Centre takes to facebook to take complaints

New Delhi: A complaints redressal page on Facebook for issues related to women and children is in an anvil. Maneka Gandhi, who took charge as the Women and Child Development (WCD) minister on Wednesday said that her ministry will set up a Facebook page soon for addressing complaints on issues concerning women and children.

“The ministry will set up an interactive compla-ints redressal page on Facebook for issues such as adoption, sexual offences and other atrocities,” she said. Through this Facebook page, she added, the ministry will be interacting directly with those who have sent the complaints or raised any issues that need attention.

She said an interactive email-based helpline would also be set up for women. Immediately after taking charge, Ms Gandhi, an animal rights activist and environmentalist, met senior ministry officials.

Ms Gandhi is a seven-time MP. She was also in the council of ministers during the previous NDA government led by Atal Behari Vajpayee.

Meanwhile, after appointing Nipendra Mishra as the principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the search for a new Cabinet Secretary, who will replace incumbent Ajit Seth, has begun.

The names of petroleum secretary Saurabh Chandra and power secretary P.K. Sinha, have started doing the round.  Going strictly by seniority, Sutanu Behuria, Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS of 1976 batch and current secretary of heavy industries department, is the senior most but it is learnt that he has not been under consideration.
Mr Seth will complete his extended tenure on June 13.

The previous Manmohan Singh-led UPA government had in 2011 appointed Mr Seth, a 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, as Cabinet Secretary for a fixed two-year tenure.