Re: [HumJanenge] NON-WORKING WEBSITES OF GOVT. DEPTTS

even i have exposed punepolice site was not updated on maha govt site.

madhukar mazire

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:06 PM, M.K. Gupta <mkgupta100@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> I will give draft of RTI shortly.  I shall also file one.
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> From: umapathy subramanyam <umapathi.s.rti@gmail.com>
> To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Mon, 21 March, 2011 6:46:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] NON-WORKING WEBSITES OF GOVT. DEPTTS
>
>  Dear Gupta SIR please provide some suggestions as how to frame the
> application in the above context. Also give names of  Ministry or Dept where
> such application should be submitted. I am ready to apply under RTI Act.
>
> regards.
>
> umapathi.s
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:24 PM, M.K. Gupta <mkgupta100@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
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>> NON-WORKING WEBSITES OF GOVT. DEPTTS
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>> M K Gupta, free lancer
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>> Govt. has given publicity to many websites of various Departments for
>> registering complaints and for other work and we often experience that they
>> are not properly working.  Recently cases of not properly working were the
>> system of online Tatkal Ticket booking on Railway website and Grievance
>> Registration on the India Post website. Now a case has come to light about
>> the website of Deptt. of Consumer Affairs'.
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>> On 15th March on the World Consumer Rights Day, big advertisements were
>> inserted in the media informing Consumers to log on to www.core.nic.in. for
>> registering online complaints.
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>> When we try for this, the message displays:
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>> You are not authorized to view this page
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>> The Web server you are attempting to reach has a list of IP addresses that
>> are not allowed to access the Web site, and the IP address of your browsing
>> computer is on this list.
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>> Please try the following:
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>> ·      Contact the Web site administrator if you believe you should be
>> able to view this directory or page.
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>> HTTP Error 403.6 - Forbidden: IP address of the client has been rejected.
>> Internet Information Services (IIS)
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>> Technical Information (for support personnel)
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>> ·      Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search
>> for the words HTTP and 403.
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>> ·      Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and
>> search for topics titled About Security, Limiting Access by IP Address, IP
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>> When I called the toll free number 18001804566 and asked about this, it
>> was informed that there may be some technical error in the opening of the
>> website.  This prima facie seems to be false as the message displayed on
>> this is
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>> "YOU ARE NOT AUTHORISED TO VIEW THIS PAGE".  Apparently, it seems no
>> technical problem but some one has deliberately downloaded the message
>> though the website is opening.
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>>          I was advised on aforesaid toll free phone that instead of above
>> website, I can try www.ccccore.nic.in.  On opening this to register
>> complaint and when trying to submit complaint online, in the field username,
>> I typed my name, as required. On this message comes "Username must be
>> character only". I do not understand the word character and request members
>> for help. If it refers to digits, how one can convert his name into digits?
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>> There is one more field on this website asking for password of the
>> complainant but the complainant cannot disclose the password as the password
>> is personal which must not be disclosed to others for safeguarding from any
>> misuse of his email.
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>> When many times tried to lodge complaint on the toll free number
>> 1800-11-4000 also published in the advts, the message is "All the agents are
>> busy". Your call is important for us" and please wait for some time. Every
>> time, after waiting for about 5 minutes, finding no other alternative, have
>> to disconnect the phone.
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>>          In the absence of systems being in place, all the govt. efforts
>> and money spent on such advt. have gone in smoke.  And, that money is in
>> fact is of tax-payers. Also, it seems that such websites of many Departments
>> are just an eye-wash to duck the public.
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>>          Is there some real problems with the websites of Govt.
>> Departments or it is deliberate to gain publicity only by not doing anything
>> concrete?
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>>          To find out the truth, one needs to file RTI application asking
>> for the number of online complaints received in a particular period.  RTI
>> should also be filed to the Ministry of IT managing such websites.
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>> Who would come forward?
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