B Vinay Reddy

Dear Citizens, In this article, I would like to put up how RTI can be used  as a tool by the citizens. Success Story :- A farmer named A Narsimha Reddy, from Telanagan worried about his pending 13th installment of Rs. 2,000 of PM KISAN which is supposed to get credited in his account on 27th February,2023. But, a few months ago he closed one of his Bank Accounts and opened a new account, ideally, the amount should get credited to his new account as the same is linked with AEPS - Aadhar Enabled Payment System.  He went from pillar to post, but none of them were aware of what should be done. The State Agriculture Department is clueless citing they don't have the option to update the bank details, as the same is a central-sponsored scheme.  He asked me if I could do anything for him and get back the pending instalment of PM KISAN, this is not the story of a single farmer, I have seen many such farmers who are clueless about what should be done and when they approach the bank or agricu

In a reply to the RTI Application vide Registration Number ICAOI/R/E/23/48863  ICAI has given a detailed reply to the below queries: Information asked in the RTI Application: 1. Please provide the details of internal process carried out by the ICAI, when an application made under the RTI for certified copies of answer sheets including details of Suo Moto verification of marks, reverification of marks, rechecking of answer sheets, if any  2. Please provide the details with respect to when an application made under the RTI for certified copies of answer sheets, scanned copy or pdf will be provided as it is or any rechecking or Suo Moto verification of marks will be carried out.   3. If answer to above is Yes, Suo Moto verification of marks will be carried out for all the applications received under RTI for certified copies or on sample basis.  4. If ICAI is carrying out Suo Moto verification of marks for application under RTI, please provide under which Regulation or Act or Council decis

Many students want to check their answer sheet, to know their mistakes, few students who scored good marks want to retain their copy as a memory or to guide his fellows about the presentation, applied for copies under the RTI Act, 2005 or under Institute procedure. But, worried about the possible decrease of marks on suo-motu verification by the ICAI. A student who scored say, 40 marks (pass) or 60 marks (exemption) in a subject or cleared single or both the groups with exactly 200 or 400 marks are in a panic situation, as what if ? their marks are decreased on suo-motu verification of marks, even though application is made only to view their certified copies without any verification. Will ICAI fail them? Friends, relax the answer is a big NO !! Let me say it clear, legally ICAI has no right to carry out suo-motu verification of marks when an application made under the RTI.  - Nowhere in the RTI application, we asked to carry out verification. - Nowhere we

  It has come to my notice that few students are facing the issue of receiving the answer scripts under the Right to Information Act, 2005 from the ICAI. After filing the RTI Application for seeking answer scripts, their RTI application was disposed of with the remarks Answer scripts are sent to mail, please check Inbox/ Spam mail. But, even after waiting for weekdays after receiving this message, still few students haven't received answer scripts in the Mail. I can only suggest the below steps and try your luck. 1. Please Contact on below mentioned Mobile and Landline numbers with the RTI Application Number: 9350799922 9311697878 9830664225 9599036704 9350381189 9350852388 93529 95574 1800 200 2501 01130110588 01130210684 01203054817 01203876875 01203894825 01203054840 01203894811 01130110428 01203045901 2. File First Appeal, but it will take another 30 - 40 days to receive the reply. To know more about How to file a First Appeal click here 3. File another RTI Application by ment

Dear Friends, I came to know that many of you are facing issues while making the payment of Rs. 10/- towards the RTI application fee on the RTI portal for certified copies of answer sheets. There are some issues in the SBI payment gateway server and after making the payment amount is debited from the bank, but the applicant is not receiving any RTI Application registration number and is clueless on what to do next? It is advisable to file the RTI application without making any payment if you are falling under the below poverty line and have proof of the same like Food Security Card, Ration Card or any other card issued by the respective state authority. If you're not falling under the below poverty line category, you have to make the payment and there is no other alternative. Once you have made the payment and the amount is debited from your bank a/c but the registration number is not received, please do not make a fresh application again , the registration number would be sent to

 Dear friends, Many of you have applied for certified copies of the answer sheets under the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005. As per law, ICAI has to provide the same within 30days from the date of filing the RTI application. Few cases are reported, where students didn't receive answer sheets under the RTI even after the 30days, few filed First Appeal also, but again it will take another 30days to get a reply for the First Appeal. And many students received SMS that copies have been sent to the mail but no mail was received by the student. As lakhs of students are applying for copies under the RTI, it became a tedious task for the ICAI to provide the same within the time limit, as they are carrying out suo-motu verification of marks for the benefit of the students. Few students received copies even in 10-15days while others didn't receive even after 40-45 days. We don't know exactly how many days it will take to provide the copies but be assured that you'll receive

If you have filed an RTI application and didn't receive the certified copies within 30days, File the First Appeal on the RTI portal. Refer page 10 of the user manual, to know how to file the First Appeal, from the below link: https://rtionline.gov.in/um_citizen.pdf Select reason as to No Response Within the Time Limit from the drop-down field under Ground For Appeal No document is required to be uploaded under Supporting Document. In the Text for RTI first appeal application copy paste the below sentence: I appeal the FAA to direct the CPIO to provide the information sought under the aforesaid RTI application within the time-bound frame. Regards Vinay Reddy http://bit.ly/WhatsAppvinay

If you are facing issues on RTI portal like bad payment gateway, unable to proceed for payment, forbidden etc... i. Check whether there are any restricted characters like : ” ‘ } ] in text for rti application filed. ii. Copy-paste text only from the word document, but not from whatsaap edited text or edited in the mail. iii. Log in again and check if any RTI application was registered. If yes, it's fine. If No, file an RTI application copy-paste. If you aa re copy-pasting from WhatsApp edited tex/ mobile text file you may face issues, copy paste text from word document.

A Final student after receiving certified copies under the RTI Act, 2005 noticed that stepwise marks have been not awarded and drafted a mail to the CPIO and few Central Council Members and below is the copy of the reply from the Deputy Secretary (Examinations). It is to be noted that Suggested Answers are not the basis of the evaluation of answer books.

Hello Friends, I have reproduced the data obtained from the ICAI under the Right to Information Act, 2005 with regards to statistics of CA Final Elective paper from May 2018 to November 2019 examinations. Proof: I have enclosed the original RTI reply received from the ICAI, scroll down to download the same. Data is not to be considered as the sole criterion in choosing the elective paper. In fact, each and every subject is scoring, as you can see from the TOP marks secured in any particular subject. STAY AWAY FROM FAKE NEWS!!  ASK FOR THE SOURCE & PROOF. A couple of days after declaring the results, an app named FINAPP came up with the statistics on the 21st of January, 2020 claimed to be compiled by the editorial team. And it was shared by many students without any verification. The data published by FINAPP is baseless, as you can compare with the actual data/official data received directly from the ICAI under the RTI Act, 2005. This