E-MEMORANDUM
To : Sri Manmohan Singh The Prime Minister of Government of "Hon'ble Prime Miister of
From : Members of " YAISHWARYAJ " and " SURYA " , the Lucknow and Bareilly , Uttar Pradesh , India based AOP , involved in Social Activism
Date : 03rd of November , 2010
Re. : Alarming trend indicated by the Corruption Perception Index figures Released by Transparency International for last 10 years involving both Pre and post Right to Information Act periods , Introspection and Action needed at the Government of India Level to combat the corruption by ensuring Compliance of Right to Information Act 2005 in " letter & spirit " --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On behalf of the Members of " YAISHWARYAJ " & " SURYA ", the undersigned have drafted this memorandum to communicate our collective concerns for the alarming situation of rising Corruption in the Country , as indicated by the data released by Transparency International for last 10 years involving both Pre and post Right to Information Act periods. We are alarmed and distressed to learn from the recent newspaper reports and website of the of Transparency International that for the year 2010 , India moved up the ladder of corruption despite there being an act called the Right to Information Act 2005 .
We, the Social activists from Uttar Pradesh , discussed RTI Act 2005 vis-à-vis Corruption Perception index Data released by Transparency International and decided to send this memorandum to you with the demand to constitute a committee to study this scenario in the light of implementation of Right to Information Act 2005 in " letter & spirit " since 2005 to date . The Preamble of the RTI Act 2005 states "And whereas democracy requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed; "
Here emphasis has been laid on the words " to contain corruption " means prime motive of enacting this act was to contain corruption and the spirit of the act was to diminish it gradually.
As per Transparency International's annual survey ,
Corruption's ultimate consequences has to be borne by the poor , vulnerable and deprived section of the society . This section constitutes the largest chunk of
So we collected Corruption Perception Index Data from the Transparency International's Website from year 2001 to 2010. The Time period selected involved both Pre and post Right to Information Act periods . The data tables are given below –
Table – 1
Table – 2
The C.P.I. data for these 10 years show that in these ten years · the least honest in year 2001 with C.P.I. Score of 2.7, · showed no improvement in year 2002 with unchanged C.P.I. Score of 2.7 , · showed improvement of 3.70% in year 2003 with C.P.I. Score of 2.8 , · showed no improvement in 2004 with unchanged C.P.I. Score of 2.8 , · showed improvement of 3.57% in year 2005 with C.P.I. Score of 2.9, · showed improvement of 13.79% in year 2006 with C.P.I. Score of 3.3, · showed improvement of 6.06% in year 2007 with C.P.I. Score of 3.5, · showed decline of 2.86% in year 2008 with C.P.I. Score of 3.4, · showed no change in 2009 with unchanged C.P.I. Score of 3.4, · showed decline of 2.94% in year 2010 with C.P.I. Score of 3.3,
The analysis shows that The remarkable point of study is that with the advent of RTI act 2005 in the year 2005 , corruption diminished by 13.79% in year 2006 and further by 6.06% in year 2007. From 2008 onwards corruption is showing continuous increasing trend thereby raising a question as to for what purpose the RTI act was enacted and if it is serving that purpose or not ?
We discussed the matter and we are of the view that there is strong need for the Government of We are sending this memorandum to you to look into the matter with desired seriousness , Constitute a Committee having considerable representation of civil societies to analyze the factors responsible for this undesirable situation of rising corruption thereby implying failure of " RTI Act 2005 " in the Country and take other appropriate measures as may deem fit by your office in this regard to safeguard the interests of all the people of the nation . Yours truly , The Signatories – 1- Urvashi Sharma 2- Usha 3- Prabhuta 4- Babita Singh 5- Anjali 6- Vishal Pandey 7- Premisagar 8- Vadam Singh 9- Ramautar 10-Ram Prakash 11-Vishnu Datt e-mail rtimahilamanchup@yahoo.co.in |
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Memorandum to introspect and act about Containing the rising Corruption by ensuring Implementation of RTI Act 2005 in “ Letter & Spirit ” at Government Of India level
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