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Thursday, December 16, 2010
“No Amendment to RTI Rules” Drive by Social Group YAISHWARYAJ
"No Amendment to RTI Rules" Drive by Social Group YAISHWARYAJ
http://www.mynews.in/News/“_No_Amendment_to_RTI_Rulesâ€ÂÂ__Drive_by_Social_Group_YAISHWARYAJ_N119103.html
Sharma Urvashi, 16-Dec-2010 12:27:26 PM
The Government of India has proposed to notify Right to Information
Rules in supersession of the existing rules, namely, the Right to
Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005 and the Central
Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005. Many of the
proposed amendments are against the " letter & spirit " of the RTI act
2005 .
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of
Personnel and Training) of Government of India has drafted the Right
to Information Rules, 2010 in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 27 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) and in
supersession of the Central Information Commission (Appeal Procedure)
Rules, 2005 and the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost)
Rules, 2005 .
The Government of India has invited Comments on the proposed Rules by
all but only through e-mail at usrti-dovt@pic.in latest by 27
December, 2010. In India Internet penetration is too shallow to have
representative feedback or comments on the said rules so Lucknow based
Social Group YAISHWARYAJ is on a RTI Awareness Drive to motivate the
masses of Uttar Pradesh for sending comments opposing the proposed
Amendments to existing RTI Rules on certain points.
"Two of our group-members shall cover Lucknow , Kanpur , Etawah ,
Shikohabad , Firozabad , Agra , Etah , Budaun , Bareilly ,
Shahjahanpur & Hardoi districts between December 17 to 24 and try
their level best so that maximum people should send reasonable
comments to the Government of India to oppose the anti RTI amendments
. Anybody who wish to join the campaign , can call group's RTI
helpline nos. 8081898081 or 9455553838 " , said Prabhuta , one of the
founder members of the group.
--
Urvashi Sharma
RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
RTI activists' campaign against amendments in RTI Act
RTI activists' campaign against amendments in RTI Act The government of India has drafted new rules for the RTI Act and social activists in UP are up in protest against these changes and have launched a drive to attain maximum feedback/comments against the amendments. CJ: urvashi sharma  Thu, Dec 16, 2010 10:30:54 IST POST THE announcement doing rounds that the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) of Government of India has drafted amendments to the Right to Information Rules, 2010, RTI activists' group Yaishwaryaj has started a campaign to motivate masses of Uttar Pradesh and all over the nation to send their comments/objections to government against any amendments in the RTI rules. The Government of India has invited feedback and comments on the proposed new rules through e-mail by 27th December, 2010. As in this country the awareness level is quite low, social activists have started this drive to make sure as many comments reach the authorities as possible. Lucknow-based social action group Yaishwaryaj has started this drive and is bent on getting the maximum number of comments back to government in objection to changes or amendments in certain sections in particular in the present RTI rules. "Two of our group members shall cover Lucknow , Kanpur , Etawah , Shikohabad , Firozabad , Agra , Etah , Budaun , Bareilly , Shahjahanpur and Hardoi districts between December 17 to 24 and try their level best so that maximum people send reasonable comments to the Government of India to oppose the RTI amendments . Anybody who wishes to join the campaign can call group's helpline numbers," said Prabhuta, one of the founder members of the group.  -- Urvashi Sharma RTI Helpmail( Web Based ) aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com Mobile Rti Helpline 8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. ) |
RTI activists' campaign against amendments in RTI Act
RTI activists' campaign against amendments in RTI Act
http://www.merinews.com/article/rti-activists-campaign-against-amendments-in-rti-act/15837848.shtml
The government of India has drafted new rules for the RTI Act and
social activists in UP are up in protest against these changes and
have launched a drive to attain maximum feedback/comments against the
amendments.
CJ: urvashi sharma Thu, Dec 16, 2010 10:30:54 IST
POST THE announcement doing rounds that the Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training)
of Government of India has drafted amendments to the Right to
Information Rules, 2010, RTI activists' group Yaishwaryaj has started
a campaign to motivate masses of Uttar Pradesh and all over the nation
to send their comments/objections to government against any amendments
in the RTI rules. The Government of India has invited feedback and
comments on the proposed new rules through e-mail by 27th December,
2010.
As in this country the awareness level is quite low, social activists
have started this drive to make sure as many comments reach the
authorities as possible. Lucknow-based social action group Yaishwaryaj
has started this drive and is bent on getting the maximum number of
comments back to government in objection to changes or amendments in
certain sections in particular in the present RTI rules.
"Two of our group members shall cover Lucknow , Kanpur , Etawah ,
Shikohabad , Firozabad , Agra , Etah , Budaun , Bareilly ,
Shahjahanpur and Hardoi districts between December 17 to 24 and try
their level best so that maximum people send reasonable comments to
the Government of India to oppose the RTI amendments . Anybody who
wishes to join the campaign can call group's helpline numbers," said
Prabhuta, one of the founder members of the group.
--
Urvashi Sharma
RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )
“ No Amendment to RTI Rules” Drive by Social Group YAISHWARYAJ
" No Amendment to RTI Rules" Drive by Social Group YAISHWARYAJ
The Government of India has proposed to notify Right to Information
Rules in supersession of the existing rules, namely, the Right
to Information
(Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005 and the Central
Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005. Many of
the proposed amendments are against the " letter & spirit " of the RTI
act 2005 .
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of
Personnel and Training) of Government of India has drafted the Right
to Information Rules, 2010 in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 27 of the Right to
Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) and in supersession of the Central
Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005 and the Right to
Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005 . The Government
of India has invited Comments on the proposed Rules by all but
only through e-mail at usrti-dovt@pic.in latest by 27 December,
2010.
In India Internet penetration is too shallow to have representative
feedback or comments on the said rules so Lucknow based Social Group
YAISHWARYAJ is on a RTI Awareness Drive to motivate the masses of
Uttar Pradesh for sending comments opposing the proposed Amendments to
existing RTI Rules on certain points.
" Two of our group-members shall cover Lucknow , Kanpur , Etawah ,
Shikohabad , Firozabad , Agra , Etah , Budaun , Bareilly ,
Shahjahanpur & Hardoi districts between December 17 to 24 and try
their level best so that maximum people should send reasonable
comments to the Government of India to oppose the anti RTI amendments
. Anybody who wish to join the campaign , can call group's RTI
helpline nos. 8081898081 or 9455553838 " , said Prabhuta , one of the
founder members of the group.
