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To,                                                                                                           20th  August 2013
Shri Sarvesh Kumar
Scientist ‘F’
Central Public Information Officer (CPIO)
DMSRDE, GT Road
Kanpur-20801           

Subject: Application under Right to Information Act 2005

Sir,

This is with reference to Rule 18 of CCS (Conducts) Rules 1964 and information about Immovable Property Return (IPR) available on DRDO website (drdo.gov.in). Kindly provide the following information under RTI Act 2005.

INFORMATION SOUGHT

  1. Details of movable, immovable and valuable property as submitted by Dr. A.K. Saxena, Director, DMSRDE under the rule 18(1) (i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964.
  2. Provide copy of return of assets and liabilities of Dr. A.K. Saxena as submitted by him under rule 18(1) (i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964.
  3. Provide copies of Annual Immovable Property Return (IPR) submitted by Dr. A.K. Saxena under  rule 18(1)(ii) of CCS(Conduct) Rules 1964 for the years
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013

4.   Details of all the immovable properties acquired till 31 July, 2013 under rule 18 of CCS(Conduct) Rules 1964 by    Dr. A. K. Saxena, Director, DMSRDE  with  following information

  • Full details about location viz. Municipal No. Street/Village, Taluk, District and State in which situated
  • Purchase value of property
  •  Sources from which financed

5.    Details of all the movable properties acquired till 31 July, 2013 under rule 18 of CCS(Conduct) Rules 1964 by Dr. A. K. Saxena, Director, DMSRDE with following information.

  • Description of the property i.e. Car / Scooter / Motor Cycle / Refrigerator/ Computer/ Laptop/Bank account /shares /investments /Jewellery/loans/Insurance policies etc
  • Make, Model and also registration No. in case of vehicles, where necessary
  • Purchase price of the property (Market value in the case of gifts
  1. Provide copies of final intimation in form under rule 18(2) after purchase of the all immovable properties and in form under rule 18(3) after purchase of all the movable properties under Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964 in respect of Dr. A.K. Saxena, Director, DMSRDE, Kanpur.
  2. Provide details of family members/dependent for CGHS, LTC etc purpose under rule 2(c) of CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964.

This is to inform that Central Information Commission in its various decisions consistently held that establishment matters relating to the organization notified u/s 24 of the RTI Act come within the purview of the Act and information in this regard thereto are not exempted from disclosure. F. No. CIC/LS/A/2010/000107 dated 26.4.2010 and F. No.CIC/SM/C/2008/ 00054/LS dated 29.01.2010.

The information sought in this RTI Application is on Establishment Matter and as such not exempted u/s 24 of the RTI Act.

An IPO of Rs. 10/- as application fee (IPO No.16 F 966251) is enclosed as Annexure-1.

Date:20th August, 2013                                                                              

( J P. Sharma)
Advocate
Chamber No.64, First floor
Opposite Bar Council Office, Court Compound
Dehradun-248001
Uttarakhand                    
Annexure:-
  1. IPO of Rs. 10/- , with IPO No. 16 F 966251 as application Fee.     
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DMSRDE – RIT

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To,
Shri Sarvesh Kumar,Scientist ‘F’
CPIO
DMSRDE, GT Road
Kanpur-208013

                    

Subject: Application /Request under Right to Information Act 2005

Sir,

PARTICULARS OF INFORMATION

This is with reference to Rule 18 of CCS (Conducts) Rules 1964 and information about Immovable Property Return (IPR) available on DRDO website (drdo.gov.in) and DOPT Notification for publishing IPR of each officer working in Establishment on organization website.Kindly provide the following information under RTI Act 2005.

 

Information/Question

 

. S No.

Information Sought

Required Reply

1.

 Details of all the immovable properties acquired till 31 July, 2013 by              Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Scientist ‘F’ and Shri AK, Scientist ‘D’ with  following information.

  1. Full details about location viz. Municipal No. Street/Village, Taluk, District and State in which situated.
  2. Purchase value of property
  3. Sources from which financed
 Pl. provide details.
2. Provide copies of the form submitted for giving prior intimation or seeking previous sanction under rule 18(2) of the CCS (conduct) Rules, 1964 for transaction in respect of all immovable properties acquired till 31 July , 2013 by Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Scientist ‘F and Shri AK, Scientist ‘D’ Pl. provide details.
3. Details of all the movable properties acquired till 31 July,2013 by Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Scientist ‘F’ and Shri AK, Scientist ‘D’ with  following information.

