Embassy of India,Hungary and Bosnia & Herzegovina : Right to Information

Right to Information

First Appellate Authority (FAA)

Shri S. Ramji, Second Secretary (Consular & HOC)
E-mail : hoc.budapest@mea.gov.in;
Tel No.s : +36 1 325 7567 / + 36 1 325 7742/3

Chief Public Information Officer (CPIO)

Shri Radhe Lal, Attache (Admn)
E-mail : admn.budapest@mea.gov.in
Tel. No: + 36 1 325 7742/3

RTI Act, 2005

INFORMATION ABOUT THE Embassy of India, Budapest REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 4(1)(B) OF THE Right to Information ACT, 2005

(i)	The particulars of its organization, functions and duties;	The Embassy is headed by Ambassador of India and has following Wings: Political, Economic & Commercial, Chancery (including Administration), Consular, Community Affairs, Culture, Press and Information Embassy functions within the purview of business allocated to the Ministry of External Affairs under the Government of India Allocation of Business Rules and Transaction of Business Rules. The functions of the Embassy inter alia include political and economic cooperation, trade and investment promotion, scientific & technological cooperation, cultural interaction, press and media liaison, and consular operations including PIOs/NRIs, in bilateral and multilateral contexts.
(ii)	the powers and duties of its officers and employees;	General Administrative powers are derived from IFS (PLCA) Rules, as amended from time to time. Financial powers of the Officers of the Embassy of India have been detailed in the Delegated Financial powers of the Government of India Representatives Abroad. Other powers are derived from the Passport Act of India. The Officers of the Embassy function under the guidance and supervision of the Ambassador.
(iii)	the procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability;	Decisions are taken as per extant rules and guidelines, where applicable and under the instruction and supervision of the Competent Authority.
(iv)	the norms set by it for the discharge of its functions;	Norms are set under the instruction and supervision of the Ambassador.
(v)	the rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions;	IFS PLCA Rules Delegated Financial Powers of Government of India Representatives abroad Rules The Passports Act Manuals of Office Procedures Other Central Government Rules and manuals published by Central Government. Circulars & O.M.s issued by MEA & others Departments of GoI from time to time.
(vi)	a statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control;	Classified documents/files relating to India relations with Hungary Unclassified documents/files including joint statements, declarations, agreements and MoUs between India and Hungary. Passport and consular services application forms
(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;	Embassy of India functions within the norms of India foreign policy formulated by the Ministry of External Affairs. Policy is implemented by the Embassy under the guidance and supervision of the Ambassador.
(viii)	a statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public;	Embassy interacts regularly with representatives of think tanks, academic community and others.
(ix)	a directory of its officers and employees;	List of Officers is given at Annexure-I
(x)	the monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations;	A statement of monthly pay-scales is given below
(xi)	the budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made;	The Budget figures for the current financial year (2019-20) are given in the statement below
(xii)	the manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes;	Embassy of India does not have any subsidy programme.
(xiii)	particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by it;	No concessions/permits are granted by Embassy of India
(xiv)	details in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form;	The Embassy website has the required information. Embassy also makes available to interested individuals various CDs and DVDs containing information on India, its people and culture.
(xv)	the particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use;	The Embassy is open from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, or 0900 hrs to 1730 hrs from Monday to Friday. The holidays observed by the Embassy are given on the website www.eoibudapest.gov.in. The Indian Cultural Centre called the Amrita Sher-Gil Culture Centre is located in the Embassy (Contact No: +363256436). It has a library which is open from 1500 hrs to 1700 hrs, Monday to Friday (except on gazetted holidays).
(xvi)	the names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers;	Public Information Officer (PIO): Shri. Radhe Lal, Attache Tel: +36 3257742/43 Email: admn.budapest@mea.gov.in
(xvii)	such other information as may be prescribed and thereafter update these publications every year;	The Embassy website has information which is updated on a regular basis.

S.No.	Sanctioned Post	No. of Sanctioned Posts	Pay Band	Grade Pay
1	Ambassador	1	67000-79000
2	Second Secretary	2	15600-39100	Rs. 6600
3	Director (Culture Center)	1	15600-39100	Rs. 7400
4	Attaché	1	9300-34800	Rs. 5400
5	Assistant Section officer	3	9300-34800	Rs. 4600
7	Table/TIC/Kathak teacher	3	9300-34800	Rs. 4600
6	India-Based Security Assistant	1	5200-20200	Rs. 1800

Budget & Expenditure: 2020-21

Wing	Budget Grant	Expenditure
Chancery	72,779,000	72,774,744
Commerce	16,440,000	16,829,270
Culture	22,000,000	20,609,491

List of Ambassadors from December, 1959 to November, 2021

Sl. No.	Name	From	To
1.	Shri K.P. Sivasankara Menon	December, 1959	June, 1961
2.	Shri Subimal Dutt	July, 1961	January, 1963
3.	Shri Shantilal Vithalbhai Patel	February, 1963	April, 1966
4.	Shri Jagdish Chandra Kakkar	May, 1966	March, 1969
5.	Shri Sumal Sinha	April, 1969	August, 1970
6.	Smt. C.B. Muthamma	September, 1970	February, 1975
7.	Shri K.P. Shankara Menon	March, 1975	May, 1977
8.	Shri Arun Kanti Das	June, 1977	September, 1980
9.	Shri Vinay Kumar Verma	October, 1980	July, 1983
10.	Shri Aravinda Ramchandra Deo	September, 1983	February, 1986
11.	Shri Satinder Kumar Lambah	March, 1986	August, 1989
12.	Shri S.L. Malik	September, 1989	July, 1992
13.	Shri Lal Thanzaua Pudaite	August, 1992	August, 1995
14.	Shri Satnam Jit Singh	September, 1995	February, 1999
15.	Smt. Lakshmi M. Puri	March,1999	July, 2002
16.	Shri Manbir Singh	October, 2002	November, 2005
17.	Shri Ranjit Rae	February, 2006	March, 2010
18.	Shri Gauri Shankar Gupta	April, 2010	August, 2013
19.	Shri Malay Mishra	September, 2013	July, 2015
20.	Shri Rahul Chhabra	August, 2015	October, 2018
21.	Shri Kumar Tuhin	November, 2018	November, 2021

Details of Death of Indian Nationals in Hungary from 2016 to 2021

Year	No. of deaths	Case of Death
		Accidents		Natural Deaths		Suicides
		Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
2016	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
2017	4	-	-	3	1	-	-
2018	4	1	-	3	-	-	-
2019	3	-	-	3	-	-	-
2020	3	-	-	2	1	-	-
2021 (till September)	2	0	0	2	0	0	0