--
Urvashi Sharma
RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )
Monday, December 13, 2010
RTI & Jails in UP : Overcrowded Jails : Those having completed their term still languishing in jails
http://www.thesundayindian.com/article.php?article_id=10461
Uttar Pradesh: Overcrowded Jails
Prisons in U.P. burst at the seams
Those having completed their term still languishing in jails
PUJA AWASTHI | December 5, 2010 14:04
Prisoners who have long completed their terms but have not been
released as yet form a considerable chunk of the total prisoners in
Uttar Pradesh's jails. This is one of the reasons behind overcrowding
of the state's jails, reveals an RTI query filed by Lucknow based
activist Urvashi Sharma.
Sharma, on October 4, 2009, had asked for the following information: A
list of all the jails in UP with their designated capacity and the
actual number of prisoners housed in each jail; jail-wise lists of the
names of all convicts who are serving time in spite of having
completed their terms; and details of the steps taken by the state
government in the last five years to scrutinise the status of all the
prisoners in UP jails, apart from certain other details.
The reply from the Jail Administration and Reforms Services was enough
to give Sharma a shock as she came to know that against the designated
capacity of 42,176 inmates, UP's 62 jails actually had 83,805
prisoners. According to a National Crimes Record Bureau (NCRB) report
on prisons, 2008, the state's jails have 191.6 per cent occupancy,
second only to Chattisgarh where the jail occupancy is 215.2 per cent.
According to the report, only 32 per cent of all the inmates in
India's jails are convicts while a whopping 67 per cent of them are
undertrials. There is just one jail official per eight inmates.
Two appeals and a rejoinder later, Sharma received information from
only two jails— Meerut and Ghaziabad— that two prisoners, one male and
one female, were languishing in Ghaziabad jail even after completion
of their terms. As for the query about the scrutiny of the prisoners
the response was "Nil". "It is indeed ironical that the department
meant to bring reforms in jails has not even scrutinised the status
of the prisoners during the last five years. I am writing to the CM
and the Governor to take action and ensure that either the department
should prove worthy of its name or it should drop the words
'administration and reforms' from its name," says Sharma.
Earlier this year, Law Minister Veerappa Moily launched a drive for
the speedy conclusion of the cases of undertrials and to ensure their
release. Till July this year, UP had topped the list in that mission
by releasing 52,843 undertrials and settling the cases of 4,203 more.
But certainly more steps are needed in this direction.
--
Urvashi Sharma
RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
hindustantimes : RTI : INDIA : Good time to act
  December 12, 2010 First Published: 00:05 IST(12/12/2010) Last Updated: 02:22 IST(12/12/2010) Five years after it was enacted, the "miracle" Right to Information Act is empowering people and catalysing change. But while national impact stories emerging out of RTI applications are celebrated, it isn't just the city-bred citizen who is discovering skeletons in the bureaucracy's cupboard by posing awkward questions to the babus. If right to information (RTI) pleas helped unearth national scams such as Adarsh Housing Society, the Commonwealth scandal and illegal mining in Karnataka, in villages and small towns, its deployment is raising accountability and speeding up change. A band of inspired individuals from across the country have used the Act for causes as diverse as making the voice of displaced villagers heard, to getting basics that urbanites take for granted - passports, food rations, street lights and sanitation. Says political analyst Amulya Ganguli: "There is nervousness among babus that they are being watched. Increasing usage of the law by the weaker sections of society in rural areas will lead to greater empowerment. And the good news is that it is happening, albeit slowly." The RTI Act emanated from the struggle of peasants and workers in rural Rajasthan in 1994, which gave birth to the legislation under justice PB Savant in 1996. It went through several consultations with the people, before the Act came into existence in 2005. An estimated 4,00,000 RTI applications were filed from rural India within two and a half years. About 30% of the rural RTI applicants were from the economically weaker classes, having an Antodaya ration card. Nearly 65% had above-poverty-line cards. The rise in awareness about RTI has sure kept the Central Information Commission busy. Between April 2006 and August 2010, the RTI Act's apex body disposed of 54,853 cases. That's an average of 1,035 cases a month, even as the number of pending cases keep on piling. Apart from bearing fruit at the community level, the Act is helping individuals such as Lucknow's Muneer-uddin (67), get their due. After retiring from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, he struggled for five years to get his pension sanctioned. After filing an RTI application, all it took was a couple of weeks. "There is no doubt that the use of the act is spreading at the grassroots," says Sudha Pai, professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Chennai-based columnist Cho Ramaswamy believes that the impact of the Act is yet to be realised. "Its spread has been hampered by cynicism, especially among the educated public. What purpose will the Act serve, people think." Not everyone is seeing it that way as Ramaswamy. Akhil Gogoi, 34, a poor farmer's son from upper Assam, has made the RTI a sharp-edged weapon in his fight against corruption and malpractices, giving a voice to the state's till-now voiceless peasantry. "The struggle has given a new credo to Assam's villagers: seek transparency and demand accountability," says Gogoi. It hasn't been smooth sailing everywhere. In Jammu and Kashmir, for instance, in the absence of a state information commission, which the government is unable to constitute for political reasons, the Act has become a toothless tiger, says Jammu-based RTI activist Raman Sharma. That RTI has set the cat among the pigeons can be gauged from the number of activists murdered or persecuted across the nation. Yet the battle for information rights is far from over. The bureaucracy is divided with one group straining to make itself as transparent as possible while the other keen that nothing is revealed to the public. Poor awareness of the Act and the complicated procedure are the other stumbling blocks. But even threats of bodily harm haven't deterred the rural whistle-blowers. The information juggernaut is rolling. The postman rang again to deliver their passports Raman Sharma social worker, Jammu Running from pillar to post to get their passports issued, Mukhtiar Ahmed and others, from a border village in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district used the Right to Information Act. Within 17 days of filing the application, the local postman delivered their passports. In 2008, Ahmed came in touch with Jammu-based RTI activist Raman Sharma, who goaded him to file an application seeking to know the reason behind the delay in delivery. Before that, the villagers of Rajpura had never heard of the RTI Act. Sharma helped Ahmed file the application in September 2008 and the results were spectacular: on the 17th day, the local postman dropped in, passport in hand. Said Abdul Rashid, a local youth who got his passport within days of filing the RTI plea inspired by Ahmed, "It was a dream come true for me since I wanted to work in Saudi Arabia. The youth of this border village never expected such a quick response from the concerned department. The act is a big boon for common people like us." She helped unearth embezzled funds for bird flu victims Dipti Patra homemaker Kalyani, West Bengal By launching the organisation Indian People's Right For Information and Democracy, Patra has used the RTI Act