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RTI-CVO,MoD- Complaints Status – Dr A K Saxena, Director, DMSRDE, Kanpur

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To                                                                                                                  17th March 2015              Sh. Sekhar Ranjan Amin, U/Secretary & CPIO,                                                                         Room No – 340, Office of Director of Vigilance,                                                                           B- Wing Sena Bhawan,Rajaji Marg,                                                                                               New Delhi -110105

Hello,

Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in respect of corruption complaints against Dr A K Saxena, Director, DMSRDE, DRDO, Kanpur & other officials.  The period of complaints   is from 29/11/2013 to 11/06/2014.

  1. Provide the current status of my following complaints
  • Dated 29/11/2013 OM No 1323/2014/vigilance 9, forwarded to CVO, MoD on 30/01/2014 for necessary action.
  • Dated 17/12/2013 OM No 2056/2014/vigilance 9, forwarded to CVO, MoD on 19/02/2014 for necessary action
  • Dated 24/12/2013 OM No 5022/2014/vigilance 9, forwarded to CVO, MoD on dated 27/03/2014 for necessary action
  • Dated 26/12/2013 OM No 4979/2014/vigilance 9, forwarded to CVO, MoD on dated 27/03/2014 for necessary action
  • Dated 22/1/2014 OM No 5387/2014/vigilance 9, forwarded to CVO, MoD on dated 31/03/2014 for necessary action
  • Dated 7/1/2014 OM No 3617/2014/vigilance 9, forwarded to CVO, MoD on dated 14/03/2014 for necessary action
  • Dated15/1/2014 OM No 3574/2014/vigilance 9, forwarded to CVO, MoD on dated 10/03/2014 for necessary action
  • Dated 11/6/2014 OM No 13248/2014/vigilance 9, forwarded to CVO, MoD on dated 24/06/2014 for necessary action
  1. CVO, MoD forwarded to DRDO vigilance vide MoD ID note No. 63/DO/ (Vig)/CVC/2014 dated 17/06/2014 with request to submit consolidated report on the complaints against Dr A.K. Saxena and others of DMSRDE, DRDO, Kanpur at the earliest. Please provide the copy of reply of DRDO against your request.
  2. Provide copies of replies received by CVO,MoD against above complaints.

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Prabhu Dandriyal,
21-Sunderwala, Raipur,
Phone 0135- 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879,
e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com website www.corruptionindrdo.com

Registration Number         MODEF/R/2015/60687

Corruption Complaints Status against Dr A K Saxena, Director, DMSRDE, DRDO, Kanpur & other officials working with him
Corruption Complaints Status against Dr A K Saxena, Director, DMSRDE, DRDO, Kanpur & other officials
Corruption Complaints Status against Dr A K Saxena, Director, DMSRDE, DRDO, Kanpur & other officials working with him
Corruption Complaints Status against Dr A K Saxena, Director, DMSRDE, DRDO, Kanpur & other officials working with him
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RTI- Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad – PMO portal case

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To                                                                                                                Date 15th March 2015
Shri S. Goverdhan Rao,                                                                                                                      CPIO & Dy. Chief Executive (Administration),                                                                             Nuclear Fuel Complex,                                                                                                                     Department of Atomic Energy Government of India,                                                               Hyderabad – 500 062.

Hello,
Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in respect of NFC s Response to the Misleading report carried by Economic Times on 13.3.2015, posted on http://www.nfc.gov.in/ in reference of following points.

Point No 7. Against NFC s advertisements for hiring external professionals for the Project Management Consultancy jobs offers were received from outside and retired Officers of NFC. After evaluation, four retired Officers were selected and awarded the Consultancy contract for review Engineering documents and drawings prepared by Detailed Engineering Consultants i.e., M/s. Engineering India Limited.

Point No 8. While sanction for Project Management Consultancy at an estimated cost of Rs. 5 Crores was available, NFC managed to get the work done by spending only Rs. 16.15 lakhs by engaging retired Officers as Consultants, which NFC saved huge amount and considerable time in the process.

Point No 9. Shri Pasupathi Rao was informed of the factual position.

