems set to repeat this once again as the Prime
Minister-led three-member panel is likely to meet on Friday to select
the next Chief Information Commissioner. RTI activist Shekhar Singh is
tipped to succeed Wajahat Habibullah as the next Chief Information
Commissioner to head CIC. However, civil society is still up in arms
against the lack of transparency in the procedure.
A look at the resumes of Information Commissioners at CIC at State
Commissions reveals how these assignments have become a
post-retirement option for bureaucrats. Of the nine Information
Commissioners at CIC, including Habibullah, only two — MM Ansari and
Shailesh Gandhi — have not been bureaucrats. Remaining seven have held
very plum portfolios in Government of India. Habibullah, considered a
very close Nehru-Gandhi family friend, has served in Prime Minister's
Office during Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi's time. While
recently-appointed Deepak Sandhu was media advisor to Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, both Satyananda Mishra and AN Tiwari have been
secretaries of DoPT — the parent Ministry for RTI Act. ML Sharma is a
retired Indian Postal Service officer.
The criteria for selecting these bureaucrats as Information
Commissioners is not yet known. They did not apply for the post and
were simply appointed after the recommendation of a committee headed
by the Prime Minister.
According to Section 12 (2) of the RTI Act, the Information
Commissioners would be appointed by a committee consisting of Prime
Minister, Leader of Opposition and a Union Minister.
Section 12(5) vaguely laying down the criteria says, "The Chief
Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners shall be
persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and experience
of law, science and technology, social service, management,
journalism, mass media or administration and governance.
Indonesian experience
PNS | New Delhi: Indonesia has just appointed seven new information
commissioners. The posts were advertised in national dailies, 330
applications were received and 243 names were finalised. These
candidates were subjected to intensive screening process — background
check, psychometric and written tests. Twenty-one names were
finalised. A Parliamentary committee interviewed these candidates in
hearings open for public.
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