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There is a drastic fall in the number of government orders (GOs) being uploaded on various state-run websites. Around 10 government departments headed by Telangana ministers, are not uploading all the orders on the official website. The Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) department headed by Minister K.T. Rama Rao, uploaded 776 GOs in 2015. In 2016 this dropped to 508 and in 2017 to just five. The rule under Section 4 (1) (c) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act says the state government must publish all relevant documents while formulating important policies that affect the public. Also, Section 4 (1) (d) of the Act says that the gover…
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In an RTI reply to senior Congress corporator Sandip Sahare, NMC’s electricity department executive engineer Sanjay Jaiswal said that the cost for every 37 watt LED street light is Rs 9,900. Sahare asked about the cost of LED street lights in local markets, and also manufacturing companies, and claims that the lights were available for between Rs 3,400 and Rs 4,000 in the markets. TOI too visited many city dealers and found that the price at which LED lights are being procured by NMC’s electricity department is too high. A wholesale dealer from Gandhibagh pointed out, “With Rs9,900, NMC can purchase at least 70 watt LED-based street light.” As NMC is purchasing in …
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RTI News-Availability of Beds in ICU- RTI contradicts the Doctors claim of non-availability
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Bhilai, June 07: Nafisa’s husband KA Abdul Khadar informed that he had requested to shift his wife to ICU in view of her serious condition but the hospital replied in written that beds were not available and hence she cannot be shifted to ICU. Later, Khadar received information regarding ICU Bed census through RTI which reveals that two beds were available in the ICU on that day. After receiving information through RTI, Khadar met the Director I/c (M&HS) Dr KN Thakur and stated that according to the norms there should be 22 beds available in the ICU of JLNH but only 12 beds are functional. On March 19, 2018, there were two beds available in the ICU but the patien…
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It's official. A student studying under any Government-run University or College anywhere in India can now opt to view their corrected answer sheets by applying for it like they would file any RTI petition. The Central information Commission (CIC), the body that governs the working of all Information Officers within government departments and agencies, has now upheld the Supreme Court in 2016 that said that a student's exam paper was a piece of information, a manuscript, and should be up for scrutiny. This may effectively sound the death knell for re-evaluation and photocopy fees — which are known to range from a few hundred rupees to Rs 1500 and more. In fact…
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The RTI query put up by president of Shiv Sena youth wing Yuva Sena district Nitin Tiwari brought to fore that AMVI Mangesh Rathod conducted 7,000 tests, which means 318 per day, in January 2018 which had only 22 working days. The official timing for conducting learner’s licence test is between 11am and 4pm. A software STALL is used to conduct the tests. The city RTO office’s IP address is 103.194.144.200 but as per the RTI reply, a large number of tests were conducted after office hours from other IP addresses. The assistant motor vehicle inspectors (AMVIs) posted at Nagpur city RTO office in Giripeth have performed the improbable task of conducting learner’s lice…
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Ironically the Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Poonch has been designated as PIO and First Appellate Authority (FAA) as well. Rural Development Department (RDD) Jammu has once against been caught on the wrong foot as all the Block Development Officers (BDO) in Poonch district have been designated as Assistant Public Information Officers (APIOs) instead of Public Information Officers (PIOs). As per the provisions of J&K RTI Act 2009 , APIOs cannot provide information directly under RTI as they have to only assist the PIOs. In most of the Govt offices APIOs are non gazette officers. From last 9 years all the BDOs in J&K perform duties of PIOs as well …
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RTI Videos-RTI INDIA Android App
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RTI Videos-Janane Ka Haq Song
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Janane ka haq is the anthem of the Right to Information movement in India. Janane ka Haq means Right to Know. This song underlines the importance of the Right to Information in day to day life of an individual. This song is written, composed and sung by Vinay and Charu Mahajan. View full record
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Marimayam is a sitcom aired on Mazhavil Manorama that depicts certain real public incidents that common people come across. This popular comedy show conveys a real picture of government offices in Kerala. Marimayam uses humour and satire to tug at the red tape that entangles people in rules and regulation. The show highlights sleaze, incompetence and delay in government offices, public and private institutions. The series shows the common man and his woes as he runs from one office to the other in search of a solution to his problems. Sathyasheelan, Koya, Valsala, Mandodari and Syamala, all characters in the show, highlight how red tape often strangles the common man or t…
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RTI Videos-Has The RTI Act Become Toothless?