  1. Provide the total number of job offer other than retired officer from NFC, their names and qualification, experience which they have submitted with said offer.
  2. Name board members and name of chairman who selected four retired officer.
  3. Whether any of these four retired officer involved in planning or any means with Green Field Project at Kota earlier when they were in NFC.
  4. Provide the copy of justification given for budgeting estimated cost of Rs 5 crores in the name of Project Management Consultancy for Green Field Project at Kota.
  5. The total amount as salary, as transport allowances, medical allowances, TA/DA, communication bills and any other payments was given to these four retired officer as consultant of above said project up to 28th Feb 2015.
  6. The copy of information given to the factual position to Shri Pasupathi Rao as stated in point no 9 of NFC response.

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Prabhu Dandriyal,
21-Sunderwala, Raipur,
Phone 0135- 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879,
e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com website www.corruptionindrdo.com

Registration Number      DOATE/R/2015/60170

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Senior nuclear scientist faces wrath of offering suggestions to PM Modi

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India TV News Desk [ Updated 13 Mar 2015, 12:22:05
New Delhi: One of India’s senior nuclear scientists, Pashupati Rao, who works at Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) run by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) is now facing wrath for sending suggestions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a critical national project.

On 28 September, 2014, Rao had sent his suggestions including sensitive matters on the new nuclear complex to PM’s official portal (pmindia.gov.in), which PMO had further sent to Rao’s employer, DAE, marking them as ‘grievance’ and sent out another mail to Rao on January 21 this year, saying his ‘grievance’ has been disposed.

The PMO, in its communication to DAE, had revealed Rao’s name and designation, thus making his full identity known to his superiors.

Following this, DAE persistently started following up with Rao asking for explanations while the latter desperately continued to explain himself.

As published in Economic Times, some DAE officials on condition of anonymity even said that Rao may face serious consequences.

Prominent whistleblower Prabhu Dandriyal, who some years ago had claimed to have exposed corruption in Defence Research & Development Organization, filed a Right to Information application on January 27 this year with the PMO on Rao’s matter.

Dandriyal, in his RTI application demanded to know the guidelines followed by PMO while dealing with sensitive matters. He told that the PMO reply that came a month later, on February 27, said the request is being processed, and details are being collected.

In the Rao’s suggestions to the Prime Minister, he had proposed that an independent team be appointed to review the project and he also mentioned technical details on cutting costs in it.

However, the PMO having sent his suggestions as ‘grievance’ to DAE has put the top nuclear scientist in a bureaucratic nightmare.

The communication that happened with PMO was with NFC, Hyderabad, where Rao worked.

His matter was turned into a staff grievance. Although the scientist tried hard to explain his stand however, nothing worked in his favor.

In one of the communications to the Grievance Redressal Committee, Rao wrote, “I am a successful officer and I have been awarded with DAE group achievement award for indigenization associated work. My feedback given to the PMO which is converted as my grievance is not aimed at any individual.”

However, DAE has not relented and on February 10, it had sent out a letter to Rao reminding him that his job was limited to helping him in maintenance of NFC.

“As an organization, we will follow the process. As he is a staff member, it is being treated as a staff grievance and is being looked into,” S Goverdhan Rao, deputy chief executive of NFC, told ET.

Meanwhile, Dandriyal is still awaiting a full reply from the PMO. He says, “It will be very difficult for people from the system to come out and expose corruption and inefficiency if there is no mechanism to protect them.”

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Prime Minister’s Office Marked Rao’s Mail as `Grievance’

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Mar 13 2015 : The Economic Times (Delhi)

Lands in hot water with DAE bosses for writing to PM
He wrote to the prime minister, tried to do good for a critical national project, and now he’s in trouble.
One of India’s senior nuclear scientists, Pashupati Rao, who works at Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), run by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), is now battling his employer for having written to the prime minister offering suggestions on streamlining the setting up of a new nuclear facility at Kota, Rajasthan. DAE comes under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

ET has reviewed the relevant correspondence between the PMO, DAE and the scientist. The PMO didn’t respond to ET’s queries on this matter.Rao did not participate in this story.DAE responded to ET’s questions. On September 28, 2014, Rao sent his suggestions to PM’s official portal (pmindia.gov.in), which invites citizens to share ideas as well as to write to the Prime Minister.

But although Rao had communicated sensitive matters on the new nuclear complex, the PMO had sent them to Rao’s employer, DAE, marking them as `grievance’, and it sent a mail to Rao on January 21 this year, saying his `grievance’ has been disposed. The PMO’s communication to Rao’s employers had also given the name and designation of the scientist, thus making his full identity known to his superiors.