to change the lives of people in the semi-urban and rural tracts of West Bengal. In September 2010, she came to know that the sub-divisional officer, Kalyani, had made a mess of funds allotted for those affected due to bird flu culling. She filed an RTI plea seeking the audit inspection report. "The official's first response was incomplete, misleading and brusque," said Patra. After she pointed to the absence of etiquette and respect for the dignity of the applicant in another letter, the tone changed. The second response revealed gross embezzlement of funds allotted as culling compensation for countering avian influenza. "The BDO, Haringhata, had made excess and unauthorised payment of Rs 6 lakh and the Kalyani municipality, too, had made excess and unauthorised payment of Rs 84,500," she said. A departmental inquiry has been initiated against officers responsible for the embezzlement of funds. From solar lights to water pipes, RTI has empowered Muzzafar Bhat doctor-turned-activist Drag, J&K Residents of Drag, in Kashmir's Budgam district, 44 kilometre west of Srinagar, have unleashed an 'RTI jihad'. The empowering act for transparency has helped people hold government officials accountable. Over the last three years, the district's remotest corners have witnessed a number of workshops on the RTI Act led by Dr Muzzafar Bhat, 32, who left his medical practice to become an RTI activist. He organises at least three seminars in remote villages a week to spread awareness about RTI's liberating powers. From discovering the reasons behind the drowning of two children in a public construction company-built entrench in Batapora village, distribution of solar lights, containing timber smuggling and laying of water pipes, the Right to Information Act has empowered Budgam's ordinary people. "Earlier, government officials were accountable only to the police and vigilance but the RTI Act has made them accountable to people too," said Bhat. "It can help in good governance. Merely casting the vote is not democracy...What 1,000 people can't do, a single application can achieve." Residents resort to RTI for roads, cleanliness Vallabh Pandey, Resident Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh When it was built in 2000, the Om Nagar colony in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi had good roads and functional streetlights. The civic authorities kept the environs clean. By 2007, the streetlights had vanished, the roads were in decay and the cleaning by the municipal officials stopped. Using the right to information, residents of this 400 household locality managed to return to a time when the colony is a role model for others in the temple city. In 2010, the streetlights have resumed functioning and the cleaning is done on a regular basis. Interestingly, the services were discharged even before the respective departments revealed the information sought in the RTI pleas. "After Om Nagar was built, there was a sharp decline in maintenance standards. We filed two applications at the municipality and electricity departments. Things were revamped in a few days," said Vallabh Pandey, one of the residents. "Ever since we sought information through RTI, this area is getting better attention from the concerned departments." Restoring supply of food rations that never arrived Rambabu resident Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh Villagers of Almapur in western Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district realised the efficacy and effectiveness of RTI as a tool for empowerment when they used it to probe the non-availability of monthly rations under the public distribution scheme. The Below-Poverty-Line families led by Rambabu, a local villager, sought information under the Right to Information Act from the food supply department. The villagers found that the supply was not provided despite being mentioned in stock and distribution registers. The application for the RTI forced apathetic local officials to probe the entire functioning of the supply department. Not just this, stocks of the prior six months were also released at one go. All it took was filing of RTI applications and two months of intense follow-ups, aided by local RTI activists. "We came to know that the supply was released from the ration depots but did not reach the families, these were meant for. It was only with the help of the RTI and the subsequent struggle of a couple of months that we received our rations. That too, well in time," said Rambabu. Evicted tribals discover govt land can't be sold Sunnam Venkatramanna activist, Kalyani, West Bengal Tired of a nomadic existence, T Krishna, 42, a Lambadi tribal and 12 of his clansmen got together to build 13 mud-and-thatch huts on land earmarked for grazing on the outskirts of a town, which is a part of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency in Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh. Working as a coolie, Krishna had saved Rs 18,000 while the other families had pooled similar amounts by selling firewood, or working in a paper factory. On August 18, a few influential neighbours laid claim to the land and got the homesteaders evicted with help from the police. That is when they decided to put the RTI Act to use. Within a week Krishna got a reply, confirming what they always knew. Their houses were built on agency land, which belonged to government and that it couldn't be bought or sold. Encouraged, Krishna is seeking damages from the people who demolished the huts. "RTI has emboldened other tribal people to approach the information commission for redressal of their grievances on land," said Sunnam Venkatramanna, state secretary of the Adivasi Samkshema Parishat. With Ashok Das in Hyderabad, Peerzada Ashiq in Srinagar, Arteev Sharma in Jammu, Snigdhendu Bhattacharya in Kolkata, Arshi Rafique in Lucknow, and Gulam Jeelani in Lucknow © Copyright 2010 Hindustan Times -- Urvashi Sharma RTI Helpmail( Web Based ) aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com Mobile Rti Helpline 8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. ) |
Good time to act
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/637338.aspx
Good time to act
Good time to act
Sanjib Kr Baruah, Hindustan Times
Email Author
December 12, 2010
First Published: 00:05 IST(12/12/2010)
Last Updated: 02:22 IST(12/12/2010)
Good time to act
Five years after it was enacted, the "miracle" Right to Information
Act is empowering people and catalysing change. But while national
impact stories emerging out of RTI applications are celebrated, it
isn't just the city-bred citizen who is discovering skeletons in the
bureaucracy's cupboard by posing awkward questions to the babus.
If right to information (RTI) pleas helped unearth national scams such
as Adarsh Housing Society, the Commonwealth scandal and illegal mining
in Karnataka, in villages and small towns, its deployment is raising
accountability and speeding up change.
A band of inspired individuals from across the country have used the
Act for causes as diverse as making the voice of displaced villagers
heard, to getting basics that urbanites take for granted - passports,
food rations, street lights and sanitation.
Says political analyst Amulya Ganguli: "There is nervousness among
babus that they are being watched. Increasing usage of the law by the
weaker sections of society in rural areas will lead to greater
empowerment. And the good news is that it is happening, albeit
slowly."
The RTI Act emanated from the struggle of peasants and workers in
rural Rajasthan in 1994, which gave birth to the legislation under
justice PB Savant in 1996. It went through several consultations with
the people, before the Act came into existence in 2005.
An estimated 4,00,000 RTI applications were filed from rural India
within two and a half years. About 30% of the rural RTI applicants
were from the economically weaker classes, having an Antodaya ration
card. Nearly 65% had above-poverty-line cards. The rise in awareness
about RTI has sure kept the Central Information Commission busy.
