[As per RTI Act, 2005 Chapter II 4(1)(b)]
i. Particulars of Organization, functions and duties:
Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh was established in 1996 with the noble objective of promoting higher standards in journalism. It also aims at fostering social values to build healthy society through communication media. Andhra Pradesh has a rich heritage in journalism. Several newspapers and periodicals in English, Telugu and Urdu published from the erstwhile Madras and Hyderabad states had won reputation all over the country. Journalists from this region had worked as Editors in the national press and won laurels abroad also.
With the launch of district editions by the Telugu dailies, there has been a virtual explosion in the dissemination of news from the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh. For the first time in recent years, rural correspondents, called "Stringers", "Contributors" or "Part-time Correspondents" emerged on the scene of journalism in the state, because the Telugu Newspapers recruited them at Mandal level i.e., a cluster of 15 to 20 villages. About 8000 such correspondents are working for various newspapers in 1996. Most of these correspondents did not have any professional background of journalism.
Some of them were self-taught and picked up the threads of journalism in short time, while a large majority of them required a little help by way of professional advise and guidance. There was need to provide them access to professional inputs on various topics of journalism, such as the Law of libel, the law relating to the privileges of the members of Assembly and Parliament, the concept of Code of Ethics in journalism etc. It was with this need in view that the Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) proposed setting up of a Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh at its annual conference in Suryapet of Nalgonda district in the year 1992, a demand readily conceded by the then Chief Minister Sri N. Janardhana Reddy.
The 1st Governing Council of the Press Academy of A.P. was constituted by the Government vide G.O.Ms.No.67 General Administration (I&PR) Department., Dated 24-02-1996.
Objectives and functions of the Organization
- To promote and co-ordinate study and research
in the field of journalism in Andhra Pradesh and public activity.
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To organize or to hold training courses, workshops, seminars, consultancy services and exhibitions in association with organizations of working journalists, newspaper managements and universities.
- To conduct training classes and refresher
courses for mofussil journalists.
- To undertake and provide for the publication of books, periodicals, journals, monographs, research papers etc., in furtherance of the objectives of the Academy.
- To co-operate with academic institutions and
organizations information of syllabi and in scheduling of programes for
teaching and training courses.
- To institute awards, endowments and prizes in
recognition of meritorious services and outstanding achievements of
individuals, institutions and organizations and to grant fellowships.
- To conduct advanced study and research in the
field of journalism and to acquaint the working journalists with the
latest technology in printing and electronic media and the latest trends
in the world journalism.
- To initiate steps to improve the tastes of
readers and promote healthy trends in journalism and evolve a consensus
on social responsibility of media.
- To organize training courses workshops in newspaper photography, photojournalism, page make-up, cartooning and illustrative drawings.
- To preserve all the important newspapers, periodicals in the state through microfilming for the benefit of future generations. To collect bio-data and photos of eminent persons from different walks of life.
- To establish and maintain a computerized
reference library and data bank, cassette library of video magazines,
photos of important state, national and international events and
personalities to cater to the needs of working journalists, students and
researchers in journalism.
- To sponsor journalists to participate in
seminars as delegates organized by national seminars such as NAM etc.,
to sponsor journalists outside Andhra Pradesh to participate in the
seminars conducted by the Academy.
- To receive grants, bequeathals and other
donations.
- To purchase lands, own property of all kinds
and to maintain to sell, to mortgage or otherwise dispose off its assets
in furtherance of its objectives with the concurrence of the state
government.
- To co-operate with other institutions in any part of the work having objectives wholly or partly similar to those of the Academy in such manner as may be conducive to their common objectives.
To undertake such other activities which are relevant to fulfill the objectives of the Academy.
ii. Powers and duties of Officers and its employees:
Powers and duties of Chairman
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The Secretary, Press Academy shall have power to reappropriate funds, from one unit of appropriation to another other than salaries with in the same functional major head, up to a limit of Rs.1000/- at a time and a total amount of Rs. 50,000/- in a year and the Chairman shall have power to re - appropriate funds, from any unit of appropriation to another either with in the same or different functional major heads subject to the following restrictions namely:
- that the total sanctioned expenditure is not
thereby exceeded:
- that such re - appropriation shall not have the effect of involving the academy in further outlay, in the succeeding year on any scheme.
- The Chairman shall have the power to write - off irrecoverable value of stores, books etc., upto Rs. 5000/- provided that the loss is not account of serious negligence on the part of any employee of the Academy, theft or any defect of system.
- The Chairman shall be the appellate authority to which an appeal against an order imposing a penalty upon a person holding a post.
- The Chairman shall be the authority to sanction
leave of any kind to the Secretary of the Academy. In the absence of the
Secretary, the functions of the Secretary will be discharged either by
the Accounts Officer or the Manager of the Academy with the approval of
the Chairman.
