Dear Kuldip
There are many reasons why no constructive discussions on RTI are taking place. Let me list a few as I see them - we can certainly carry on from this.
1. The interpretive phase of RTI is over. There are no more high mountains left to climb.
2. RTI is not a tool to solve anyone's problems nor is it a tool/device to solve India's problems.
3. The entire media is corrupt.
4. The superior courts / judiciary are totally corrupt
5. The political class is corrupt through and through
6. The citizens of India (by and large) are sheep with extremely short terms memories who can be swayed by all kinds of blandishments. for eg. citizens have forgotten about CWG scam because of Adrash CHGS scam etc. etc etc.
7. There are too many well organised (and well financed) 'haramis' posing as saints on RTI groups / forums.
8. Nobody gives a damn for the country / society in general.
I could rant on and on, but whats the point ?
Ball in yr court !!!
Sarbajit
--- In rti_india@yahoogroups.com, Kuldip Gyaneswar <kuldipgyaneswar@...> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
> I dont understand why we dont get into constructive discussions on RTI. I
> dont see anyone discussing how to use information received under RTI to deal
> with a huge gamut of issues facing india. Information commissions account
> for only a few percentage of RTI cases. Other rti cases are disposed off in
> the respective public authorities.
> Have we ever realized in the country with (forget the statistics) almost 1
> lakh (if not less) RTI applications would have been filed and information
> recieved. What difference has this created? has the recipient used this
> information for public good? Let us discuss these issues first before
> getting into brickbatting which sounds very unhealthy and is not going to
> solve any issue. Mr Sarabjit ji with due respect i would suggest a person of
> your intellectual stature to initiate discussions which would be helpful to
> people and not get into cheap road side tea talks.
>
> Regards
>
> Kuldip
>
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Dipak Shah <djshah1944@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Can any body explain me as to process to approach CIC. I had filed one
> > application to PIO, Registrar of Companies and also appeal.On appeal I have
> > not informed anything so far. But denying information from the reply given
> > by company that my all cases had been disposed off and rejected. But it is a
> > differnet story than record of Registar of Companies.
> > Pls guide me personally by e mail.
> > C A Shah D J
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@...>
> > *To:* rti_india@yahoogroups.com
> > *Sent:* Tue, 2 November, 2010 8:09:58 AM
> > *Subject:* Re: [rti_india] Re: DECISIONS OF CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER
> > ARE NOW UPLOADED ON CIC’S WEBS
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Mr Gupta
> >
> > Have I said even 1 word in "defence" of C'IC ? I am simply stating facts.
> >
> > Fact #1: The NIC perforce publishes decisions of the C'IC because
> > the C'IC IS the Commission., and ONLY decisions where the
> > C'IC is on the ":bench" are legal decisions of the CIC. So decisions of
> > say Mr Wajahat Habibullah were being GENERALLY uploaded, but
> > decisions of IC(ANT) were not, but decisions of C'IC(ANT) are.
> >
> > Fact #2: A certain non-babu (but of course now a babu) IC had been
> > tipping ('bribing") NIC to ensure that his decisions were uploaded. This
> > caused some heartburn among his brothers and sisters but the Great
> > White Father never listened to them. Now with another Father in position
> > the prodiigal son had better control how he spends his BLACK money
> > and account for all the BLACK and/or WHITE cups of coffee he has been
> > dishing out at his office.
> >
> > Sarbajit
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:51 PM, M.K. Gupta <mkgupta100@...> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Surprising, I do not know when something is said about the CCIC, why Mr
> >> Sarbarjit Roy jump for his defence. Is he the official spokesman of the
> >> CCIC or do the CCIC need some advocate to put forward his views or it is a
> >> volunteer act of Mr. Roy.
> >> Any way, the comments "I was briefed that Mr Shailesh Gandhi is tipping*(bribing)
> >> *the NIC to upload his Registry's decisions from his personal funds - and
> >> for a very long time. The other ICs being honest ex-gov babus with only
> >> their retirement pensions obviously could not compete with an industrialist
> >> *and black money*" are undesirable.
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >> *From:* sarbajitr <sroy1947@...>
> >> *To:* rti_india@yahoogroups.com
> >> *Sent:* Tue, 2 November, 2010 4:24:48 PM
> >> *Subject:* [rti_india] Re: DECISIONS OF CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER
> >> ARE NOW UPLOADED ON CIC’S WEBS
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 1) The decisions of the Chief Information Commissioner have always been
> >> available on the CIC website. <-- Read this very carefully.
> >>
> >> 2) Notwithstanding the above, the members of this group have always been
> >> pressing the CIC to upload all the decisions faster. When I discussed this
> >> with a senior member of the CIC (decisions of whose Registry were not being
> >> uploaded for months together) I was briefed that Mr Shailesh Gandhi is
> >> tipping (bribing) the NIC to upload his Registry's decisions from his
> >> personal funds - and for a very long time. The other ICs being honest ex-gov
> >> babus with only their retirement pensions obviously could not compete with
> >> an industrialist and black money. Fortunately the balance has been restored
> >> now by CIC(ANT) and all ICs are being given a level playing field when it
> >> comes to uploading of their decisions.
> >>
> >> Sarbajit
> >>
> >> --- In rti_india@yahoogroups.com <rti_india%40yahoogroups.com>, "M.K.
> >> Gupta" <mkgupta100@> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > DECISIONS OF CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER ARE NOW UPLOADED ON CIC’S
> >> WEBSITE
> >> > Â
> >> > The decisions of Chief Central Information Commissioner are now
> >> available on CIC
> >> > website. Recently, the RTI activists had pointed-out that the decision
> >> taken by
> >> > Shri A N Tiwari, CIC are not being uploaded on the website. It is
> >> evident that
> >> > the discussion on blogs has impact on the authorities. Â
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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