Ministry of Labour and Employment / EPFO / Unhelpful

Status as on 14 May 2013

Registration Number	:	MOLBR/E/2012/01183
Name Of Complainant	:	Veeresh Malik
Date of Receipt	:	13 Dec 2012
Received by	:	Ministry of Labour and Employment
Forwarded to	:	EPFO, Regional Office, Delhi (North)
Officer name	:	Sh. A.K.Gupta
Officer Designation	:	Regional P.F. Commissioner I
Contact Address	:	Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan,
		28, Wazirpur Industrial Area
		Delhi110052
Contact Number	:	01127376772
e-mail	:	ro.delhi@epfindia.gov.in
Grievance Description	:	Greetings and Jai Hind. Please refer to your Ministry letter F . N o . Z - I O I / O I S S - I I I ( P G ), Government of lndia Ministry of Labour and Employment (Public Grievance Cell) Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, dated : 29.10.2012 Please also refer to EPFO circular on the same subject http://www.epfindia.com/Circulars/Y2012-13/CSD_PGPortal_20182.pdf In this context I would like to state that the EPFO's own Grievance Redressal platform is totally unhelpful and to the extent that it forces EPFO claimants and subscribers to go with a begging bowl to the relevant office of the EPFO. These are the defects I observe:- +There is no response or way to check status for 30 days on the online platform offered by EPFO. + Time for meeting senior officers of the EPFO is not provided, we are just pushed away from the PRO. + Rejections are done on whimsical grounds and status of despatch of rejection letters is not shown. + Most of all, it appears that EPFO has scant respect for your circular quoted above. My own settlement case is now pending for the 51st day because I refuse to go begging for it. But the larger issue is that the EPFO has no grievance mechanism of any value for citizens. Most of whom are retired people seeking nothing but their own money. This is causing a major loss of faith in money kept with the government, Please, do something, and have the grievance mechanism at the EPFO revived. As of now, it appears to be an exercise in futility.
Current Status	:	UNDER PROCESS
Date of Action	:	14 Jan 2013

TIEAs between India & other countries, RTI to PMO . . .

To:- Ms. Sanjukta Ray,  Central Public Information Officer, Prime
Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi - 110101.
cc:-  Shri K. Salil Kumar,  Central Public Information Officer, Prime
Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi - 110101

dtd: 07th June 2011

Greetings & Jai Hind!!  Most humbly request information under the RTI
Act of India, 2005,  please provide me with the following information.
THIS INFORMATION IS SOUGHT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AND THERE IS
OVER-RIDING PARAMOUNT LARGER PUBLIC INTEREST TO BE GIVEN THE
INFORMATION I HAVE ASKED FOR.

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INFORMATION REQUIRED:-

a) Please provide me with the list of countries with whom India has
signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) as on date.

b) Please provide me with the information on where I can see these
TIEAs online, alternatively please provide me with information on
where I can get hold of copies of the signed TIEAs.

c) Please provide me with information on top 5 countries where TIEA
information has been sought by India in the last 3 years.

d) If any of the above said statutory records is not available, the
complete details of how it was destroyed / weeded out in each case..

e) Electronic access to the catalogue (or catalogues) of all records
of your public authority duly indexed in a manner and the form to
facilitate right to information, either over the computer networks or
in the form of a diskette or other electronic media at the prescribed
fees.


Sent by eMail and signed hard copy, (signed) and humbly submitted,

Veeresh Malik,
D-61, Defence Colony,
New Delhi - 11oo24
(mobile: 00-91-99118-25500)

Note 1:-Application fee of Rs. 10/- in cash shall be submitted within
30 days as per procedure laid down by DoP&T at PIO, PMO, New Delhi, or
at any one of the nominated APIOs located at the specified Post
Offices in India, and a copy of this application along with receipt
shall be sent to you co-terminus. Interim, you are requested to
commence processing this RTI Application as per the RTI Act-2005 with
effect from date of submission of this electronic copy, also as per
the RTI Act-2005.

Note 2:- The public authority, PMO, New Delhi, has not yet published
their arrangements to accept / accompany electronic payments for
e-filings as per section 6 of the Information Technology Act 2000, is
requested to do same, - and hence I am constrained to go to extra
expense / trouble to file a routine email request by Postal Department
also.

Note 3:- I wish to specify that you may please not provide to me that
information (or particular portion thereof) which would impede the
prosecution of offenders under any law of India, and also any personal
information which is unconnected with any public activity/interest or
which invades the privacy of any person. THIS INFORMATION IS SOUGHT IN
THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AND THERE IS OVER-RIDING PARAMOUNT LARGER PUBLIC
INTEREST TO BE GIVEN THE INFORMATION I HAVE ASKED FOR.

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Note 1: On the 17th of June 2011,, this RTI Application was transferred to MEA and DoRevenue for responses.