TOI inspires slew of RTI applications
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Lucknow: The Times of India's I Lead India campaign got enthusiastic
response from people in Lucknow on the Right To Information Day.The
campaign has been promoting understanding of the Right to Information
(RTI) Act among people by way of lectures from RTI activists and
workshops and interactive programmes.In the series of the same
efforts,people were encouraged to file RTI applications at government
departments and seek answers on wide-ranging issues and policies of
the government on Friday.
Encouraged by the TOI's campaign,a city resident Ramswarup Yadav
sought information about the widow pension scheme in his village in
Unnao.Yadav filed an RTI query at the DM office and sought an action
taken report on the letter sent by him to the district social welfare
officer and the district magistrate in the past regarding the widow
pension scheme.YadavishopefulhisRTI application will serve the
purpose.
A civil services aspirant Gyanesh Pandey filed an RTI with the nagar
nigam.The first-timers benefited from the guidance of RTI activist
Sanjay Sharma.I also filed an RTI to mark the day and to be an actual
participant in TOI's campaign, said Sharma.He,as part of TOI's
campaign on RTI,had also held the workshop where he provided people
the know-how to file the RTI application.
A school student Aishwarya Sharma filed an RTI with the UP government
seeking details of the funds allocated and released for Gomti
conservation.She also sought details about rules,if any,made by the
government to prohibit people from throwing waste in Gomti and idol
immersion.
To make the TOI campaign a hit,Salim Baig from Moradabad filed five
RTI applications with the Central government.He filed an RTI
application in the Prime Minister Office(PMO)seeking details
abouttheMPswithcriminal backgrounds and schemes meant for uplift of
minorities in the country.
A lot of people have mailed us the applications they want to file
under the RTI Act.We will help them do so, said Sharma.The RTI Act has
become a potent tool for the common man which they can use to fix
accountability of the government departments.The TOIs campaign
furthered the cause aptly on the RTI Day.
Participants at the RTI workshop organised by The Times Of India in
association with National Campaign for Peoples Right To Information
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