This started a process of DAE relentlessly asking for explanations from the scientist and the latter desperately seeking to explain himself. Some DAE officials who did not want to be identified told ET that Rao may face serious consequences.

Prominent whistleblower Prabhu Dandriyal, who some years ago had claimed to have exposed corruption in Defence Research & Development Organisation, filed a Right to Information application on January 27 this year with the PMO on Rao’s matter.

Dandriyal had asked what guidelines the PMO follows when dealing with `sensitive’ communication from government officials. He said the PMO reply that came a month later, on February 27, said the request is being processed, and de tails are being collected.

Rao’s suggestions sent to the prime minister on the Kota project contained, apart from technical details on cutting costs, a proposal that an independent team be appointed to review the project.

BUREAUCRATIC NIGHTMARE

But the PMO sending his suggestions as `grievance’ to DAE has put the top nuclear scientist in a bureaucratic nightmare.The PMO’s communications were sent to NFC, Hyderabad, where Rao worked, and his superiors have turned the matter into `staff grievance’ and have been seeking explanations from Rao.

In a series of communications, Rao tried to explain that he did not have any personal grievance.

“I am a successful officer and I have been awarded with DAE group achievement award for indigenisation associated work. My feedback given to the PMO which is converted as my grievance is not aimed at any individual,“ the scientist wrote in one of his attempts to explain himself. However, DAE has not relented and on February 10, Rao received a letter from the Grievance Redressal Committee that reminded him his job was limited to helping in the maintenance of NFC.et clip

“As an organisation, we will follow the process. As he is a staff member, it is being treated as a staff grievance and is being looked into,“ S Goverdhan Rao, deputy chief executive of NFC, told ET.

Dandriyal, who’s still awaiting a full reply from PMO, said, “It will be very difficult for people from the system to come out and expose corruption and inefficiency if there is no mechanism to protect them.“

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Nuclear scientist lands in trouble with DAE for sending suggestions to PM Narendra Modi

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By ET Bureau | 13 Mar, 2015, 04.00AM IST
By Manu Pubby

NEW DELHI: He wrote to the prime minister, tried to do good for a critical national project, and now he’s in trouble. One of India’s senior nuclear scientists, Pashupati Rao, who works at Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), run by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), is now battling his employer for having written to the prime minister offering suggestions on streamlining the setting up of a new nuclear facility at Kota, Rajasthan. DAE comes under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).nuclear-plant_bccl

ET has reviewed the relevant correspondence between the PMO, DAE and the scientist. The PMO didn’t respond to ET’s queries on this matter. Rao did not participate in this story. DAE responded to ET’s questions.

On September 28, 2014, Rao sent his suggestions to PM’s official portal (pmindia. gov.in), which invites citizens to share ideas as well as to write to the Prime Minister.

But although Rao had communicated sensitive matters on the new nuclear complex, the PMO had sent them to Rao’s employer, DAE, marking them as ‘grievance’, and it sent a mail to Rao on January 21 this year, saying his ‘grievance’ has been disposed.

nfcThe PMO’s communication to Rao’s employers had also given the name and designation of the scientist, thus making his full identity known to his superiors. This started a process of DAE relentlessly asking for explanations from the scientist and the latter desperately seeking to explain himself. Some DAE officials who did not want to be identified told ET that Rao may face serious consequences.

Prominent whistleblower Prabhu Dandriyal, who some years ago had claimed to have exposed corruption in Defence Research & Development Organisation, filed a Right to Information application on January 27 this year with the PMO on Rao’s matter.

Dandriyal had asked what guidelines the PMO follows when dealing with ‘sensitive’ communication from government officials. He said the PMO reply that came a month later, on February 27, said the request is being processed, and details are being collected. Rao’s suggestions sent to the prime minister on the Kota project contained, apart from technical details on cutting costs, a proposal that an independent team be appointed to review the project.

BUREAUCRATIC NIGHTMARE

But the PMO sending his suggestions as ‘grievance’ to DAE has put the top nuclear scientist in a bureaucratic nightmare.

The PMO’s communications were sent to NFC, Hyderabad, where Rao worked, and his superiors have turned the matter into staff grievance’ and have been seeking explanations from Rao. In a series of communications, Rao tried to explain that he did not have any personal grievance.

