RTI seminar, Oath ceremony held in Lucknow on National RTI Day
The fortnight free Interactive RTI CoachingClasses were successfully completed on October 11. Next day all the participants celebrated the National RTI Day. The day started with a seminar titled 'RTI Movement in India since 12 October 2005'.
FREE INTERACTIVE RTI coaching classes were successfully completed for a number of people, who were keen to understand the intricacies and implications of the RTI ACT on October 11. These Classes were attended by Ram Prakash , Vishnu Dutt , Vishal Pandey, Digvijay Singh , Badam Singh , Premisagar, Ramautar , Ram Swaroop Yadav , Usha , Prabhuta, Babita Singh and Anjali. On October 12, all the participants celebrated the National RTI Day. The day started with a seminar titled RTI Movement in India since 12 October 2005 – An Introspection.
The Seminar discussed the roles of all the stakeholders of the RTI act 2005 .
Speaking on the occasion, Ram Prakash expressed his views that even after five years most of the info-seekers are ignorant about the RTI act . Most of the info-seekers perceive the act as a grievance redressal tool . He laid emphasis to spread awareness about this so that info-seeker should know that RTI act is a information provider tool and grievance redressal, if any, is an implied one. Vishnu Dutt called “ RIGHT to INFORMATION ” as “ RIGHT to LIVE ”. He further added that the implementation of act is very poor in Uttar Pradesh. He laid emphasis on implementation of provisions of section 4 to dilute the load of RTI applications and appeals. Usha Sharma said that the Public Information Officers (PIOs) are totally ignorant about the act. She further added that in most of the cases the very first letter of information is being moved after the department gets the notice of UPSIC. Other participants raised various points related to effective implementation of the act which included role of civil society & NGOs.
In her concluding speech, Urvashi Sharma , the coordinator of the program emphasized the need of strong positive will power of info-commissioners while dealing with RTI matters. She elaborated that the government’s intention is to dilute the act but info-commissions as a powerful independent body should counter it by ensuring the implementation of the act in letter and spirit . She questioned the selection process of info-commissioners, who are generally politically appointed persons. The program concluded with the oath taking ceremony. The Oath to the participants was administered by little RTI exponent Aishwarya Sharma.
In her concluding speech, Urvashi Sharma , the coordinator of the program emphasized the need of strong positive will power of info-commissioners while dealing with RTI matters. She elaborated that the government’s intention is to dilute the act but info-commissions as a powerful independent body should counter it by ensuring the implementation of the act in letter and spirit . She questioned the selection process of info-commissioners, who are generally politically appointed persons. The program concluded with the oath taking ceremony. The Oath to the participants was administered by little RTI exponent Aishwarya Sharma.
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