Between April 2006 and August 2010, the RTI Act's apex body disposed
of 54,853 cases. That's an average of 1,035 cases a month, even as the
number of pending cases keep on piling.
Apart from bearing fruit at the community level, the Act is helping
individuals such as Lucknow's Muneer-uddin (67), get their due. After
retiring from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, he struggled for five
years to get his pension sanctioned. After filing an RTI application,
all it took was a couple of weeks.
"There is no doubt that the use of the act is spreading at the
grassroots," says Sudha Pai, professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
Delhi.
Chennai-based columnist Cho Ramaswamy believes that the impact of the
Act is yet to be realised. "Its spread has been hampered by cynicism,
especially among the educated public. What purpose will the Act serve,
people think." Not everyone is seeing it that way as Ramaswamy.
Akhil Gogoi, 34, a poor farmer's son from upper Assam, has made the
RTI a sharp-edged weapon in his fight against corruption and
malpractices, giving a voice to the state's till-now voiceless
peasantry.
"The struggle has given a new credo to Assam's villagers: seek
transparency and demand accountability," says Gogoi.
It hasn't been smooth sailing everywhere. In Jammu and Kashmir, for
instance, in the absence of a state information commission, which the
government is unable to constitute for political reasons, the Act has
become a toothless tiger, says Jammu-based RTI activist Raman Sharma.
That RTI has set the cat among the pigeons can be gauged from the
number of activists murdered or persecuted across the nation.
Yet the battle for information rights is far from over. The
bureaucracy is divided with one group straining to make itself as
transparent as possible while the other keen that nothing is revealed
to the public.
Poor awareness of the Act and the complicated procedure are the other
stumbling blocks. But even threats of bodily harm haven't deterred the
rural whistle-blowers. The information juggernaut is rolling.
The postman rang again to deliver their passports
Raman Sharma social worker, Jammu
Running from pillar to post to get their passports issued, Mukhtiar
Ahmed and others, from a border village in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch
district used the Right to Information Act. Within 17 days of filing
the application, the local postman delivered their passports.
In 2008, Ahmed came in touch with Jammu-based RTI activist Raman
Sharma, who goaded him to file an application seeking to know the
reason behind the delay in delivery. Before that, the villagers of
Rajpura had never heard of the RTI Act.
Sharma helped Ahmed file the application in September 2008 and the
results were spectacular: on the 17th day, the local postman dropped
in, passport in hand.
Said Abdul Rashid, a local youth who got his passport within days of
filing the RTI plea inspired by Ahmed, "It was a dream come true for
me since I wanted to work in Saudi Arabia. The youth of this border
village never expected such a quick response from the concerned
department. The act is a big boon for common people like us."
She helped unearth embezzled funds for bird flu victims
Dipti Patra homemaker Kalyani, West Bengal
By launching the organisation Indian People's Right For Information
and Democracy, Patra has used the RTI Act to change the lives of
people in the semi-urban and rural tracts of West Bengal.
In September 2010, she came to know that the sub-divisional officer,
Kalyani, had made a mess of funds allotted for those affected due to
bird flu culling. She filed an RTI plea seeking the audit inspection
report.
"The official's first response was incomplete, misleading and
brusque," said Patra.
After she pointed to the absence of etiquette and respect for the
dignity of the applicant in another letter, the tone changed.
The second response revealed gross embezzlement of funds allotted as
culling compensation for countering avian influenza.
"The BDO, Haringhata, had made excess and unauthorised payment of Rs 6
lakh and the Kalyani municipality, too, had made excess and
unauthorised payment of Rs 84,500," she said.
A departmental inquiry has been initiated against officers responsible
for the embezzlement of funds.
From solar lights to water pipes, RTI has empowered
Muzzafar Bhat doctor-turned-activist Drag, J&K
Residents of Drag, in Kashmir's Budgam district, 44 kilometre west of
Srinagar, have unleashed an 'RTI jihad'. The empowering act for
transparency has helped people hold government officials accountable.
Over the last three years, the district's remotest corners have
witnessed a number of workshops on the RTI Act led by Dr Muzzafar
Bhat, 32, who left his medical practice to become an RTI activist. He
organises at least three seminars in remote villages a week to spread
awareness about RTI's liberating powers.
From discovering the reasons behind the drowning of two children in a
public construction company-built entrench in Batapora village,
distribution of solar lights, containing timber smuggling and laying
of water pipes, the Right to Information Act has empowered Budgam's
ordinary people.
"Earlier, government officials were accountable only to the police and
vigilance but the RTI Act has made them accountable to people too,"
said Bhat.
"It can help in good governance. Merely casting the vote is not
democracy...What 1,000 people can't do, a single application can
achieve."
Residents resort to RTI for roads, cleanliness
Vallabh Pandey, Resident Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
When it was built in 2000, the Om Nagar colony in eastern Uttar
Pradesh's Varanasi had good roads and functional streetlights. The
civic authorities kept the environs clean. By 2007, the streetlights
had vanished, the roads were in decay and the cleaning by the
municipal officials stopped.
Using the right to information, residents of this 400 household
locality managed to return to a time when the colony is a role model
for others in the temple city.
In 2010, the streetlights have resumed functioning and the cleaning is
done on a regular basis. Interestingly, the services were discharged
even before the respective departments revealed the information sought
in the RTI pleas.
"After Om Nagar was built, there was a sharp decline in maintenance
standards. We filed two applications at the municipality and
electricity departments. Things were revamped in a few days," said
Vallabh Pandey, one of the residents.
"Ever since we sought information through RTI, this area is getting
better attention from the concerned departments."
Restoring supply of food rations that never arrived
Rambabu resident Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh
Villagers of Almapur in western Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district
realised the efficacy and effectiveness of RTI as a tool for
empowerment when they used it to probe the non-availability of monthly
rations under the public distribution scheme.
The Below-Poverty-Line families led by Rambabu, a local villager,
sought information under the Right to Information Act from the food
supply department. The villagers found that the supply was not
provided despite being mentioned in stock and distribution registers.
The application for the RTI forced apathetic local officials to probe
the entire functioning of the supply department. Not just this, stocks
of the prior six months were also released at one go.
All it took was filing of RTI applications and two months of intense
follow-ups, aided by local RTI activists.
"We came to know that the supply was released from the ration depots
but did not reach the families, these were meant for. It was only with
the help of the RTI and the subsequent struggle of a couple of months
that we received our rations. That too, well in time," said Rambabu.
