A handful of blue eyed former IAS and IFS officers have managed that they get reimbursed for foreign trips each year after retirement. This is from under a special budget head directly under control of the PMO via the Planning Commission as consultancy. All they have to do is submit air tickets/boarding passes and claim their daily allowances.
I'm sure that Nick (and all our group members) can add 1 + 1 to get 2 (payments). PS: As I have mentioned before on this group, my co-moderator speaks for himself. Sarbajit --- In rti_india@yahoogroups.com, "S.D. Sharma" <anonsha...@...> wrote: > > Dear Sir > > Only Wajahat Habibulah knows why in all his 5 years as Chief Commissoner > (this means he makes maximum commission in all IAS officers) hes not > set up norms for Central Information. > > Habibulah is always been known as anti Hindu boot licker who hate > Kashmiri pandit. He is right person > to tell why only former IAS/IFS officers now in NGO racketing are asking > payments only in form of air tickets and hotel stay. Afterall Habibulah > was travel agent in around 2003-2004 when he was in USA -CIA/USIP to > arrange tickets > and sponsporship in US for all ant-India RTI traitors like Aruna roy, Shekar > singh, Harsh mandar etc. Habibulah specially got them sponsored by > separatoinst > organization in US like " American Federation of Indian Muslims", "Indian > Muslim Council", "Voice of Asian Minorities", "Coalition against Communalism" > and so many other to deliver lectures. This is all obtained form Indian > Embassy > and MEA by researchers using RTi and was published in book form also few > years back and all these thing are explained well in book. > > S D Sharma > > --- In rti_india@yahoogroups.com, Nicholas Santiago <nick.santiargo@> wrote: > > > > dear members > > > > Sarbajit's remark about the lack of a "code of conduct" for RTI > > Information Commissioners makes me post this. > > > > I am in-charge of a substantial budget (we are financed by a cess on > > the whisky trade) which we grant to NGOs/SAGs operating in UDC and LDC > > nations in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, Now while some SAGs in > > India accept our funds directly as cash / bank transfers, others > > insist that they shall only take it in the form of hospitality, air > > tickets to conventions etc. > > > > I need to know more about this since my governors have asked me about > > this to finalize our foundation's grants for next year. > > > > Cheers. > > > > Nicholas Santiago > > Program Officer (FNoIA) > > World Autism & Disabilities Foundation > > Glasgow > > nick.santiargo@ > > > > PS: In case anyone on this mailing list meets our criteria for > > financing, we still have 2 grants open for India (Euro 350,000 each) , > > 1 for advocacy promoting road access and signage in urban > > concentrations, the other to prepare a national survey on electronic > > information access to public records by unconventional means to aid > > the disabled and limb challenged. > > >
