dainik jagran feature 240114

http://epaper.jagran.com/ePaperArticle/24-jan-2014-edition-LUCKNOW-page_26-9530-10870-11.html

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- Urvashi Sharma
Contact 9369613513
Right to Information Helpline 8081898081
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dainik jagran feature 240114

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- Urvashi Sharma
Contact 9369613513
Right to Information Helpline 8081898081
Helpline Against Corruption 9455553838
http://yaishwaryaj-seva-sansthan.hpage.co.in/

http://upcpri.blogspot.in/

थाना प्रभारी के निलंबन के लिये किया गया प्रदर्शन

थाना प्रभारी के निलंबन के लिये किया गया प्रदर्शन

http://www.nayaindia.com/news/states/uttar-pradesh/%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-247069.html

आरटीआई कार्यकर्ता को जान से मारने की धमकी देने वाले व्यक्तियों पर
मुकदमा न दर्ज करने वाले कोतवाली हुसैनगंज के थाना प्रभारी को निलंबित
किये जाने जाने के लिये आरटीआई कार्यकताओं ने मंगलवार को गांधी प्रतिमा
पर जमकर प्रदर्शन किया। कार्यकताओं के समर्थन में ऐश्वार्याज संस्था की
सचिव उर्वशी शर्मा ने भी आवाज बुलंद की।

एसोसिएशन के सचिव अशोक कुमार शुक्ल ने बताया कि बीते दिनों एसोसिएशन के
वरिष्ठ उपाध्यक्ष व आरटीआई कार्यकर्ता हरपाल सिंह पर सिंचाई विभाग के
प्रमुख अभियंता एवं विभागाध्यक्ष जयकरन व बलकरन द्वारा जान से मारने की
धमकी दी गयी, जब इस घटना की शिकायत थाने पर की गयी तो शिकायत तक दर्ज
नहीं की गयी है।

उन्होंने कहा कि यही नहीं मुकदमा दर्ज करने के लिये धरना प्रदर्शन कर
सरकार को ज्ञापन भी दिया जा चुका, लेकिन अभी तक कोई कार्यवाही नहीं की
गयी है। शुक्ल ने कहा कि सरकार से मांग की है कि थाने पर शीघ्र मुकदमा
दर्ज करने का आदेश दिया जाये, तथा दोषी व्यक्तियों पर सख्त कार्यवाही की
जाये।

कार्यकर्ताओं ने कहा कि अगर पन्द्रह दिन के उनकी मांगों पर कार्यवाही
नहीं की गयी तो वह व्यापक आन्दोलन करने के लिय मजबूर हो जायेंगे।
उन्होंने कहा कि प्रदेश में कानून व्यवस्था पूरी तरह ध्वस्त हो चुकी है।
आये दिन किसी न किसी आरटीआई कार्यकर्ता पर हमले किये जा रहंे हैं।

IIM-Lucknow asks for RTI seeker's address

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/IIM-Lucknow-asks-for-RTI-seekers-address/articleshow/29259823.cms

IIM-Lucknow asks for RTI seeker's address

Neha Shukla,TNN | Jan 23, 2014, 08.24 PM IST


LUCKNOW: An RTI applicant was asked to confirm his address by the
Indian Institute of Management (Lucknow) when he filed an application
seeking information under the Right to Information Act regarding
establishment of IIM-L and its Noida campus.

"In the recent past, we have received a number of queries from fake
address/persons. In view of the above, we request you to please
confirm your coorespondence address so as to enable us to prepare and
send the reply to your query", said assistant central public
information officer, IIM-Lucknow.

"On the pretext of fake RTIs, IIM Lucknow is violating section 6(2) of
RTI Act by introducing a precondition of confirmation of address by
info-seekers," said applicant Sanjay Sharma.

This unnecessarily causes delay in providing information, said Sharma.



--
- Urvashi Sharma
Contact 9369613513
Right to Information Helpline 8081898081
Helpline Against Corruption 9455553838
http://yaishwaryaj-seva-sansthan.hpage.co.in/

http://upcpri.blogspot.in/

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/IIM-Lucknow-asks-for-RTI-seekers-address/articleshow/29259823.cms

IIM-Lucknow asks for RTI seeker's address

Neha Shukla,TNN | Jan 23, 2014, 08.24 PM IST
LUCKNOW: An RTI applicant was asked to confirm his address by the Indian Institute of Management (Lucknow) when he filed an application seeking information under the Right to Information Act regarding establishment of IIM-L and its Noida campus.

"In the recent past, we have received a number of queries from fake address/persons. In view of the above, we request you to please confirm your coorespondence address so as to enable us to prepare and send the reply to your query", said assistant central public information officer, IIM-Lucknow.

"On the pretext of fake RTIs, IIM Lucknow is violating section 6(2) of RTI Act by introducing a precondition of confirmation of address by info-seekers," said applicant Sanjay Sharma.

This unnecessarily causes delay in providing information, said Sharma.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/381589/officials-forced-find-goons-among.html#

Officials forced to find goons among doctors­­­­­

Sanjay Pandey Lucknow: Jan 20, 2014

A remark reportedly made by the UP Health Minister has put officials of his department in great difficulty. They have been forced to look for 'goondas' among the government doctors in the state.

A senior health official, according to sources, has written to chief medical officers to furnish information about the 'goondas' among doctors in their respective districts as the information had been sought by a social activist under the Right to Information Act.

Health Minister Ahmed Hasan had, a few days ago, while speaking at a function, said that 20 per cent of the doctors in government service in the state are "goondas". He apparently was not satisfied with the functioning of the health services in the state, especially in rural areas.

Urvashi Sharma, an RTI activist, took note of the minister's statement after it was carried in the press and filed an application under the RTI Act with the health department seeking information about 'goondas' among UP doctors.

"Hasan is the health minister. Whatever he says about his own department must be correct. I simply wanted to know about such doctors," Sharma told Deccan Herald. She said the health department did not give any information on her query. "There was no reply even when I filed the first appeal," she said.

She then moved a second appeal. "I have come to know that a directive has been given to the health department to furnish the information sought," she said.

There have been allegations that government doctors, especially in rural areas, remain away from duty for days together, outsourcing the work to sweepers and other paramedical staff.

Hasan is the same minister, who, a few months ago, had called Durga Shakti Nagpal, the IAS official who had been suspended for taking on sand mafia in Noida, "mindless" and a "liar" and had also tried to cast aspersions on her family.

Hasan also sought to question the official's family roots.  "You (media) will know who you are supporting when we reveal which family she belongs to," the minister said without further elaboration.

UPSIC is biggest threat to RTI, says survey

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh State Information Commission (UPSIC) is the biggest threat to Right To Information in the state. In a survey by an NGO supporting the cause of RTI in the state, more than 50% respondents said the biggest threat to the right to information in UP is the state information commission which is meant to safeguard the right.

The survey collected views from..............................................................................................................................................................................read full TOI story at
http://upcpri.blogspot.in/2014/01/upsic-is-biggest-threat-to-rti-says.html