“I am a successful officer and I have been awarded with DAE group achievement award for indigenisation associated work. My feedback given to the PMO which is converted as my grievance is not aimed at any individual,” the scientist wrote in one of his attempts to explain himself. However, DAE has not relented and on February 10, Rao received a letter from the Grievance Redressal Committee that reminded him his job was limited to helping in the maintenance of NFC.

“As an organisation, we will follow the process. As he is a staff member, it is being treated as a staff grievance and is being looked into,” S Goverdhan Rao, deputy chief executive of NFC, told ET.

Dandriyal, who’s still awaiting a full reply from PMO, said, “It will be very difficult for people from the system to come out and expose corruption and inefficiency if there is no mechanism to protect them.”

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Fake DEAL Awards – letter received by Website

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Dear friends in every Labs/Establishments of DRDO, Directors are having absolute powers and they are using these powers not in the interest of organization or nor in the interest of lab officials. In maximum cases all facilities provided by DRDO like infrastructures, encouragements monetary benefits like, cash awards, phone facilities, participation in Seminars, Workshop or other trainings all are reserved for chamchas.

The following letter I have received from DEAL’s friends via post, which is an analytical explanation of DEAL director Sh R C Agarwal’s management capabilities, his love to chamchas and community, with great Sh R K Agarwal who joined hands to fulfillment of desire of outgoing director.

From today onward Sh R C Agarwal, Director, DEAL, Dehradun  will be busy for arrangement of fair well of his cluster DG, Sh S S Sundaram who is in his last tour to Dehradun, he called his all cluster directors like his (Lal) Sh Haribabu, Srivastava, Director LASTEC, Delhi, Taxi Bill expert Ms Manjula, Director, DARE, Bangalore, Director, DLRL etc.

As per sources he like Tea……r so Dr S S Negi, Director, IRDE & future DG, ECS will be host and all other directors are coming in the name of cluster meeting and planning to give grand fair well party to great Sh S S Sundaram, only thing is left that Sh R C Agarwal after giving several CARS project to Deemed University Graphic Era not able to make Sundaram as Dr before his departure from DRDO. RC opens his all gates for Dr B S Jasal, Ex DEAL scientist but failed procure PhD for his boss & himself till date, hope Sundaram will get PhD in short time which will be helpful to fit in courtier of Dr V K Sarswat’s NITI Ayog, God Bless him, God Bless India.

Following Letter received by Website

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Regarding 25 questions asked by government for improving DRDO.

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To                                                                                            11th March 2015

Hon’ble Shri Manohar Parrikar,                                                                                     Defence Minister,                                                                                                                    Room No -104, South Block,                                                                                                           New Delhi-110011

SUBJECT:   Regarding 25 questions asked by government for improving DRDO.

Sir,

Government is putting his whole heartedly efforts to improve the DRDO in the interest of defence preparedness and properly utilization of govt. fund as well as the turning DRDO in delivering mode. Government floated 25 questions to understand the DRDO problems that why after spending so huge amount not able to deliver single 100% indigenous system.

Unfortunately, government is seeking answer from those who are the responsible for gutted DRDO in this stage. How can they accept their incompetency, they are not so generous because they were not even take seriously KARGIL WAR failures. The Gen Malik openly told the country    “We had one or two incidents particularly on the weapon-locating radar. If the DRDO had not come in the way we would have got them before the Kargil war and that would have definitely reduced our casualties,” he told Karan Thapar on Devil’s Advocate programme on CNN-IBN.

One question out of 25 questiosn is – What DRDO is doing to make quality scientific manpower pool larger than what is available, to make it much more competent and qualitative, and what kind of facilities and infrastructure DRDO provide to scientific community including their pay, facilities and other things? – Action CC R&D (HR)

I don’t know what DRDO submitted against this question but yesterday I have received a good real analytical input from one of DRDO establishment ACEM, Nashik. Which can an eye opener for Ministry of Defence to see the real cause of DRDO failure?

Although the received letter is not having sign but as per sources all information are true and it can be verified by not from GM but from each and every officials/ employees of ACEM.

It is requested that listen the voice of young scientists although they are serving for their livelihood but same time want to contribute to nation with their full knowledge and ability but unfortunately DRDO management is rotten that the young scientists simply wasting their energy and time.

With hope our great IITan Shri Parrikar ji will this issue with honest and eligible scientists and use the scientific potential in right direction.

