State Convention on RTI

[TheHumanity Humanity]

State Level Convention

On

Implementation of RTI Act in Orissa -Issues and Concerns

Venue- Red Cross Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, Date- 10^th and 11^th  December’08

 

Dear friends 

As you know, as elsewhere more than three years have elapsed since implementation of RTI Act in our state. To operationalise the Act, the State Govt. took a number of steps like framing Orissa RTI Rules and Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, designating of PIOs and APIOs in the offices of various Public Authorities, constitution of State Information Commission, and issue of Operational Guidelines for implementation of the Act in the state. Besides the State Information Commission has already completed 3 years of its functioning with effect from its inception on 20^th November 2005.

 

During the last 3 years of implementation of RTI Act in the state, the common citizens and as well activists have experienced very many vexatious problems while trying to use the Act to access information and thereby improve the system of governance. Specifically speaking, a large cross section of citizens have already been fed up with messy and poor state of administrative arrangements, which stand as a formidable obstacle to the effective implementation of the Act in the state. As is well known, the major problems that discourage the citizens from using the Act are the compulsory use of a lengthy application form along with the need for attaching a copy of the voter’s card or passport, citizen-unfriendly modes of payment such as treasury challan and court fee stamps, haphazard implementation of suo moto disclosures under Section 4 of the Act, non-availability of register in any office for the inspecting citizens under Section 4, Commission’s persistent refusal to entertain citizens’ complaints made under Section 18 Neither the Government nor the Commission have ever in course of their awareness programmes educated the public about their duty to lodge any complaint against the Commissioners and the power of the Governor under Section 17 of the Act to suspend or dismiss such Commissioner from their office based upon such complaint. As a result of all this the historic RTI Act is in the process of a slow demise in the State of Orissa

 

In the context of the highly dismal scenario of RTI in Orissa as above mentioned, a state level convention is being organized to debate and discuss the host of tangled issues relating to tardy implementation of the Act in the State and devise a collective action plan to remedy them. RTI Activists, NGO functionaries, Journalists, advocates, scholars, senior citizens, academicians, representatives of INGOs and aggrieved and interested citizens are being invited to participate and deliberate in the convention.

 

We invite you to step in and share your ideas and suggestions with the participants. A line in reply shall be highly appreciated. 

 

Thanking you

Yours sincerely

 

 

Pradip Pradhan             N.A.Shah Ansari                      Pramod Dash

The Humanity                           Young India                              OPDSC

Bolangir                                    Puri                                          Rayagada

 

 

Prahallad Mallick                      Ajaya Mohanta             Mahendra  Tripathy

AWARD                                  YAVARD                                CDS

Sambalpur                                Sundargarh                               Angul

 

Binayak Swain              Bijay Mohanta                          Gopal Sahu

BATNET                                 CREFTA                                 AVA

Kendrapara                              Mayurbhanj                              Nawarangpur

 

Contact Person- Pradeep Pradhan, M-99378-43482

 

[Ajit Panda]

Dear Pradeep Babu
The convention is a need. I had gone through the amendments you suggested in RTI. We have to work hard for effectiveness of the Act. I hope the convention will help us to share our experience and work together.
Ajit Panda

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:33 PM, TheHumanity Humanity <thehu...@rediffmail.com> wrote:

State Level Convention
On
Implementation of RTI Act in Orissa -Issues and Concerns

Venue- Red Cross Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, Date- 10th and 11th&nbsp; December'08
&nbsp;

Dear&nbsp;friends&nbsp;

As you know, as elsewhere more than three years have elapsed since implementation of RTI Act in our state. To operationalise the Act, the State Govt. took a number of steps like framing Orissa RTI Rules and Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, designating of PIOs and APIOs in the offices of various Public Authorities, constitution of State Information Commission, and issue of Operational Guidelines for implementation of the Act in the state. Besides the State Information Commission has already completed 3 years of its functioning with effect from its inception on 20th November 2005.

&nbsp;

During the last 3 years of implementation of RTI Act in the state, the common citizens and as well activists have experienced very many vexatious problems while trying to use the Act to access information and thereby improve the system of governance. Specifically speaking, a large cross section of citizens have already been fed up with messy and poor state of administrative arrangements, which stand as a formidable obstacle to the effective implementation of the Act in the state. As is well known, the major problems that discourage the citizens from using the Act are the compulsory use of a lengthy application form along with the need for attaching a copy of the voter's card or passport, citizen-unfriendly modes of payment such as treasury challan and court fee stamps, haphazard implementation of suo moto disclosures under Section 4 of the Act, non-availability of register in any office for the inspecting citizens under Section 4, Commission's persistent refusal to entertain citizens' complaints made under Section 18 Neither the Government nor the Commission have ever in course of their awareness programmes educated the public about their duty to lodge any complaint against the Commissioners and the power of the Governor under Section 17 of the Act to suspend or dismiss such Commissioner from their office based upon such complaint. As a result of all this the historic RTI Act is in the process of a slow demise in the State of Orissa

&nbsp;

In the context of the highly dismal scenario of RTI in Orissa as above mentioned, a state level convention is being organized to debate and discuss the host of tangled issues relating to tardy implementation of the Act in the State and devise a collective action plan to remedy them. RTI Activists, NGO functionaries, Journalists, advocates, scholars, senior citizens, academicians, representatives of INGOs and aggrieved and interested citizens are being invited to participate and deliberate in the convention.

&nbsp;
We invite you to step in and share your ideas and suggestions with the participants. A line in reply shall be highly appreciated.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Thanking you
Yours sincerely
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Pradip Pradhan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N.A.Shah Ansari&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pramod Dash
The Humanity&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Young India&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OPDSC
Bolangir&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Puri&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rayagada
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Prahallad Mallick&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ajaya Mohanta&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mahendra&nbsp; Tripathy
AWARD&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YAVARD&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CDS
Sambalpur&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sundargarh&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Angul
&nbsp;
Binayak Swain &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bijay Mohanta&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gopal Sahu
BATNET&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CREFTA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AVA
Kendrapara&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mayurbhanj&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nawarangpur
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Contact Person- Pradeep Pradhan, M-99378-43482

&nbsp;

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Ajit Panda

[rudra pattnaik]

Hello Ajit Da Can You Say ? Why nuapada distict list out  from the NREGA by  Central Government/ State. Rudra Pattnaik PARDA,Nuapada --- On Wed, 3/12/08, Ajit Panda <ajitk...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Ajit Panda <ajitk...@gmail.com> Subject: [OREGS Watch] Re: State Convention on RTI To: oregs...@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, 3 December, 2008, 1:33 PM

Dear Pradeep Babu The convention is a need. I had gone through the amendments you suggested in RTI. We have to work hard for effectiveness of the Act. I hope the convention will help us to share our experience and work together. Ajit Panda

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:33 PM, TheHumanity Humanity <thehu...@rediffmail.com> wrote:

State Level Convention On Implementation of RTI Act in Orissa -Issues and Concerns Venue- Red Cross Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, Date- 10th and 11th  December'08   Dear friends 

As you know, as elsewhere more than three years have elapsed since implementation of RTI Act in our state. To operationalise the Act, the State Govt. took a number of steps like framing Orissa RTI Rules and Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, designating of PIOs and APIOs in the offices of various Public Authorities, constitution of State Information Commission, and issue of Operational Guidelines for implementation of the Act in the state. Besides the State Information Commission has already completed 3 years of its functioning with effect from its inception on 20th November 2005..

-- Ajit Panda

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