sale of log wood to saw mills

The Durg Unit of “Right Thinking Indians Association” have sought information & document about the log wood sold from forest Depots and the Saw Mills who received the same. The RTI Application meant for Durg forest office is uploaded for public viewing.

the purpose of land diverted in Durg District of Chhattisgarh

The Durg Unit of “Right Thinking Indians Association” have sought for information about the land diverted and the purpose for which such land was diverted from the Govt Authority of Durg District of the State of Chhattisgarh.

Govt gives financial aids to Non Govt Organizations to carry on their social & welfare activities. Taking into consideration of the day by day decreasing moral standard of the Society, there is more possibility of misuse of the Govt funds than proper use. The Right Thinking Indians Association has sought information & document under the RTI Act, 2005.The RTI Application is uploaded for public viewing & bringing awareness among the public.

fake certificate of BSNL worker

We have sought information & document about getting service in BSNL Raipur, a Govt of India Undertaking on the basis of fake certificate & mark sheet. The CPIO of BSNL has denied information on the ground that the information related to IIIrd party. The question arises whether copy of Certificate of a Govt employees kept in the Govt office should be supplied under the RTI Act, 2005 or not. The RTI Act contains an exclusion list but such negative provision restricts supply of Trade secret, formula and such things which are not necessary for public interest. Here, one gets service on the basis of  fake certificate and he gets protection by Public Information Officer. The question is if the certificate of the person is genuine, then there is nothing to worry. The fact that BSNL officer is not supplying the copy of certificates indicates that the doubt raised on the certificate is quite genuine. RTI Act has been framed to contain corruption and bring transparency. Obviously, denial of information & document is a violation of RTI Act. The Right Thinking Indians Association has filed 1^st Appeal against the decision of CPIO. The denial letter of the CPIO is uploaded for public viewing.

seats filled up under RTE quota

Right to Education Act has been formed to give admission to poor children in Private schools as they cannot afford to pay the high donation fees. Shri B.R Lodhi, president of Durg district of Right Thinking Indians Association” has sought information to know the number of children who were given admission on the basis of the RTE Act in Bemetara of the state of Chhattisgarh..

Information sought on opening of nursing homes on fake medical degrees

 The “Right Thinking Indians Association” has sought information & document regarding permission given by CMO for opening of private nursing homes in the District of Balaghat. It is a fact that many doctors without having legal & valid certificates are running such nursing homes and clinics. This matter gets attention in media only one expires during the treatment. Prevention is better than cure. So, We have sought information & document on this subject. We have focused in Balaghat district of M.P as we believe that we can pursue this matter in the district on the basis of our existing contacts.

an effort to know the number of children admitted in Balaghat district under RTE Act

Right to Education Act has been formed to give admission to poor children in Private schools where they cannot afford to pay the donation fees. The “Right Thinking Indians Association” has sought information to know the number of children who were given admission on the basis of the RTE Act in the District of Balaghat. We have focused in Balaghat district of M.P as we believe that we can pursue this matter in the district on the basis of our existing contacts.

People's strength is the ultimate strngth

Labour Department has been established for the benefit of labourers and field officers of the labour department is expected to see whether welfare scheme of the Govt is implemented or otherwise. Out of several schemes, the most important scheme is implementation of minimum amount of wages to daily wages labourers. Shri B.R Lodhi, president of RTIA, Raipur, Chhattisgarh has sought information about action taken by the labour department against the persons who has violated labour laws and has done injustice to the labourers. In the past, we have undertaken a good attempt to implement the minimum wages fixed by District Collector of Durg & Raipur. The field officer during the Enquiry found the truth in allegation of payment of half the wages fixed by the said District Authority but ultimately the labour Commissioner gave his decision in favour of the greedy contractor. I appreciate (!) the capability of the contractor as he managed the biggest officer of the labour Deptt. I do not give much mark to our loving (!) labour Commissioner as he agreed in the unholy verbal contract with the said Contractor in exchange of RS 2000/- only. It happens only in India. The labourers for whom we r struggling is a dumb and at this stage he cannot fight for himself. So, outside support is required and his strength for fighting is required to be developed. The “Right Thinking Indians Association” has been formed for specific jobs like this one described above. Sitting in coffee house is just 4r interaction and discussion on vital issues affecting us. The RTI Application is being uploaded.

Sensitive mining Department

Chhattisgarh is rich in mining & Mining Department is a sensitive Department. It is learnt that a sizable donation is given by the contractors to the election fund of the Political Parties. So, our obvious interest is to know about the records of such Department. It is true that RTI Act says about providing information & document kept with Govt Authorities and no donation is recorded in such documents and therefore amount of donation given in do number way is out of purview of the RTI Act. Still, we are waiting for the outcome of the RTI Application given by Durg unit of “Right Thinking Indian Association” Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The RTI Application addressed to PIO, Jagdalpur is hereby uploaded 4r public viewing. Last time, we have sought about copy of 2 complete files i.e. Bhatgaon Coal Block I & II  from Mining Directorate of Chhattisgarh and we got a RTI reply for supply of copies of 2 Note sheet pages in exchange of Rupees 2/-.

 

Action against Food adulteration

In these days food adulteration is a common thing as businessmen related with this business wants easy income and also a sharp rise in Income in a short period. So, action is taken or supposed to be taken by the Food Department. The “Right Thinking Indians Association” has sought information & document about the action taken by Food Department of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The RTI Application given by Sri B.R Lodhi, President of RTIA, Dist_Durg is uploaded for public viewing. In the said Application, we have also sought information & document about statutory Audit Report of AGCG for the year 2010-11 & 2011-2012.