- The Chairman shall have the power to appoint as many committees of experts, book preparation committees, book selection committees or such other committees as may be required.
Powers and duties of Secretary:
The Secretary shall also be the administrative head of the Academy and shall be responsible for its proper functioning and for the strict observance of these bye - laws.
- In particular and without prejudice to the
generality of the fore going provisions, the duties and powers of the
Secretary shall include the following viz.,
- to convene all the meeting s of the
committees as directed by the Chairman.
- to supervise the conduct and work of the
staff and for that purpose to exercise such disciplinary control as
may be necessary.
- to disburse the salaries, allowances and
stipends to the employees of the Academy including research fellows,
trainees and other persons engaged in the program of the Academy.
- to disburse the traveling and daily
allowances to non - official members of the board, members of various
committees and participants of study groups, workshops etc.,
- to disburse prizes, remuneration etc., to
authors, editors, experts and others.
- the delegation of financial powers to various
authorities of the Press Academy will be as provided for by the
Executive Board.
- to open bank accounts in the name of the
Academy in any of the Public Sector banks/ Cooperative banks including
Rural banks. However, for fixed deposits for more than one year to be
made in the banks, prior approval of the Chairman and Executive Board
shall be obtained.
- to arrange for the furtherance of the course
of studies with in the sanctioned budget, visits for the session
members and the participants of the orkshops to the educational center
in any part of the country.
- to visit any part of India or to depute any
Officer or member of the staff to do so in connection with the affairs
of the Academy.
- to sanction leave, allowances including
dearness, house rent, compensatory, benefits and loans and advances
for employees of the Academy as provided for in the service
regulations; and
- to permit at his discretion, in special cases
and for reasons to be recorded in writing any members of the staff to
draw actual expenses incurred by him while on tour.
- To allow the Auditor appointed by the Academy to have access to the books, Accounts and other documents of the Academy.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF ACCOUNTS OFFICERS:
i. Subject to the General Control of the Secretary the Accounts Officer shall be In-charge of all Registers, Records etc. of the Accounts Branch of the Academy and shall carry out such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Secretary from time to time.
ii.
In particular, the Accounts Officer
shall:
- Keep in Safety custody the Cash halances
and other important documents of Accounts branch.
- Maintain Cheque Books, Cash Books, Ledgers,
Vouchers, Acquaintance Register etc., with the assistance of the
Staff assigned to him.
- To claim and pass the monthly salary bills
of the Academy Employees including officers as per the rules
admissible, draw from the Bank by Cheque and disburse to the
employees / officers and render the accounts.
- Claim and pass bill on various transactions
based on the sanctions issued by the various competent authorities
of the Academy keeping in view the rules of the Academy and draw
them by cheque and disburse the money to the Academy employees /
individuals / firms etc., as the case may be and render Accounts for
the money drawn from the funds of the Academy provided that where
payments to firms and individual cases exceed Rs. 10,000/- the
Secretary of the Academy and the Accounts Officer shall jointly sign
the cheque.
- Prepare Annual Budget Estimates and Revised
Budget Estimates and attend to re-conciliation of Expenditure with
that of Accounts Registers and Bank Records etc.
- All matters pertaining to the Audit of the academy including the Accountant General Audit, Chartered Accountants Audit etc.
The powers of the Chairman, the Secretary and the Board in respect of conditions of service of staff of the Academy shall be approved by the Executive Board.
Until such time as the other Officers are fully appointed or powers and Duties are framed and approved by the Executive Board the Secretary shall exercise such powers and perform such duties of the other Officers as may be entrusted by the Chairman.
iii. The procedure followed the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability:
As per the bye-laws of the Academy the Governing Council formed by the Government meets at least once in SIX months and decides the functions and activities of the Academy. The Secretary shall be the supervising authority in implementation of the decisions of the Governing Council under the guidance of the Chairman.
iv. The norms set by it for the discharge of the functions:
The Governing Council shall elect Executive Board members from among the Governing Council members. The Executive Board members shall meet at least once in THREE months and decides / sets the norms for the discharge of the functions of Academy.
v. The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions:
The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, used by its employees for discharging its functions shall be same as for the employees of government department.
vi. A statement of categories of documents that are held by it or under its control:
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vii. The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof:
Same as explained in point iii above.
viii. A statement of boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advise, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, are the minutes such meetings or accessible for public:
There are various committees and sub-committees viz.,
- Governing council
- Executive Board
- Achieves Committee
- Syllabus Review Committee
- Projects Review Committee
The details of the Members on the Committees and the minutes of the meetings of these committees are accessible to public.