Evicted tribals discover govt land can't be sold
Sunnam Venkatramanna activist, Kalyani, West Bengal
Tired of a nomadic existence, T Krishna, 42, a Lambadi tribal and 12
of his clansmen got together to build 13 mud-and-thatch huts on land
earmarked for grazing on the outskirts of a town, which is a part of
the Integrated Tribal Development Agency in Bhadrachalam, Andhra
Pradesh.
Working as a coolie, Krishna had saved Rs 18,000 while the other
families had pooled similar amounts by selling firewood, or working in
a paper factory. On August 18, a few influential neighbours laid claim
to the land and got the homesteaders evicted with help from the
police.
That is when they decided to put the RTI Act to use. Within a week
Krishna got a reply, confirming what they always knew. Their houses
were built on agency land, which belonged to government and that it
couldn't be bought or sold. Encouraged, Krishna is seeking damages
from the people who demolished the huts.
"RTI has emboldened other tribal people to approach the information
commission for redressal of their grievances on land," said Sunnam
Venkatramanna, state secretary of the Adivasi Samkshema Parishat.
With Ashok Das in Hyderabad, Peerzada Ashiq in Srinagar, Arteev Sharma
in Jammu, Snigdhendu Bhattacharya in Kolkata, Arshi Rafique in
Lucknow, and Gulam Jeelani in Lucknow
Whistleblowers who lost their lives
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/637338.aspx
© Copyright 2010 Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/637338.aspx
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Poor Plight of RTI in Uttar Pradesh : cases being heard without any consideration to documents on record
| In UPSIC , cases are being heard without giving any consideration to the documents / papers on record ( File of the case ) . The situation attains more gravity because one such case was heard by none other than the UP CIC Ranjit Singh Pankaj . In hearing dated 23-11-10 of case no. S1-1460/C/10 Km. Aishwarya Sharma Vs. PIO office of CM UP , The PIO Dr. Nand Lal lied that the matter was related to nagar nigam Lucknow and the same has been transferred to Lucknow nagar nigam . The fact was that the matter was related to office of CM UP only as little Aishwarya had shot this RTI to search her letter that was lost in CM office . The CIC of UP didn't bother to have a look at the letter of section 6 of little Aishwarya and blindly believed what the PIO uttered. The case was disposed off by the order dated 23-11-10 which is available at given link- http://file1.hpage.com/002161/ I always wonder how a person holding a post of the stature of " ELECTION COMMISSIONER of INDIA " can behave so arbitrarily ? But with Sycophants of power being appointed as info-commissioners , how can I expect any law-abiding behaviour so need of the hour is to revamp the appointment process of info-commissioners and make it transparant and participatory. -- Urvashi Sharma RTI Helpmail( Web Based ) aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com Mobile Rti Helpline 8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. ) |
Poor Plight of RTI in Uttar Pradesh : cases being heard without any consideration to documents on record
In UPSIC , cases are being heard without giving any consideration to
the documents / papers on record ( File of the case ) .
the documents / papers on record ( File of the case ) .
The situation attains more gravity because the case was heard by none
other than the UP CIC Ranjit Singh Pankaj .
In hearing dated 23-11-10 of case no. S1-1460/C/10 Km. Aishwarya
Sharma Vs. PIO office of CM UP , The PIO Dr. Nand Lal lied that the
matter was related to nagar nigam Lucknow and has been transferred to
Lucknow nagar nigam . The fact was that the matter was related to
office of CM UP only as little Aishwarya had shot this RTI to search
her letter that was lost in CM office . The CIC of UP didn't bother to
have a look at the letter of section 6 of little Aishwarya and blindly
believed what the PIO uttered.
The case was disposed off by the order which is available at given link-
http://file1.hpage.com/002161/04/bilder/s1-1460-c-2010_order_dtd_23_11_10.jpg
I always wonder how a person holding a post of the stature of "
ELECTION COMMISSIONER of INDIA " can behave so arbitrarily ?
But with Sycophants of power being appointed as info-commissioners ,
how can we expect any law-abiding behaviour so need of the hour is to
revamp the appointment process of info-commissioners.
--
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Mobile Rti Helpline
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please do not send any mail or sms to me regarding any of the activities of RTI COUNCIL OF UTTAR PRADESH
dear all ,
i am not interested in any of ur mails or sms related to activities of RTI COUNCIL OF UTTAR PRADESH . so please stop it right now forever.please unsubscribe me from ur mailing list.
regards
urvashi
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Minor Aishwarya's case no. S1-1460/C/10 disposed-off on 23-11-10 ( order attached )
23-11-10 ( order attached )
dear all
please find attached the UPSIC order
regards
--
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Friday, December 10, 2010
draft Amendment to RTI Rules:send comments by 27-12-2010 at usrti-dovt@pic.in
North Block, New Delhi-110001
Dated loth December, 2010.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Amendment to RTI Rules.
The Government proposes to notify Right to Information Rules in
supersession of the existing rules, namely, the Right to Information
(Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005 and the Central Information
Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005. Comments if any, on the
proposed Rules may be sent at e-mail address, usrti-dovt@pic.in by ~7'
December, 2010.
(R.K. Girdhar)
US(RT1)
[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, PART-II, SECTION 3,
SUB-SECTION (i)]
Dated loth December, 2010.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Amendment to RTI Rules.
The Government proposes to notify Right to Information Rules in
supersession of the existing rules, namely, the Right to Information
(Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005 and the Central Information
Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005. Comments if any, on the
proposed Rules may be sent at e-mail address, usrti-dovt@pic.in by ~7'
December, 2010.
(R.K. Girdhar)
US(RT1)
[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, PART-II, SECTION 3,
SUB-SECTION (i)]
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
…….
New Delhi, dated the , 2010
NOTIFICATION
G.S.R…..- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27 of the Right to
Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) and in supersession of the Central
Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005 and the Right to
Information
(Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005 except as respects things
done or omitted
to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby makes the
following rules, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Right
to Information Rules, 2010.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in
the Official
Gazette.
2. Definitions.– In these rules, unless the context otherwise
requires, - (a) "Act" means the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22
of 2005);
(b) "Commission" means the Central Information Commission as constituted
under sub-section (1) of section 12 of the Act. (c) "First Appellate
Authority" means an officer in the public authority who is
senior in rank to the Central Public Information Officer to whom an appeal
under sub-section (1) of section 19 lies;
(d) "Government" means the Central Government;
(e) "Registrar" mean officers of the Commission so designated and unless
otherwise requires includes an Additional Registrar, Joint Registrar and
Deputy Registrar;
(f) "Registry" means the Registry of the Commission comprising the Registrar
General, Registrar, Additional Registrar, Joint Registrar or Deputy Registrar;
(g) "section" means a section of the Act; (h) all other words and
expressions used herein but not defined in the rules shall
have the same meanings assigned to them in the Act.
