The author is Vinita Deshmukh
Her email ID is mentioned at the foot of the article
"vinitapune@gmail.com"
I think she is no longer on this list due to ideological differences.
On 9/17/12, kiran shaheen <kiranshaheen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Great. is initiative ki tarif ke liye mere paas shabd nahi hain.
> If I wish to write on this, I would like to talk to you. Please share your
> contact number. if u do not wantto share it publicly then send iot me at
> kiranshaheen@gmail.com
> Solidarity,
> Kiran
>
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:04 PM, M.K. Gupta <mkgupta100@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>> Pratibha Patil to return 155 artifacts to Rashtrapati Bhavan by 15 June
>> 2013, reveals RTI reply
>>
>> -
>> - irst to comment
>> - +
>> COMMENT<http://www.moneylife.in/article/pratibha-patil-to-return-155-artifacts-to-rashtrapati-bhavan-by-15-june-2013-reveals-rti-reply/28508.html#postcomment>
>>
>> VINITA DESHMUKH <http://www.moneylife.in/author/vinita-deshmukh.html> |
>> 17/09/2012
>> 07:36 AM |
>> <http://www.moneylife.in/article/pratibha-patil-to-return-155-artifacts-to-rashtrapati-bhavan-by-15-june-2013-reveals-rti-reply/28508.html#>
>> *To a RTI query by this writer asking about the list of gift items loaned
>> specifically to Pratibha Patil along with the evaluated price of each
>> item, Rashtrapati Bhavan says information not necessary as it is a
>> 'temporary' arrangement*
>>
>> The Rashtrapati Bhavan has officially admitted through a RTI (Right to
>> Information) reply to this writer that "An MoU was signed on 15th June
>> 2012
>> between Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Vidya Bharti Shaikshnik Mandal,
>> Amravati, for display of 155 artifacts/mementos on a purely temporary
>> basis, which in any case, cease to be operative with effect from 15th
>> June
>> 2013 and all the artifacts presently on loan shall be returned to the
>> Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum thereafter" but refuses to divulge detailed
>> information on the list of artifacts transferred to Ms Patil's museum.
>>
>> The Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the President's
>> Secretariat takes this 'temporary' arrangement as an excuse to not
>> provide the list of artifacts given to Ms Patil to display it in her
>> museum
>> in her hometown, Amravati, along with their individual costs and
>> countries
>> that they were gifted from.
>>
>> The RTI application filed by me on 3 August 2012, specifically asked the
>> PIO of the President's Secretariat, "List of gift items loaned
>> specifically
>> to Ms Pratibha Patil along with the evaluated price of each item; from
>> which country did each gift item come from; what was the purpose of her
>> visit when she received each of the gift item." The reply is "do not
>> arise
>> in view of the answer at (3) above" (which is she would be returning
>> artifacts by 15 June 2013 as the agreement would cease by then.
>>
>> The RTI reply interestingly suggests that it was President Abdul Kalam
>> who
>> started the trend of moving out gifts received in the capacity of being
>> President of India. The CPIO Saurabh Vjay states in his reply dated 6
>> September 2012, "No such requests have been made by any former President
>> of
>> India. It is, however, stated that in the past, 36 artifacts were handed
>> over during the Presidency of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam for being displayed in
>> the
>> Brahmos Centre, New Delhi." This reply came to the writer's query under
>> RTI
>> seeking "copies of official requests made by Presidents of India for
>> loaning of gifts from 1990 onwards. Provide copies of all such
>> correspondence within the President of India office as well as between
>> President of India office and the relevant district/city authority where
>> the President of India may have resided or the place where she/he wants
>> to
>> display the loanedgift items, form 1990 onwards."
>>
>> The RTI reply also states that "no such rules and regulations are
>> available for loaning ofgift items received by the President of India.
>> This
>> was in reply to my query, "Copies of Rules/GRs/amendments/correspondence
>> for rules and amended rules regarding gift articles and souvenirs which
>> are
>> received by Presidents of India from other countries and within the
>> country; Copy of rules and regulations for 'loaning' official gifts
>> received by President of India to presidents on their retirement or
>> loaned to any other organisation."
>>
>> To the query, "How many gift items in total does the 'Tosha Khana' of the
>> President's office have at the moment and what is the total amount in
>> value?" CPIO Saurabh Vijay states in his reply that "as per our records
>> there are about 2,500 gifts in 'Tosha Khana' of the President's
>> Secretariat
>> and as regards the value of these items, no such records are available in
>> the Art section." This is indeed shocking for, as per the ministry of
>> home
>> affairs, any contribution in the form of gifts received by President of
>> India or other dignitaries must be valued within 30 days of receipt of
>> gift.
>>
>> It may be recalled that a museum is being specially set up in Pratibha
>> Patil's hometown by the family trust, Vidya Bharti Shaikshnik Mandal, run
>> by her politician-son Rajendra Shekhawat.
>>
>> The writer is filing a first appeal to the President's Secretariat since
>> the information received is inadequate.
>>
>> Read the previous article here: *Pratibha Patil's Museum: Gifts received
>> by VVIPs from foreign countries can be purchased by them but can they be
>> loaned?<http://www.moneylife.in/article/pratibha-patils-museum-gifts-received-by-vvips-from-foreign-countries-can-be-purchased-by-them-but-can-they-be-loaned/27641.html>
>> *
>>
>> *(Vinita Deshmukh is the consulting editor of Moneylife, an RTI activist
>> and convener of the Pune Metro Jagruti Abhiyaan. She is the recipient of
>> prestigious awards like the Statesman Award for Rural Reporting which she
>> won twice in 1998 and 2005 and the Chameli Devi Jain award for
>> outstanding
>> media person for her investigation series on Dow Chemicals. She
>> co-authored
>> the book "To The Last Bullet - The Inspiring Story of A Braveheart -
>> Ashok
>> Kamte" with Vinita Kamte. She can be reached atvinitapune@gmail.com.)*
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Kiran Shaheen
>
>
> *I carry a torch in one hand
> And a bucket of water in the other:
> With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven
> And put out the flames of Hell
> So that voyagers to God can rip the veils
> And see the real goal.......
> Rabia (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya)*
>
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