IRDS Seminar , RTI & Misinformation

IRDS Seminar , RTI & Misinformation   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6lsqkoqAk8&feature=mfu_in_order   Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS) Lucknow Seminar is Misinforming Citizenry on Right to Information ( RTI ) Act 2005   Friends,   I present before you a very interesting case of a Seminar dated 07-02-2010 , organized by the  Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS) by  a Non-governmental organization ( NGO ) based in Lucknow . The website of this NGO reads "Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS), a Non government Organization, was founded by some like-minded and public-spirited people in the year 1996. It is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and has been granted permission under the FCR Act to accept foreign donations/contributions. The Organization has also been exempted under section 80 G of the IT Act. It is working in various fields of Social services with the aim of making selfless, positive and substantial contribution to the overall development of the Nation and its people."   In this Seminar Experts were Mis-educating the citizenry on RTI act 2005. The experts opined   "Second Appeal can be made under section 18 of RTI act 2005" and that "Second appeals are made under section 19(2) of the RTI act 2005 " .   A news Video on you-tube suggests that all those present in the seminar subscribed to this totally wrong and baseless spread of information about the complaints and appeals that are to be made under RTI act 2005 . This also projects the ignorance level about the RTI act 2005 even in year 2010 in NGOs and experts who organized and attended this seminar on RTI .   Anyone who does not know  the basic difference between the complaints of section 18 and second appeals of section 19(3) , should not be allowed to mis-educate others on RTI in seminars . NGOs should look into it as their office-bearers should concentrate on substance delivered  in seminars rather than treating seminars and NGOs  as a holy cow whom they milk whenever they want.   This video ( link given ) should immediately be removed from the you-tube site.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6lsqkoqAk8&feature=mfu_in_order     Babita