3. Appointment of Secretary to the Commission: The Government shall
appoint an officer not below the rank of Additional Secretary to the
Government of
India as Secretary to the Commission who shall be the Chief Executive
Officer and
Registrar General of the Commission.
4. Request for Information: A person who desires to obtain any information
from a public authority under sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Act,
shall pay an
application fee of Rs. 10/- to the public authority alongwith the
application; Provided that the request for information shall relate
only to one subject
matter and shall be limited to two hundred and fifty words, excluding
the address
of the Central Public Information Officer and the address of the applicant.
5. Fees for providing information: Fee for providing information under
Section 4(4), Section 7 (1) and Section 7 (5), as the case may be,
shall be charged
at the following rates:
(a) rupees two for each page in A-3 size or smaller size paper;
(b) actual cost or price of a copy in larger size paper;
(c ) actual cost or price for samples or models;
(d) for inspection of records, no fee for the first hour; and fee of
rupees five for each subsequent hour (or fraction thereof);
(e) for information provided in diskette or floppy, rupees fifty per
diskette or
floppy;
(f) for information provided in printed form, at the price fixed for such
publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts from the
publication;
(g) the actual amount spent by public authority on hiring a machine
or any other
equipment, if any, to supply information;
(h) Postal charges, in excess of rupees ten, if any, involved in supply of
information. Provided that no Fee shall be charged under this rule
from the persons who
are below poverty line as may be determined by respective State Governments.
6. Payment of fee: Fee under these rules shall be paid by way of:
(a) cash, to the public authority or to the Central Assistant Public
Information
Officer of the public authority , as the case may be, against proper
receipt; or
(b) demand draft or bankers cheque or Indian Postal Order payable to the
Accounts Officer of the public authority; or
(c) electronic means to the Accounts Officer of the public authority,
if facility for receiving fee through electronic means is available
with the public
authority:
Provided that a public authority may accept fee by any other mode of
payment.
7. Appeal to the first Appellate Authority: A person aggrieved by any order
passed by the Central Public Information Officer or non-disposal of
his application
by the Central Public Information Officer within the prescribed time,
may file an
appeal to the first Appellate Authority in the format as given in the Appendix.
8. Documents to accompany first appeal to the first Appellate Authority:
Every appeal made to the first Appellate Authority shall be
accompanied by the following documents, duly authenticated and
verified:
(i) Copy of the application submitted to the Central Public
Information Officer;
(ii) Copy of the reply, if any, of the Central Public Information
Officer. 9. Appeal to the Commission: A person aggrieved by any order
passed by the
First Appellate Authority or by non-disposal of his appeal by the
First Appellate
Authority, may file an appeal to the Commission in the format as given in the
Appendix.
10. Documents to accompany Appeal to Commission: Every Appeal made to
the Commission shall be accompanied by the following documents, duly
authenticated and verified:
(i) Copy of the application submitted to the Central Public
Information Officer;
(ii) Copy of the reply, if any, of the Central Public Information
Officer; (iii) Copy of the appeal made to the First Appellate
Authority;
(iv) Copy of the Order, if any, of the First Appellate Authority;
(v) Copies of other documents relied upon by the Appellant and referred to in
the Appeal;
(vi) An index of the documents referred to in the Appeal.
11. Admission of appeals: (1) On receipt of an appeal, if the Commission is
satisfied that it is a fit case for consideration, it may admit such
appeal; but where
the Commission is not so satisfied, it may, after giving an opportunity to the
appellant of being heard and after recording its reasons, reject the appeal.
(2) The Commission shall not admit an appeal unless it is satisfied
that the appellant had availed of all the remedies available to him
under the Act. (3) For the purposes of sub-rule (2), a person shall
be deemed to have availed of
all the remedies available to him under the Act:
(a) if he had filed an appeal before the First Appellate Authority
and the First Appellate Authority or any other person competent to
pass order on such appeal
had made a final order on the appeal; or
(b) where no final order has been made by the First Appellate Authority with
regard to the appeal preferred, and a period of 45 days from the date on which
such appeal was preferred has expired.
12. Procedure for deciding appeals: The Commission, while deciding an
appeal may,
(i) receive oral or written evidence on oath or on affidavit from concerned or
interested person;
(ii) peruse or inspect documents, public records or copies thereof;
(iii) inquire through authorized officer further details or facts; 6
(iv) hear Central Public Information Officer, Central Assistant Public
Information Officer or the First Appellate Authority, or such person against
whose action the appeal is made, as the case may be;
(v) hear third party; and
(vi) receive evidence on affidavits from Central Public Information Officer,
Central Assistant Public Information Officer, First Appellate Authority and
such person against whom the appeal lies or the third party. 13.
Amendment or withdrawal of an Appeal: The Commission may allow a
prayer for any amendment or withdrawal of an Appeal during the course of
hearing, if such a prayer is made by the Appellant on an application made in
writing.
Provided that such request shall not be entertained by the Commission after
the matter has been finally heard or a decision or order has been
pronounced by the
Commission.
14. Personal presence of the appellant before the Commission:
(1) The appellant shall be informed of the date of hearing at least
seven clear days
before that date.
(2) The appellant may, at his discretion, be present in person or
through his duly authorized representative or, if permitted by the
commission, through video
conferencing, at the time of hearing of the appeal by the Commission.
(3) Where the Commission is satisfied that the circumstances exist
due to which
the appellant is being prevented from attending the hearing of the Commission,
then, the Commission may afford the appellant another opportunity of
being heard
before a final decision is taken or take any other appropriate action
as it may deem
fit.
15. Presentation by the Public Authority: The public authority may authorize
any representative or any of its officers to present its case. 16.
Abatement of an Appeal / Complaint: The proceedings pending before the
Commission shall abate on the death of the appellant.
17. Service of notice by Commission: Notice by name to be issued by the
Commission may be served in any of the following modes, namely:-
(i) service by the party itself;
(ii) by hand delivery (dasti) through Process Server;
(iii) by registered post with acknowledgement due;
(iv) by electronic mail in case electronic address is available.
