An RTI applicant last week stumped State Information Commissioner (SIC) Vijay Kuvalekar when he demanded that the district collectorate provide him with copies of various Acts under the Indian Penal Code. The Public Information Officer and the Appellate Authority rejected his application. An exasperated SIC told the applicant that he could get the copies from the market. “Why do you have to move an RTI application for this?” Kuvalekar said. The...
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Schools, admn to discuss RTE rules tomorrow by Priyanka Agrawal
In yet another meeting scheduled for Saturday, education department officials and private schools' heads would discuss draft rules of the Right to Compulsory and Free Education Act (RTE), 2009. Issues relating to the admission procedure, the reimbursement process and status of minority schools would be brought up. "The centralized admission process and reimbursement to schools are on priority list. Earlier, we had raised this issue with the administration and would...
More »Scared Pune RTI Activist takes back complaint by Amruta Byatnal
“I am scared because my parents are under immense pressure … I just want to get rid of everything,” says Right to Information Activist Arun Mane of Pune. Mr. Mane, who registered a police complaint after he was attacked by an unknown assailant on Sunday, withdrew his complaint on Tuesday. In the affidavit given to the Maval taluk tahsildar, Mr. Mane said two of his complaints — about being threatened and attacked...
More »Activists, journalists protest arrest of Dhawle by Vinaya Deshpande
A day after the arrest of the Mumbai-based Dalit Activist and editor of Vidrohi magazine, Sudhir Dhawle (42), by the Gondia police in Wardha on charges of waging a war against the State, more than 150 human rights Activists, social Activists, writers and journalists protested here on Tuesday against the detention. Mr. Dhawle, also a freelance journalist, was arrested on charges of having links with the banned Communist Party of India...
More »Forest Rights Act May Pave Way to Disputes
After visits to 17 states, a committee set up in April last year to check out the implementation of India’s Forest Rights Act, meant to fix “historical injustice,” wasn’t very happy. The law, which came into full effect two years ago, was intended to assert the rights of forest dwellers more firmly. “The overall finding of the committee is that, with notable exceptions, the implementation of the FRA has been poor,...
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