  1. Description of the property i.e. Car / Scooter / Motor Cycle / Refrigerator/ Computer/ Laptop/Bank account/shares/investments/Jewellery/loans/Insurance policies etc.
  2.  Make, Model and also registration No. in case of vehicles, where necessary
  3.  Purchase price of the property (Market value in the case of gifts)

 

 Pl. provide details.
4. Provide copies of the form for giving intimation or seeking previous sanction under rule 18(3) of the CCS (conduct) Rules, 1964 for transaction in respect of all movable properties acquired till 31 July, 2013 by Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Scientist ‘F’ and Shri AK, Scientist ‘D’. Pl. provide details.
5. Provide copies of final intimation in form 18(2) after purchase of the all immovable properties and in form 18(3) after purchase of all the movable properties under Rule 18 of CCS(conducts) Rule 1964 in respect of Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Scientist ‘D’ and Shri AK, Scientist ‘D’ Pl. provide details.
6 Provide copies of the letters duly noted from DOP, DRDO HQ in respect of all immovable properties acquired by Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Scientist ‘F’ and Shri AK, Scientist ‘D. Pl. provide details.
7. Reasons on the basis of which details of immovable properties acquired by Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Scientist ‘F’ and Shri AK, Scientist ‘D are not reflected in Immovable Property Return (IPR) of DMSRDE, Kanpur on DRDO Website. Pl. provide details.
8- Provide copies of Form 16 for the Financial Years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 in respect of Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Scientist ‘F’ and Shri AK, Scientist ‘D.Provide copies of salary slips for month June, 2013 & July, 2013 in respect of Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Scientist ‘F’ and Shri AK, Scientist ‘D.  Pl. provide details. 
9- Copy of loan papers issued by private agency like Bank, LIC HFL etc on the basis of which rebate on HBA interest was claimed/allowed to Shri AK, Scientist ‘D’. Pl. provide details.

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This is to inform that Central Information Commission in its various decisions consistently held that establishment matters relating to the organization notified u/s 24 of the RTI Act come within the purview of the Act and information in this regard thereto are not exempted from disclosure. Examples of decision pronounced in F. No. CIC/LS/A/2010/000107 dated 26.4.2010 and in F. No.CIC/SM/C/2008/ 00054/LS dated 29.01.2010.

The information sought in this RTI Application is on Establishment Matter and as such not exempted u/s 24 of the RTI Act. An IPO of Rs. 10/- as application fee is enclosed

 

Date: 3rd August, 2013                                                                     
                                                                                                         
 
( Rajiv Chauhan)
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IPO of Rs. 10/- , with IPO No.   16F964389   as application Fee.                
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DMSRDE – RTI -3

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To,                                                                                                                 25th July 2013
Shri Sarvesh Kumar,Scientist ‘F’
CPIO, DMSRDE
GT Road, Kanpur-208013

Hello,

Kindly provide the following information under RTI Act 2005.

  1. Fund expenditure for procurement of Scientific & Technical books in Technical Library, DMSRDE for Financial Year
  1. 2009-2010                ii.         2010-2011                   iii.       2012-2013
  2. 2009-2010                ii.         2010-2011                   iii.       2012-2013
  1. Mode of tendering for procurement of Scientific & Technical books in Technical Library, DMSRDE for Financial Year viz (Single Tender, Limited Tender/Open Tender)
  1. If mode of tendering in any Financial Year  from years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2012-13 was limited tender then provide the copies of CST(Comparative Statement of prices of books with discount %  offered by suppliers) approved by Library Committee and Director for that particular year.
  2. Copies of supply orders placed for supply of Scientific and Technical books in Technical Library in Financial Year 2010-2011 and 2012-2013.
  3. Discount offered by various suppliers on procurement of Indian and Foreign books with name of suppliers and discount  offered by them, when mode of tendering was Single Tender or Limited Tender.
  4. Copies of bills submitted by suppliers for getting payment against supply of books in Financial Year 2010-2011 and 2012-2013.

This is relevant to mentioned here that the information sought is related to establishment matters (Purchase) and as such not exempted under section 24(1) of RTI Act.

Central Information Commission in its various decisions consistently held that establishment matters relating to the organization notified u/s 24 of the RTI Act come within the purview of the Act and information in this regard thereto are not exempted from disclosure.

However the information sought is pertaining to allegations of corruption and as such not exempted under section 24(1) of RTI Act 2005.

