Re: [rti4empowerment] Public meeting:- fight against corruption

Dear Friends You all trying your best for the INSTANT NIRVANA and will land up in making instant Khidri. Movement for empowerment in the form of free flow of information is not akin to street  fighting against corruption. Though corruption is one of the major issue. It is bringing in more transparency at the highest level. We the RTI activists should focus on: a)  simplification of procedures to submit an application. b)  Deleting each and clause for exemptions in any manner incl the bogey of national security , sovereignty etc etc. c) Even the clause for exemption that the matter is sub-judice be  deleted. d) Now that UPC is withdrawn by the Post Offices how one could be able to file an application to PIOs without being bleed ed( where 77 % live or starve at Rs 20 A day) as registered letter will cost Appx Rs 30 per application. This is the cunning BURA CATs which is hell bent on putting the final nail to the coffin of RTI Act at its 5 th year. Is CIC is alerted or he being another Mr IAS.COM is a party to the conspiracy? e) Number of days to send a reply by a PIO stating this info is exempted is also 30 days. Which should be reduced to only 10 days. f) There is no  time limit for Appellate Auth to dispose of the petition especially where the appellate auth is the immediate superior auth and sits next to PIO/CPIO in the same building. It should be damn well specified give them no loose ropes. g) Sec 8(1)(a) and (j) is being terribly abused by the govt officials especially the BURA - CATS who are extremely confident that nothing under the umbrella of the erstwhile IAS.COM as CIC/ICs will happen to them. We must compel govt of the day at the centre as well as at the states to de-Bureaucratise Info Commission to make it meaningful and effective. The Babus must feel the heats under their XXX and act fastest possible to dispose of the RTI application. h) Finally the info commission itself is under clout of the mighty IAS.COM . The commission must get its power from the people of India. Selection of the CIC must be by the people represented by the Elected members of the Panchayat / Municipality  / Corporation along with the three musketeers i.e PM, HM and the leader of the opposition. Later Three Musketeers be supplemented by the CM and the leaders of the opposition in the States. --- On Sat, 2/4/11, LESLIE ALMEIDA <lesals2000@yahoo.com> wrote: From: LESLIE ALMEIDA <lesals2000@yahoo.com> Subject: [rti4empowerment] Public meeting:- fight against corruption To: "Leslie Almeida" <lesals@gmail.com> Date: Saturday, 2 April, 2011, 8:23 AM Venue:- Nare Park off Ambedkar road parel Mumbai date: 03.04.2011 sunday Time: 5.30 PM   Citizens, Members and Volunteers are requested to join the meeting for creating more awareness regarding Corruption Issues in general public. Anna Hazare, Kiran Bedi, Swami Agnivesh, Arvind Kejriwal, Medha Patkar, Akhil Gogoi and others will be addressing this huge public meeting... Contact IAC - Mumbai (Call Centre) for further information and details of te event - +919820183924 and Landline: 022 - 27744012 ***Note***: Request one and all kindly not to carry any type of luggage / bags / carry bags etc to the venue. These are strictly prohibited at venue for security reasons....