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Are we as citizens giving less importance to seeking information that we have the right to know? Are politicians only adept at evading questions by diverting attention to another subject? With posts lying vacant in the Central Information Commission, grievances of people and queries posted under RTI take months or even years before they are attended to. Has the RTI become in all aspects helpless against apathy by public servants? We discuss. (Audio in Hindi) Read full https://www.ndtv.com/video/shows/prime-time/right-to-information-act-got-sick-484034?yt View full record
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RTI Videos-Shailesh Gandhi on RTI (Pt 1)
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Shailesh Gandhi, the chief information commissioner for RTI Act, describes the history and scope of the Act and outlined the provisions, and even elaborated on the proper format and procedure for citizens to seek information. he argued that public-private partnerships should come under the RTI Act. "A lot of public assets will be shifted to these PPPs soon, so these should be covered by the RTI. Otherwise, it will be like a fraud, when public resources are privatised without anybody's consent," Mr Gandhi said. View full record
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Ideal for those who would like to understand the act from the basics and learn how to file RTI applications. After the first hour, you can actually file your RTI applications at the seminar itself and send them off. View full record
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Shailesh Gandhi is a graduate in Civil Engineering from IIT Bombay. He was a first generation entrepreneur in plastic packaging and was CMD of Clear Plastics Ltd. At the end of the 90s, Mr Gandhi began to devote a considerable amount of time to civil society issues. He evangalised the use of RTI and tirelessly conducted RTI workshops. He was conferred the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Award for civil liberties in 2008. In the same year, he became the Central Information Commissioner for Right to Information. View full record
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RTI Videos-Story behind RTI | Shankar Singh
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. What democracy would it be without transparency? What if the public would have never been able to question it's government? But Shankar Singh did not let it happen. He along with Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey co-founded MKSS, non registered NGO, which successfully fought it's way demanding for RTI in India. A Bhilwara Shanker Singh, aged 55, is one of the founder members of the MKSS along with Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey. Acknowledged to be one of India's leading figures in people's theatre, he has combined over two decades of activism with the power of people's communication through st…
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जिंदगी लाइव सीजन 6 के इस खास एपिसोड में देखिए कैसे समाज के कुछ आम से चेहरे आरटीआई को हथियार बनाकर संघर्ष कर रहे हैं जरूरतमंदों को उनका हक दिलाने के लिए। इस संघर्ष में किसी पर जानलेवा हमला हुआ तो कोई जेल गया। किसी की नौकरी छूटी तो किसी की पत्नी के गहने तक बिक गए। View full record
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Walk The Talk: Subhash Chandra Agarwal is a known personality for readers of newspapers for his 'Letters to Editors' taking up causes of national and public interest by writing to newspapers and concerned authorities. His art of using RTI Act as a tool to plug loopholes and corruption in system, is being keenly observed in judicial, legislative and bureaucratic circles. Not only Supreme Court judges declared their assets and wealth on website as an after-effect of his much talked-about RTI petition, Delhi High Court upheld Subhash Agarwal's plea for Chief Justice of India being under purview of RTI Act. On Walk The Talk, he talks about his struggle for justice and his exp…
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Successful activism requires the use of multiple acts and strategies to achieve the goal of obtaining relevant information quickly and using it for the good of society. That was the message from Anil Galgali, an RTI activist whose prolific work, using information gleaned from government View full record
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जिंदगी लाइव सीजन 6 के इस खास एपिसोड में देखिए कैसे समाज के कुछ आम से चेहरे आरटीआई को हथियार बनाकर संघर्ष कर रहे हैं जरूरतमंदों को उनका हक दिलाने के लिए। इस संघर्ष में किसी पर जानलेवा हमला हुआ तो कोई जेल गया। किसी की नौकरी छूटी तो किसी की पत्नी के गहने तक बिक गए। View full record
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RTI Videos-Interview of an IITian turned RTI Activist Devendra Singh at Radio City 104.8 fm
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RJ Raghav of Radio City Kanpur interviewed the RTI & Social Activist Devendra Singh about his journey as an RTI Activist after completing MTech from IIT Kanpur ! View full record
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RTI Videos-Story of an IITian turned RTI Activist Devendra Singh in Good News India on Doordarshan
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Doordarshan News (DD News) in the programme Good News India ran a story about RTI Activist Devendra Singh, an IITian who left his Engineering career in year 2013. He is now-a-days helping poor and needy people in fight against corruption by creating awareness about Right to Information (RTI) Act. View full record
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The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) admitted in the Rajya Sabha that there is no central monitoring mechanism to ensure implementation of its directive on Right to Information (RTI) Act. Replying to a question whether major achievements, significant developments and important events of every ministry and department are being uploaded on their respective websites, the DoPT said only 13% of the Union ministries are either fully or reasonably compliant with the order issued by Cabinet Secretariat on 23 June 2016. Section 25(1)(c) of the RTI Act obligates the Central government to require all public authorities under its control to publish accurate informati…
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RTI used mostly to settle personal scores
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RTI used mostly to settle personal scores The number of people filing RTI applications asking about how government schemes are being implemented has shrunk, and it has largely become a weapon to dig out private details about people to settle personal scores, information commissioner Bimal Julka told state commissioners at a meeting on Saturday. "It is unfortunate that most of the RTI applications are directed at private interests, matrimonial disputes, knowing salaries and leave records of rivals and settling personal scores. That was not the intent of RTI," a source quoted Julka as telling officials who had come to participate in a meeting of the National Fede…
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The prison headquarters where the administrative work of the jail is processed receives about two RTI queries every day. As reported by Hindustan Times, in December the prison administration got 70 RTI queries and in January the number was 59. As per the report, most inmates use the Right to Information to inquire about the number of days left of their sentence, food entitlements and missing facilities. Some inmates also persist if their initial RTI query is not answered and do not refrain from approaching information commission. A similar incident happened last year in January when an inmate did not get information on prescribed diet. View full record
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rti court decision: Smriti Irani's board results- Right to privacy not an issue if marks of students are available online: Delhi HC
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If the CBSE exam marks are available online now, then there can be no claim of right to privacy for the previous students, the Delhi high court said on Thursday. The court’s observation came during the hearing of the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) plea challenging a Central Information Commission (CIC) direction allowing inspection of Union minister Smriti Irani’s Class 10th and Class 12th records to an applicant under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. “Are all the CBSE marks of students available in the public domain today? If it is possible today, then you cannot say there is a right of privacy qua results of earlier students,” Justice Vibhu Bak…
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rti activism: Mumbai: Kamala Mills operated without MPCB consent: RTI by Watchdog Foundation
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In response to a query filed under Right to Information (RTI) filed by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) Watchdog Foundation, in the Kamala Mills fire case, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) have stated, no permission was obtained from them to operate in the premises. “We have received information under RTI Act, from MPCB which has stated the officials had not issued Consent to Establish and Consent to Operate to Kamala Mills. This fact has been entirely omitted in the report probing the fire incident at Kamala Mills, given by the Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta,” said Godfrey Pimenta, trustee of Watchdog Foundation. Read more at: https://freepr…
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