Enclosed-      Rs 10 Postal order 12F 470729

 

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Alandi temple Trust gets lighter, high-tech chariot

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– Sakal Times  Correspondent
Friday, 28 June 2013 – 10:57 AM IST

PIMPRI: A high-tech battery-operated chariot developed by the Dighi-based Research and Development Establishment (R&DE) was handed over to the Alandi temple Trust on Thursday. The chariot, built at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore, will be used for the annual palkhi procession from Alandi to Pandharpur.
Director of R&DE, S Guruprasad handed over the chariot to the temple. Those present on the occasion included Alandi Temple Trust chief trustee Sudhir Pimpale, palkhi procession chief Dr Prashant Suru and Alandi Municipal Council president Varsha Kodre. The Trust honoured a group of R&DE employees with mementos for their role in developing the chariot.
The high-tech chariot was developed after a bullock was killed during the palkhi to Pandharpur last year.
The battery-operated chariot will run for about 12 hours and the battery can be fully charged within six hours. The chariot has been made out of carbon fibre which has reduced its weight considerably.
The total weight of this modern chariot is 1,900 kg as against the older chariot which weighed about 3,000 kg.

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Battery-operated chariot trial for palkhi a success

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– Sakal Times  Correspondent
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 – 12:02 PM IST

 PIMPRI: A successful trial of a new battery-operated chariot for the palkhi procession of Sant Dnyaneshwar developed by the Dighi-based Research and Development Establishment (R&DE) was successfully conducted in Dive Ghat on June 14.
With the battery-operated mechanism, there will now be no need for five pairs of bullocks to pull the heavy chariot on the palkhi route from Alandi to Pandharpur and back.
The trial has proved that now the chariot can be pulled with just one pair of bullocks or even without any bullocks.
Dr Prashant Suru, head of the Sant Dnyaneshwar Palkhi Procession Committee, said that the trial, conducted in the presence of the R&DE experts, was successful. The new chariot is being developed at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore.
The need of a battery-operated chariot was felt following the death of a bullock during the annual Ashadi pilgrimage from Alandi to Pandharpur pilgrim town last year.
After the trial, the chariot was taken back to the R&DE campus in Dighi where the work of the remaining design and other works will be completed. The chariot is expected to be ready for the palkhi procession within a week.
The chariot’s battery will run for about 12 hours and can be fully charged within six hours. A steering has been attached to the 13-feet long and seven-feet wide chariot.
There will be three domes above the chariot. It has been attached with a generator, which will be used to light up the lamps. The total weight of this chariot is 1,900 kg while the older chariot weighed about 3,000 kg. The height of the chariot has also been reduced to facilitate its smooth movement.
BULLOCKS TO PULL CHARIOT
The chariot of Sant Tukaram palkhi procession will be pulled by a pair of bullocks owned by Thergaon-based farmer Vitthal Gujar and another pair of bullocks owned by Pimple Gurav-based farmer Shantaram Jagtap. Altogether 18 persons had applied to the Dehu temple trust to seek the honour of using their bullocks for pulling the chariot from Dehu to Pandharpur and back

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Grand battery-operated chariot for Sant Dnyaneshwar’s Palkhi

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– Sakal Times Correspondent
Monday, 10 June 2013 – 11:55 AM IST

PUNE: A huge battery-operated chariot for the palkhi procession of Sant Dnyaneshwar is being developed by Research and Development Establishment (R&DE) in Dighi.
This chariot, which is expected to be ready by June 15, will cost about Rs 2.5 crore.
The chariot has been developed after a bullock was killed during the annual pilgrimage from Alandi to Pandharpur last year.
Sant Dnyaneshwar temple administration took the decision to develop a chariot which can be pulled without using bullocks.
The battery-operated chariot will run for about 12 hours and the battery can be fully charged within six hours. A steering has been attached to the 13-feet long and seven-feet wide chariot made out of carbon fibre.
There will be three domes above the chariot. It has been attached with a generator, which will be useful for lighting several lamps. A donation box has been installed inside. The total weight of this chariot is 1900 kg as compared to the older chariots, which weighed about 3000 kg.
Since carbon fibre is used, there will no problem of rusting. The global positioning system, which has been installed, will help in keeping the track of the palkhi procession.
Sources from the department said that a trial of the chariot will be conducted at the Dive Ghat till June 15.
DETAILS OF THE CHARIOT
– The battery-operated chariot will run for about 12 hours and the battery can be fully charged within six hours.
– It is being developed by Research and Development Establishment (R&DE) in Dighi.
– This chariot is expected to be ready by June 15. IT will cost about Rs 2.5 crore.