Ignorance of public information officer

The president of "Right Thinking Indians Association" Durg district of Chhattisgarh has sought information & document under the RTI ACt, 2005 from Chief Medical Officer, Durg. Since the RTI Applicant is BPL card holder, he has sought exemption from Application fees but the Public Information officer of CMO office has given the reply that BPL card says about getting ration from Govt and he is required to pay Rs 10/- as Application fees. The Association understands that the PIO is either avoiding the RTI Application in a wicked style or is quite ignorant of the RTI Rules. Anyway, a scanned copy of Section 7(5) of the RTI Act downloaded from the website of CIC, New Delhi is hereby uploaded for the knowledge of intellectually poor PIO. Of course, a copy will be provided to the 1st Appellate Authority while filing the Appeal.

how to change India?

I see in facebook daily postings of good sayings, religious sermons and also valuable words of social activists and political leaders. The natural question arises as in spite of all these things why no such change is coming? The answer what it seems to me is that in fact everybody is saying from his / her throat and nobody is speaking from his /her heart. The result is there is no force in the words and no force and real feelings in the voice. The radar fitted in every human being is catching the false words and so no action.
For example, a powerful person came to our every sunday's coffee house sitting and talked in a very very loud voice about the national problems. The result is that what we are developing from 2 years i.e a serious feelings and responsibility towards our society and country by resorting to implementation of  RTI Act was immediately disturbed. This is exactly happening every hour, every day and all over the country. The Constructive thoughts are being destroyed by some useless elements but the tragedy is that they think themselves useful. The complexity arises that they are so capable and shrewd that they can create sympathizer  & friends immediately. One can fight against an enemy but it is difficult to fight a friend who acts like a friend but his activities are like an enemy.

Public audit by Public of India

The Right Thinking Indians Association has sought information & document pertaining to statutory Audit Report for the year 2010-11 & 2011-12 pertaining to  the Durg Municipality of Chhattisgarh under the RTI Act, 2005. Now, it will be clear whether the AGCG has done the Audit work for the year 2010-11 & 2011-12 or not. We will examine the points raised by Audit and the action taken by the Durg Municipality on such points raised by Au

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Public Participation in Govt Mchinery

The Right Thinking Indians Association president of Durg District has information about Accountant General of Chhattisgarh Report for the last 2 years i.e & 2010-11 & 2011-12. We want to see whether the statutory audit report is being implemented by Govt Authorities or not. The RTI Application pertaining to Tandula Irrigation project is uploaded for public viewing. The public is encouraged to give similar Applications in other Departments to about the working of the Govt machinery.

Payment of Service Tax by Raipur Parties of NRDA, Chhattisgarh

The Right Thinking Indians Association, Raipur, CG has information about payment of Service Tax made by service providers in NRDA project of Chhattisgarh under the RTIAct. The DGST Mumabi has circulated the RTI letter to Central Excise & Service Tax formations of India. The payment of Service Tax by Raipur parties i.e M/s Dewakirti Associates & Pilliwar Assocaites is hereby uploaded in the website & shared with facebook. 

In the second phase, we will seek information & document from NRDA regarding value of Services i.e the amount paid by NRDA (Naya Raipur Development Authority) and will compare the Service Tax paid by the parties. The Association has a strong & reasonable belief that only a small amount of Service Tax has been paid by the parties. 

Hiding of payment of Service Tax is a Trade secret of Govt Officer(!)

The "Right Thinking Indians Association" Raipur Chhattisgarh has sought information and document about service tax payment position about service providers of NRDA (Naya Raipur Development Authority) project, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The CPIO of Central Excise, Ahmadabad has denied information on the ground that the information related is of commercial confidence and trade secret of the third party. The III rd party here as per CPIO means M/s Datta & Datta Associates, Ahmadabad. The question arises when a citizen of India wants to know about the amount service tax paid in a project of a State, how it can construed that it is commercial confidence. It is obvious that either no Service Tax has been paid by the said favored party namely M/s Datta & Datta Associates, Ahmadabad or less Service Tax has been paid. In all probability, the Govt officer has been awarded and now the CPIO has undertaken the self imposed responsibility to protect such parties, otherwise there is no such necessity to deny information which is kept in Govt office and lying with Govt Authorities. We are not asking about any Trade secrets of a party. We are simply asking about whether the party working in NRDA project is registered with Central Excise Department or not and secondly whether Service Tax has been paid or not. In case the same has been paid , the amount of Service Tax paid.

The RTI Act, 2005 has been framed to bring transparency and accountability, to contain corruption and  finally for setting out a practical regime of "right to information"  but here the CPIO, Shriman R.M Gautam, the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, Ahmadabad, it is a trade secret. In one way, he is right(!) Giving protection money & taking protection money has already become a trade and the Govt officer is not willing to share his secrets with the public. 

We are thankful to the DGST, Mumbai to circulate our RTI Application all over India as the service providers are spread all over India. We are appealing against this wrong decision of CPIO as we are determined for development of our country.

Service providers of NRDA, Chhattisgarh

We have sought information about service tax payment position of Service providers of Naya Raipur Development Authority of Chhattisgarh. One information has been received that M/s Holistic Urban Innovations, Noida has paid Rs 5/6 thousand of Service Tax. The Service providers of NRDA has provided at least Rs 50 lakhs of Service. The value of Service downloaded from the website of Chhattisgarh is available. It seems ridiculous that Service Tax @ 12.36% on lakhs of Rupees comes to Rs 5/6 thousand per year. The exact analysis will be uploaded in the official website of "Right Thinking Indians Association" Raipur, CG and simultaneous complaint will be made to DGST, Mumbai, DG Vigilance and CBI.