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Contact details of Officers for addressing applications under Right to Information Act, 2005

Nodal Officer

Mr. Surendra Adhana

Counselor

Email: hoc[dot]newyorkpmi[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in

Fax: 212-490-9656

 

Public Information Officer

Dr. Kajal Bhat

Counsellor/Legal Adviser

Email: newyorkpmi[dot]6c[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in

Fax: 212-490-9656

 

Appellate Authority

Mr. R. Ravindra

Ambassador / Deputy Permanent Representative

Email: dpr[dot]newyorkpmi[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in

Fax: 212-490-9656

            Applications seeking information under the Act may be sent along with the prescribed fee through e-IPO* (Electronic Indian Postal Order) OR in Dollars, equivalent to Indian Rs.10/- in cheque or demand draft favoring Permanent Mission of India, New York.

*Facility of e-IPO for payment of fee under the RTI Act, 2005

            The Government of India (Department of Posts) has launched Electronic Indian Postal Order (e-IPO) service to enable Indian Citizens residing in India or abroad to purchase an Indian Postal order electronically for  paying RTI fee/cost of information online through e-post Office portal (https://www.epostoffice.gov.in) or (https://www.indiapost.gov.in).  The detailed instructions of using e-IPO service are contained in DoPT OM No.1/44/2009-IR dated 22/03/2013 (please click here).  The RTI applicants may use the said e-IPO service for seeking information from Ministries/Departments in India as well as from Indian Missions abroad.

  The information provided under the Act is available to citizens of India only.  Applications should be submitted along with the documentary proof of Indian citizenship.  The User needs to get himself registered at the website.  He has to select the Ministry/Department from whom he desires to seek the information under the RTI Act and the e-IPO so generated can be used to seek information from that Ministry/Department only.  A printout of the e-IPO is required to be attached with the RTI application.  If the RTI application is being filed electronically, e-IPO is required to be attached as an attachment.  For more details please visit the website http://www.epostoffice.gov.in .

            This facility is only for purchasing an Indian Postal Order electronically.  All the requirements for filing an RTI application as well as other provisions regarding eligibility, time limit, exemptions, etc. will continue to apply.

            As per section 6[1] [a] of the RTI Act, 2005, a person who desires to obtain information under the Act is required to submit the application to the Information Officer of the concerned Public Authority. Applicants are, therefore, advised to send their requests under the RTI act to the Mission only when the subject matter can reasonably be presumed to pertain to the Mission. While section 6[3] provides for the transfer of an application by a receiving PIO to another [concerned] PIO, this is clearly meant to cover situations where the application is addressed to a PIO on the assumption that it has been directed to the concerned PIO. Where the information required obviously does not pertain to the Mission, the application may be addressed to the concerned PIO directly.

Information  about the Permanent Mission of India required under Section 4[1][B] of the RTI Act, 2005 

Details of RTI applications received and disposed of upto March 2024

No. of RTI applications received

No. of Orders issued

16

16

Details of RTI applications received and disposed of upto March 2023

No. of RTI applications received

No. of Orders issued

09

09

Details of RTI applications received and disposed of upto March 2022 

No. of RTI applications received

No. of Orders issued

47

47

Details of RTI applications received and disposed of during 2021 

No. of RTI applications received

No. of Orders issued

12

12

Details of RTI applications received and disposed during 2020 

No. of RTI applications received

No. of Orders issued

4

4

Details of Appeals received and orders issued during 2019 

No. of Appeals Received

No. of Orders issued

12

12

Details of Appeals received and orders issued during 2018

No. of Appeals Received

No. of Orders issued

10

10

 

Details of FAAs and CPIOs from 1.1.2015:

First Appellate Authorities

S.No.

Name

 

1.

Ambassador Bhagwant Bishnoi

2015-2016

2.

Ambassador Tanmaya Lal

February 2017 - January 2019

3.

Ambassador K. Nagaraj Naidu

January 2019 - September 2021

4.

Ambassador R. Ravindra

September 2021 - till date


 

CPIOs

S.No.

Name

 

1.

Shri Alok Kumar

2015

2.

Shri Noor Rahman Sheikh

January-June 2016

3.

Shri D.C. Manjunath

July - October 2016

4.

Shri Mahesh Kumar

September - November 2016

5.

Shri Mohammad Afsar

December 2016 - January 2020

6.

Shri A. Amarnath

January 2020 - July 2020

7.

Shri Yedla Umasankar

July 2020 - September 2021

8.

Dr Kajal Bhat

September 2021 – till date