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Army causes Rs 13.48 cr wasteful expenditure for HEMRL: CAG

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Sakal Times

SHASHWAT GUPTA RAY 
Monday, December 24, 2012 AT 12:14 PM (IST)

PUNE: The Army’s refusal to accept a modular charge system developed by the city-based DRDO lab High Explosive Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) has resulted in wasteful expenditure of Rs 13.48 crore for the DRDO, a recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said.
The modular charge system helps to enhance functioning of Artillery guns. The chapter titled ‘Unfruitful expenditure on development of modular charge system for field guns’ said that the DRDO undertook a Technology Development (TD) project for development of the modular charge system for 105 mm and 130 mm guns based on a request by the Director General of Artillery. This project was handed over to Pune-based DRDO lab HEMRL.
In the field of artillery guns, modular charge system was considered desirable over the existing bagged charge system in view various advantages.
“HEMRL developed the systems by spending Rs 13.48 crore and after successful technical trials offered both the systems (105/130 mm) in September 2010 for user trials. However, at that stage DG Artillery showed disinterest in the system since the field guns were nearing the end of their life cycle and were likely to be de-inducted from service over next seven to 10 years. This rendered the entire efforts and expenditure of Rs 13.48 cr unfruitful,” the CAG report said.
In reply to audit observation, the DG Artillery stated (May 2012) that DRDO had been asked to undertake the project at no cost implication to the Army and the systems were not accepted as the DRDO did not adhere to the timeline.
On the contrary, the DRDO Headquarters stated (July 2012) that the Army had been associated at each stage of development and kept informed of progress.
“The finger pointing by two organisations both under the Ministry of Defence, DRDO which is responsible for indigenisation and Army which is expected to put such indigenous weapons system to use, indicates that both the organisations within the same Ministry have been operating in silos,” the report said.
While the Army headquarters did not respond to a Sakal Times query on the matter, Director of Public Interface, DRDO Headquarters Ravi Kumar Gupta said that after the establishment of technology, R&D work was undertaken to apply it to field guns of the other caliber like 105 mm and 130 mm field guns.

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CAG pulls up DRDO for irregularities in new projects

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Agencies : New Delhi, Thu Nov 29 2012, 20:41 hrs The Indian Express

The CAG has pulled up the DRDO pointing out “deficiencies” and “procedural irregularities” committed by it in taking up new projects and splitting sanctions for them to bring it within financial powers of the organisation head.

“Scrutiny of project sanctions issued by DRDO revealed procedural irregularities relating to misleading nomenclature of sanction issuing authorities, absence of data base of sanctions and splitting of sanctions,” the CAG said in its report tabled in the Parliament today.

“The above audit findings underscore that the efforts of the Ministry of Defence to bring in transparency and objectivity in functioning of its departments remain unachieved as of now,” the report said.

The CAG noted that financial powers of Director General, DRDO and Secretary, Defence Research and Development were enhanced to the range of Rs 25 crore to 50 crore and Rs 60 crore to 75 crore respectively and both these offices are held by one person only.

“Audit of sanctions revealed non-adherence with established norms and procedures for issue, circulation and recording of sanctions authorising expenditure out of public funds for various purposes,” the report said.

On the splitting of sanctions, the Government auditor said, “We observed that after the enhanced delegation of financial powers in July 2010, sanctions were spilt up to bring them within the delegated financial powers of the DG R and D (DRDO Chief) that is up to Rs 50 crore in consultation with the Integrated Financial Advisor.

” “DRDO splitting such sanctions is tantamount to selecting financial advisor which clearly erodes the integrity and independence of financial scrutiny of expenditure proposals,” the report said.

The CAG noted that in some cases, the cost of DRDO projects was brought down below Rs 50 crore by reducing the number of deliverables and curtailing its scope enabling the DG, DRDO to issue the sanction within his delegated powers.

“Clearly projects were being split up to keep the sanction below Rs 50 crore,” it said.

The report said, “instead of obtaining the revised sanction for existing projects by approaching the competent financial authority at the next higher level, fresh projects were sanctioned.”

The project cases cited by the CAG included the Project Akashdeep of DRDO for developing indigenous Aerostat radars and Project ADITYA for the vehicles mounted high power laser directed energy weapons.

The report said the enhancement of delegated financial powers has resulted in concentration of financial powers with the DRDO headquarters which has a “tendency to split projects to avoid reference to higher CFAs.

” The CAG also noted that the DRDO “did not maintain a control register of sanctions issued and there excited no mechanism to track the number and total amount of sanctions issued for projects.”