18. Order of the Commission: An order of the Commission shall be in
writing and issued under the seal of the Commission duly authenticated
by the Registrar or any other officer authorized by the Commission
for this purpose.
19. Compliance of the order of the Commission: The head of a public
authority shall ensure that an order passed by the Commission, unless varied or
stayed by a validly passed order, is complied with and compliance
report filed with
the Commission within the time limit specified by the Commission, or within 60
days if no such limit is specified.
20. Recovery of Penalty and Payment of Compensation: (1) If a penalty is
imposed by the Commission on a Central Public Information Officer as per the
provisions of the Act and if the Commission requires a Public Authority to
compensate a person for any loss or detriment suffered, an order duly
authenticated by the Registrar shall be served on the Public Authority
for recovery of penalty and
payment of compensation.
(2) The Public Authority shall deduct the amount of penalty in such
installments
as may be allowed by the Commission in its Order and authenticated by the
Registrar from the monetary payments due to such person against whom penalty
has been imposed by the Commission and compensation shall be paid as per order
of the Commission.
21. Recommendation for Disciplinary Action: If disciplinary action is
recommended by the Commission on a Central Public Information Officer
as per the provisions of the Act, an order duly authenticated by the
Registrar shall be
served on the Public Authority to initiate such action and the action
taken on such
order will be communicated to the Registrar within the time specified by the
Commission in its order.
F.No.1/35/2009-IR
(Rajeev Kapoor)
Joint Secretary
APPENDIX
FORMAT OF APPEAL
1. Name and address of the appellant
2. Name and address of the Central Public Information Officer
to whom the application was addressed.
3. Name and address of the Central Public Information Officer
who gave reply to the application.
4. Name and address of the First Appellate Authority who
decided the First Appeal.
5. Particulars of the application.
6. Particulars of the order(s) including number, if any, against
which the appeal is preferred.
7. Brief facts leading to the appeal.
8. Prayer or relief sought.
9. Grounds for the prayer or relief.
10. Any other information relevant to the appeal
11. Verification / authentication by the appellant
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Sifynews:IANS: Court rider on information on officials' assets
|
Gandhinagar, Dec 10 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday ordered public information officers (PIO) to issue notice and consider the objections of all concerned before passing an order on a Right To Information (RTI) disclosure of the annual property returns (APRs) of public servants. The court order came as it heard the petition of senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Arvind Agrawal seeking to set aside the chief information commissioner's order directing the state to furnish such details. Agrawal contended that such details were 'personal' and could not be given under RTI. Justice Akil Kureshi, after considering the rival submissions in the case, sent back the matter to the PIO and ordered to follow the procedure in accordance with law. The court said that the Chief Information Commissioner R.N.Das's order stands clarified by this direction so as to clear the ambiguity in it. However, Justice Kureshi told the counsels: 'Once you are in public domain then you should not be shy of revealing your own properties. This court is not hearing the case on merits as its been remanded back to PIO, otherwise I would have decided the issue right here.' An order by Das, an ex-secretary in the central government, directed the state government to furnish APRs of IAS, IPS and IFS officers following an appeal by journalist Kapil Dave, seeking to know the richest officials in Gujarat and whether their property was disproportionate to their known source of income. The state general administration and forest and environment departments had denied giving the information of APRs saying that it is personal information of officers and cannot be given under the RTI act, while the home department furnished APRs of only those Indian Police Service (IPS) officers who consented to share it. The commission noted in the order: 'APRs may contain personal information, but it cannot be said that its disclosure has no relationship to any public interest or that its disclosure would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual. Citing the judgement by Supreme Court judge P.V. Reddy in the Peoples Union of Civil Liberties v. Union of India, where the court had held that in case of conflict between public interest and private interest to maintain privacy, the public interest would retain primacy, the commission held that the disclosure of APRs of public servant should be considered as a step to contain corruption as its disclosure may reveal instances where property has been acquired which may be disproportionate to the known sources of income of public servants. http://sify.com/news/court-rider-on-information-on-officials-assets-news-national-kmktEzidjei.html -- Urvashi Sharma RTI Helpmail( Web Based ) aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com Mobile Rti Helpline 8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. ) |
Sifynews : IANS : Court rider on information on officials' assets
http://sify.com/news/court-rider-on-information-on-officials-assets-news-national-kmktEzidjei.html
Court rider on information on officials' assets
Gandhinagar, Dec 10 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday ordered
public information officers (PIO) to issue notice and consider the
objections of all concerned before passing an order on a Right To
Information (RTI) disclosure of the annual property returns (APRs) of
public servants.
The court order came as it heard the petition of senior Indian
Administrative Service (IAS) officer Arvind Agrawal seeking to set
aside the chief information commissioner's order directing the state
to furnish such details.
Agrawal contended that such details were 'personal' and could not be
given under RTI.
Justice Akil Kureshi, after considering the rival submissions in the
case, sent back the matter to the PIO and ordered to follow the
procedure in accordance with law. The court said that the Chief
Information Commissioner R.N.Das's order stands clarified by this
direction so as to clear the ambiguity in it.
However, Justice Kureshi told the counsels: 'Once you are in public
domain then you should not be shy of revealing your own properties.
This court is not hearing the case on merits as its been remanded back
to PIO, otherwise I would have decided the issue right here.'
An order by Das, an ex-secretary in the central government, directed
the state government to furnish APRs of IAS, IPS and IFS officers
following an appeal by journalist Kapil Dave, seeking to know the
richest officials in Gujarat and whether their property was
disproportionate to their known source of income.
The state general administration and forest and environment
departments had denied giving the information of APRs saying that it
is personal information of officers and cannot be given under the RTI
act, while the home department furnished APRs of only those Indian
Police Service (IPS) officers who consented to share it.
The commission noted in the order: 'APRs may contain personal
information, but it cannot be said that its disclosure has no
relationship to any public interest or that its disclosure would cause
unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual.
Citing the judgement by Supreme Court judge P.V. Reddy in the Peoples
Union of Civil Liberties v. Union of India, where the court had held
that in case of conflict between public interest and private interest
to maintain privacy, the public interest would retain primacy, the
commission held that the disclosure of APRs of public servant should
be considered as a step to contain corruption as its disclosure may
reveal instances where property has been acquired which may be
disproportionate to the known sources of income of public servants.
