Re: [HumJanenge] Rules for Improving India using the Right to Information laws

YOU (???) stopped this pension scam. It is not YOUR place to stop it. It is the job of the Govt (incl. its own agencies) to monitor itself to see that such scams do not occur / continue.

Let me assume for a moment that you are an "RTI activist". How did you USE RTI to stop this scam. (Or did you "mis"use RTI to stop this scam ?). Did you get information and what did you do with it ?

Sarbajit

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:56 AM, sandeep kumar <drsandgupta@gmail.com> wrote:

Sir,
By using RTI, I have been able to stop illegal old age pensions (being
given to dead) to about 1 lakh beneficiaries. A lot of people may be
misusing RTI but a still larger number is using RTI for good cause.

On 10/9/11, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
> RULE # 1:
>
> *RTI Act is not to be used, it is to be "mis"used.*

>
> This simple rule must be strictly followed if one is to achieve anything
> useful using RTI.
>
> Whenever you ask an "RTI activist" why they file RTIs and what they will do
> with the info (if they ever get it), the usual reply they give you is
> because the Govt "babus" are completely corrupt they will a) expose this
> information in the media b) file a PIL. Both these strategies are so hollow
> that it is no wonder that nothing substantial ever gets achieved.The real
> ways for an average citizen to use RTI to make a difference are
> counter-intuitive and firmly grounded in Rule # 1 as stated above.
>

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