Regards

Prabhu  Dandriyal                                                                                                                       21-Sunderwala, Raipur,                                                                                        DehradunPh   0135 2787750, Mobile 9411114879,

e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com  website   www.corruptionindrdo.com

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Parliament Question No 789 Regarding DRDO Projects

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Dear friends please go through the parliament question 789 asked by Hon  Shri  Nishikant Dubey and others regarding DRDO projects. Our Hon Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar answered the question as a same way like Ex defence Minister Sh A K Anthony because both only read the paper supplied by Dr. J.P. Singh, Scientist ‘G’ Director of Parliamentary Affairs. As a matter of fact Dr. J.P. Sigh is highly qualified scientist of DRDO with M.Sc. (Physics), MLISC and Ph.D. but since several years he is posted at DRDO HQ and looking after Parliamentary Affairs in DRDO. Dr. J.P. Singh was promoted as Scientist ‘G’ wef 01 July 2012 and having seniority no. 346 among all Scientist ‘G’ of DRDO as seniority roll as on November 2013,  still by superseding all his seniors he was appointed as Director, Dte of Parliamentary Affairs , DRDO HQ with blessings of his God Father.

You all be happy to see the answer same old story repeating since last 15 years friends we have great hope from Shri Manohar Parrikar because he is IIT’ans but without investigating the answer supplied by Dr. J.P. Sigh he state read same way like Sh A K Anthony.

It is requested that to our Defence Minister please see the answers earlier given by Sh A K Anthony on same matter. Also request don’t believe the reply given by Dr. J.P. Sigh some time he also not know the real facts, he only does galvanizing the inputs. We want to see the difference between technical qualified politician with other one. It will the great loss for our country if DRDO incompetent scientists are able to bluff the technical sound person like Parrikar ji.

ANSWERED ON     27.02.2015

DRDO PROJECTS

789 .   Dubey Shri Nishikant

Innocent Shri Senguttuvan, Shri BalasubramaniamKumar, Shri Kunwar Sarvesh

Shri Sultan Ahmed Ramachandran Shri Krishnan Narayanasamy

Will the Minister of  DEFENCE    be pleased to state:-

(a) whether several projects of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are lagging behind schedule and if so, the details thereof and the reasons for delay in completion of these projects, project-wise;

(b) the details of funds required, budget allocated, released and utilized by the DRDO for the purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, project-wise;

(c) the steps taken / being taken by the Government for completion of such projects;

(d) whether DRDO proposes to open Centre of Excellence in the country and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether the Government proposes to change the policy relating to the appointment of scientists in DRDO to meet the shortage if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)

(a) & (b): Project-wise details regarding original and revised date of completion, sanctioned cost, expenditure made during last three years and current year along with reasons for delay in completion of major ongoing projects of DRDO is attached at Annexure `A`.

(c): The following corrective/remedial measures have been taken/being taken to complete ongoing projects in-time.

# Consortium approach is being used for design, development and fabrication of critical components

# Three-tier project monitoring approach has been instituted in the major projects.

# Project Monitoring Review Committee (PMRC) and Project Appraisal and Review Committee (PARC) meetings are held regularly to monitor the progress of ongoing projects.

# Concurrent engineering approach has been adopted in technology intensive projects to minimize time-lag between development and productionisation of the systems.

# Information Technology and modern management techniques are being applied.

# Encouraging joint funding by users to ensure their commitment towards earliest completion.

# Promoting synergy and better co-ordination among User Services, DRDO and production agencies through cluster meetings.

(d) Yes, Madam. DRDO has already established seven Centers of Excellence in various disciplines and taken initiative to establish the following four more Centers in the areas of interest to defence.

# Bi-nodal Center of Propulsion Technologies (CoPT) at IIT, Bombay.

# Jagdish Chandra Bose Center for Advanced Technology (JCBCAT) at  Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

# Joint Advanced Technology Center  (JATC) at IIT, Delhi.

# Center for Advanced Materials &  Electromagnetics (CAMEL) at IIT,  Jodhpur.

(e) No, Madam. The present policy relating to appointment of scientists in DRDO is functioning effectively. However, there is shortage of scientists in DRDO as there has been no increase of scientific manpower since 2001 while a number of projects have grown multifold in terms of size and technological complexity over the past fifteen years. DRDO has initiated a Cabinet Note for augmentation of manpower by 1316 posts (1260 scientists and 56 works cadre Officers). These are proposed to be filled in phased manner in three recruitment years.

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