--
Urvashi Sharma
RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )
Abhishek Kumar, abhishek.glamartist@gmail.com : Social Worker or Social Vulture
abhishek kumar <abhishek.glamartist@gmail.com>
Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 1:09 PM
Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 1:09 PM
To: ashish kumar srivastava <aksri80@gmail.com>
Cc: urvashi sharma <rtimahilamanchup@gmail.com>, Akhilesh Kumar Saxena
<akhileshsaxena09@gmail.com>, Himanshu Swarnkar
<himan.swarn@gmail.com>, nirajklko <nirajklko@yahoo.com>, rti
nirajlucknow <nirajklko@gmail.com>, alokqr <alokqr@gmail.com>,
patrakarsadan <patrakarsadan@gmail.com>, jusufkabir
<jusufkabir@gmail.com>, IZHAR AHMAD <rti.lucknow@rediffmail.com>,
Izhar Ansari <izharansari@rtiactiongroup.org>, rti youth
<rti.youth@gmail.com>, "mahendra@ PROJECT VIJAY"
<mps.simco@gmail.com>, Anil Jani <aniljani1008@rediffmail.com>, bimal
khemani <bimal.khemani@yahoo.co.in>, Parivartan India
<parivartan_india@rediffmail.com>, neel kamal
<shvfoundation@gmail.com>
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आप लोग करना क्या चाहते हैं?एक तो आपने सूचना के अधिकार का तमासा बना
दिया है और दूसरा बच्चे के बचपन का I
कृपा करके बच्चे को बच्चपन को छोड़ दे I ये बच्चपन दुबारा नहीं मिलेंगे
I अध् खिली कली को जबरदस्ती फूल न बनाये I
मुझे लगा की आप लोग बहुत समझदार हैं ,पर आप लोंगो की ऐसी हरकत को देख कर
मुझे रोना आ रहा है I
माँ ,बाप जो सपने खुद नहीं पूरा कर पाते हैं , वो सपने अपने बच्चों मे
देख कर पूरा करते हैं ,ये human tendency हैं I पर इस कदर सपने पूरा न
करें ,कि मासूम की मासूमियत भी उस से दूर न हो जाये I name or fame ऐसी
चीज है जो शेर कें मुह मे खून लगने के समान हैं,अगर इसकी भूख लग गई तो
बच्चा अपने बच्चपन को भूल कर नाम पाने की प्रतियोगिता मे कूद पड़ेंगा I
अभी तो बहुत अच्छा लग रहा पर बात मे यही ज़हर का भी काम करेंगा I
इतना मुझे आपसे अनुरोध हैं,कृपा करके बच्चे के बच्चपन को छोड़ दे I
करबद्ध प्रार्थना है सभी rti activist से कि बच्चे को लेकर तमाशा न
बनाये I बच्चे के बच्चपन को बचाने के लिए सभी प्रार्थना करें I
2010/12/4 ashish kumar srivastava <aksri80@gmail.com>
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with regards,
Abhishek
+91-9919767128
email id: abhishek.swatantra@realherokikhoj.in.
youthinitiative@ymail.com.
www.weneedchange2020.blogspot.com
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Social Worker or Social Vulture
Dear All ,
Apropos to the above mail as sent to me by one abhishek kumar
abhishek.glamartist@gmail.com on Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 1:09 PM , I wish
to share my feelings with all of you and want you to clarify position
of your organizations /groups.
This person boasts of being a social worker , associated with
organizations /groups v.i.z. PROJECT VIJAY , NATIONAL RTI FORUM , HERO
KI KHOJ , YOUTH INITIATIVE , WE NEED CHANGE 2020, RTI COUNCIL OF UTTAR
PRADESH .
The mail of this person indicates that he is a SOCIAL VULTURE and not
a SOCIAL WORKER.
The language of the mail is derogatory , abusive and shows that the
person has a complex towards the girls and the children.
At a time when daughters of Lucknow like YUGRATNA are shining
internationally , this person is pulling the legs of the little kids
and leaving no stone unturned to make sure that the girl child is
demoralized to the extent that she should not initiate any such
venture in future . The derogatory ( to a girl and her parents ) and
uncultured language used by this person indicates the unsocial
instincts of this person.
Though I presume that all the organizations / groups named above are
not ANTI-GIRL CHILD and they might be working on projects of
empowering the girl child . If this is the case , I request the
management of these organizations / groups to terminate the membership
of this social vulture.
In case any of the organizations named above are active in works that
are ANTI-GIRL CHILD , discourage the girl-child who is excelling in
various areas including RTI , are working on girl-child weakening
projects and subscribe to the " school of thought " as described in
the mail of this person abhishek , the organization/group should
openly admit it .
Please do mail me your views as I have to raise a complaint against
this social vulture with National Commission for Protection of Child's
Rights , National Commission for women , National Human Right's
Commission and the Police Department of Uttar Pradesh .
Regards.
Urvashi Sharma
9369613513
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Urvashi Sharma
RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )
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Urvashi Sharma
RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )
Abhishek Kumar, abhishek.glamartist@gmail.com : Social Worker or Social Vulture
================================================================================================================= Social Worker or Social Vulture Dear All , Apropos to the above mail as sent to me by one abhishek kumarabhishek.glamartist@gmail.com on Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 1:09 PM , I wish to share my feelings with all of you and want you to clarify position of your organizations /groups. This person boasts of being a social worker , associated with organizations /groups v.i.z. PROJECT VIJAY , NATIONAL RTI FORUM , HERO KI KHOJ , YOUTH INITIATIVE , WE NEED CHANGE 2020, RTI COUNCIL OF UTTAR PRADESH . The mail of this person indicates that he is a SOCIAL VULTURE and not a SOCIAL WORKER. The language of the mail is derogatory , abusive and shows that the person has a complex towards the girls and the children. At a time when daughters of Though I presume that all the organizations / groups named above are not ANTI-GIRL CHILD and they might be working on projects of empowering the girl child . If this is the case , I request the management of these organizations / groups to terminate the membership of this social vulture. In case any of the organizations named above are active in works that are ANTI-GIRL CHILD , discourage the girl-child who is excelling in various areas including RTI , are working on girl-child weakening projects and subscribe to the " school of thought " as described in the mail of this person abhishek , the organization/group should openly admit it . Please do mail me your views as I have to raise a complaint against this social vulture with National Commission for Protection of Child's Rights , National Commission for women , National Human Right's Commission and the Police Department of Uttar Pradesh . Regards. Urvashi Sharma 9369613513 -- Urvashi Sharma RTI Helpmail( Web Based ) aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com Mobile Rti Helpline 8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. ) | ||||||||||
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