Five years after the enactment of the Right to Information Act, awareness of the law, its provisions and potential appears to be very low. Marking the completion of five years, in September 2010, of the enactment of the Right to Information Act, the Central Information Commission (CIC) held the fifth annual convention on “RTI: Challenges and Opportunities,” in New Delhi on September 13 and 14. It was largely a gathering of...
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Panchmahals launches SMS service for smooth kerosene supply from PDS shops by Anupam Chakravartty
In a bid to curb illegal sale of kerosene meant for the poor, the Panchmahals district administration has decided to inform the owners of Public Distribution System shops and two persons chosen from each village through SMSes about the arrival of monthly stock and the quantity. Panchmahals collector Milind Torwane said the initiative has been launched on the lines of a similar service started in Chhattisgarh. “We distribute kerosene in two...
More »RTI Chief on Democracy and Bureaucracy by Krishna Pokharel
Wajahat Habibullah, India’s chief information commissioner, has a towering task. He sees to it that the government gives its citizens information they ask for under the 2005 Right to Information Act, a position that effectively makes him an umpire astride India’s mighty bureaucracy and messy democracy. He is retiring later this month after five years in office—that’s how long the RTI law, which allows citizens to demand official documents, has been...
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KEY TRENDS • Maternal Mortality Ratio for India was 370 in 2000, 286 in 2005, 210 in 2010, 158 in 2015 and 145 in 2017. Therefore, the MMRatio for the country decreased by almost 61 percent between 2000 and 2017 *14 • As per the NSS 71st round, among rural females aged 5-29 years, the main reasons for dropping out/ discontinuance were: engagement in domestic activities, not interested in education, financial constraints and marriage. Among rural males aged...
More »Crorepatis and commoners in Manmohan's Cabinet by Chetan Chauhan
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel is the richest cabinet minister in UPA-II whereas Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee is among the poorest. The Prime Ministers' Office has provided details of assets and liabilities of 77 ministers in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's council, submitted for the first time under the Right to Information Act. The ministers are required to submit details of their assets and liabilities to the Prime Minister's Office every year. Getting...
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