ix. A directory of its officers and employees:
1. Sri M. Prabhakara Rao - SECRETARY
2. Sri M. K. Rehman - PS to CHAIRMAN
3. Sri D. Subba Rayudu - ACCOUNTS OFFICER
4. Sri P. Nabi Saheb - MANAGER
5. Smt. C. Padmavati - SUPERINTENDENT
6. Sri B. Sampat - LIBRARIAN Gr-II
7. Sri D. R. S. S. Reddy - Sr. ASSISTANT
8. Sri P. Raja Sekhar - PA to CHAIRMAN
9. Sri D. Chadra Keerthi - PA to CHAIRMAN
10. Sri Md. Mahaboob - JAMEDAR
11. Sri M. Ramesh Kumar - ATTENDAR
12. Sri Nasar Ali - DRIVER
x. The monthly remuneration received by each of its Officers and Employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations:
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BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR THE YEAR 2006-2007
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| PRESS ACADEMY OF ANDHRA PRADESH |
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| Posts sanctioned to the Press Academy of A.P in G.O.Ms.No. 905 G.A.(IIR)Deptt. Dated.23-9-1995
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| NUMBER STATEMENT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2006-2007
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Sl. No.
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Category
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No. of Posts
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Scale of Pay
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Basic Pay
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PP
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DA @ 7.536%
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HRA
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CCA
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Total for the
month
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1
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Secretary
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1
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14,305 - 25,965
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19,290
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40
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1,454
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3,000
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275
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24,059
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2
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Accounts Officer
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1
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10,285 - 21,835
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17,455
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20
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1,315
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3,000
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275
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22,065
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3
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Manager
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1
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9,285 - 19,775
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16,195
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15
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1,220
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3,000
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275
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20,705
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4
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Librarian Gr.II (S.G)
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1
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8,385 - 17,905
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10,565
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150
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796
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2,113
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275
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13,899
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5
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Senior Assistant
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1
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6,195 - 13,945
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7,200
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40
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543
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1,440
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120
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9,343
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6
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U.D. Steno
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1
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6,195 - 13,945
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10,070
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759
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2,014
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180
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13,023
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7
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Jr. Assistant-cum-Typist
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1
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4,825 - 10,845
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7,835
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590
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1,567
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180
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10,172
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8
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Driver - L.V.
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1
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4,370 - 9,775
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7,073
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533
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1,415
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120
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9,141
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9
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Roneo Operator
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1
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4,260 - 9,520
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6,890
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519
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1,378
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120
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8,907
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10
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Attenders
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2
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3,850 - 8,600
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6,225
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469
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1,245
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120
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8,059
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6,225
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469
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1,245
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120
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8,059
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Total
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11
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1,15,023
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265
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8,667
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21,417
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2,060
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1,47,432
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xi. The budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditure and reports on disbursements made:
The budget allocated for 2006-07 under salaries is Rs.28.71 lakhs and under activities is Rs.28.28 lakhs.
xii. The manner of execution of subsidy programs, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programs:
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xiii. Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by it:
The Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University is offering a SIX months Diploma course in "Writing skills for mass media in TELUGU"for which the Academy sponsors working journalist with a concession of Rs. 1000/- in course fee.
xiv. Details in respect of information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form:
- Digitized 100 year old periodicals and
magazines consisting of 17 lakh pages in 396 no. of CDs.
- Recorded experiences of 20 senior journalists in 30 CDs.
xv. The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of Library or reading room if maintained for public use:
The Academy is having a Library with 1108 books related to journalism, public relations and general reference books, which are accessible to journalists interested during the workings hours of office i.e., from 10.30 AM to 5.00 PM.
xvi. The names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers:
- Appellate Authority
- Sri M. Prabhakara Rao, Secretary
- Public Information
Officer
- Sri P. Nabi Sahem, Manager
- Asst. PIO - Sri B. Sampat, Librarian Gr. II
xvii. Such other information as may be prescribed; and thereafter update these publications every year:
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Public Authority: Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad
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Name of the Public Authority |
Whether or not Action taken under Sec. 4(1)(a) of R.T.I.
Act |
Whether or not Action taken under Section 4(1)(b) to publish the material as required under the Act. |
Whether
or not Information as required to be published under Sec
4(1)(b) has been placed in A.P. Portal |
Name of PIOs / APIOs
Appellate Authority |
No of requests received by the Public Authority for
information up to
31-01-06 |
No. of requests that have been compiled with by the Public
Authority up to
31-01-06 |
No. of requests rejected by the Public Authority up to
31-01-06 |
No. of requests pending as on
31-01-06
with the Public Authority |
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Press
Academy
of
Andhra
Pradesh |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes
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1)
Appellate : Sri M. Prabhakara Rao
Authority
: Secretary
2)
P.I.O : Sri P. Nabi Saheb,
Manager
3)
A.P.I.O : Sri B. Sampat,
Librarian, Gr-II
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Secretary Press Academy of A.P. |
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