RTI is most potent tool in the hands of citizens to bring transparency in the system. Any Citizen of India can file RTI application and seek information from Public Authorities. Recently the Resident Welfare Association of my complex proposed the collection of huge amount for replacement of Transformer oil of Electricity transformers installed in the society. This proposal was put across in special GBM and was approved with majority vote except few residents who opposed it. Based on my knowledge, I put across following key points against the proposal 1. It is the responsibility of state ... Read More
RTI Act Language Barrier in Information Transfer
In 1956, There was a major change in the boundaries of Indian States along linguistic lines. It was a result of State Reorganization Act, 1956. After independence there was a strong political demand to create states based on linguistic criterion. In 2014, World is a global village and there are no linguistic boundaries. If i have to take my example, i have changed 4 cities in last 8 years. Thankfully, English is "unofficially" accepted as official language everywhere. As per RTI Act, we can seek information in English, Hindi or Local Language i.e. In Maharashtra, i can seek information ... Read More
How to File RTI Application Online
Now you can file RTI Application Online, which is hassle free & more convenient. Online RTI Application portal is an initiative of Department of Personnel and Training (Govt of India) to enable Indian citizens to file RTI Application Online. Though its a different story that when i tried to file RTI Application Online, it got failed both the times. I was charged on both the occasions by SBI Payment Gateway but application was not successfully submitted. The redirect URL from SBI Payment Gateway to https://rtionline.gov.in/ website does not exist. I sent an email to ... Read More
What is Right to Information Act
In my personal opinion, Right to Information Act is the biggest achievement of last decade. I was planning to start a section on Right to Information Act on my blog from quite sometime. As the famous proverb goes "It's Better Late than Never". Now you must be wondering what prompted me to become RTI activist. Answer is, when my father retired from Govt Department he was denied his retirement benefits due to frivolous reasons. Thanks to RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, he received all his retirement benefits after 5 years. RTI section on my blog is dedicated to untiring efforts put by my Father for 5 ... Read More