“In absence of minimum control records, the possibility of sanctions being issued in excess of funds, splitting of sanctions, issue of multiple projects for the same objective could neither be ruled out nor noticed in normal course,” the report observed.

In the recent past, an internal audit report of the Defence Ministry had made similar observations there which were refuted by the DRDO saying they were only preliminary in nature.

 

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DRDO spending crores, but no positive outcome

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Bhupendra Chaubey, CNN-IBN

New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development organisation, country’s premier body for development of defence related technology, has allegedly spent crores of rupees in the name of expenditure on technology, but there has been no positive outcome.
A top secret audit of DRDO ordered by Defence Minister AK Antony has revealed that there is virtual lack of transparency in decision making mechanism in the organisation, which was created to look after country’s defence needs. With a budget of over Rs 10,000 crore DRDO has enjoyed full mandate from successive governments for over six decades.
The audit accessed by CNN-IBN reveals that financial sanctions are being split so that they don’t have to go to higher authorities. Programme for development of main battle tank Arjun was sanctioned at Rs 69.99 crore. However, the entire programme was split into smaller sub-heads so that higher ups within the system could be avoided.
The fact that projects under DRDO have been delayed extensively is well known. Now the report also raises questions about how the DRDO is taking decisions.
Product support and product improvement of NAG weapon system was sanctioned at a cost of Rs 28.35 crore, despite the fact that the Cabinet Committee on Security approved similar programme was still in the pipeline.
The cost of UAV and aerostat was brought down just to ensure that no higher authority could question the financial approval given.
Several split sanctions were also issued for renovation of DRDO Bhawan while unauthorised sanction of Rs 49.15 crore to develop vehicle testing facility from public accounts mainly for civilian use was also granted.
The report further says that a project for development of satellite signal monitoring was sanctioned at a cost of Rs 29.96 crore without any formal requirement from the defence services. While the project was still on, a sanction of Rs 24.5 crore was given for procurement of a similar technology.
There have been several arbitrary costing of products under garb of development like sanction of Rs 14.5 crore for development of four stroke cylinder engine technology. But the parties chosen by the DRDO didn’t have adequate research capabilities. The report goes on to say that the DRDO has facilitated entry of foreign companies in certain areas and the projects being undertaken are not for development but for the entry of foreign vendors.
The report says that Dr VK Saraswat gave an improper approval for a grant of Rs 2.8 crore to a society which he heads himself. Further scrutiny even revealed that the body which got the aid didn’t have expert manpower.
Several irregularities have also been detected in appointment of chairpersons of different organisations with huge amounts being spent on it.
However, the defence minister has refused to react to these findings.
On the other hand the DRDO has refuted the allegations.
“DRDO strongly refutes observations made in the report and is in the process of compiling its responses despite the fact that the findings of audit already stand vitiated. Since laid down procedure was not followed and the report was issued without authorisation, the matter is under examination and correspondence with the concerned. All laid down procedures are being followed by DRDO in a transparent manner and interests of the State are the sole consideration during the process of decision making,” said DRDO Director Ravi Gupta.
Now through this report questions are being raised about how DRDO is taking decisions.

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India flexes some firepower as DRDO rolls out Missile Defence System for Mumbai, Delhi

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PTI New Delhi, June 24, 2012 | India Today / India / Story

Delhi and Mumbai, the two most vital metros of India, have been chosen for DRDO’s Ballistic Missile Defence system that can be put in place at short notice.
The detailed proposal is being prepared for final clearance from the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).

The detailed proposal is being prepared for final clearance from the Cabinet Committee on Security

The strategic planning has already begun to install the BMD system in the two cities and the final proposal will be put before the government after detailed analysis of the entire project, sources told PTI in New Delhi.
The sites for installing radars to track enemy missiles and storing counter-attack projectiles will be determined during the planning stage, they said, adding that these locations must have adequate stealth features and protection against enemy sabotage.
To ensure maximum protection against air-borne threats, DRDO will put a mix of counter-attack missiles which will be able to shoot down enemy missiles both within the earth’s atmosphere (endo-atmospheric) and outside it (exo-atmospheric).
The BMD system will require minimum human intervention due to the complete automation of tracking devices and counter-measures. Human intervention will be required only to abort the mission, the sources said.
After successful implementation in Delhi and Mumbai, the system will be used to cover other major cities in the country, they added.
The shield, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation, has undergone a series of successful tests. It can destroy an incoming ballistic missile within 2,000 km.