Right To Information Act 2005 (MISSION ANTICORRUPTION)

Citizen action is of paramount importance in uprooting the evil of corruption from our country. No one individual can be the source of change. The whole masses must change. Right from their ‘chalta hai’ attitude to sleeping at home on election day

s. Today, we first give our Government taxes so that the nation can be smoothly run and developed, and then give it more money in the form of bribes so that it doesn’t do what it is supposed to do.

Most of us are aware of one or two fundamental rights, and zero duties. An even lesser fraction actually understands and practices them. This needs to change at once. The citizens must be made fully aware of their duties- both constitutional and

moral. Only when each one performs his or her duty can the nation move forward. And only when one performs his duties well can he have his rights, which again he must be fully aware of before exercising. A citizen’s work doesn’t end at bearing injustice and corruption and complaining uselessly. There are numerous such provisions like Right to Information Acts which permit the common person to fight against corruption. We need to make sure that such means are open to all and used fully.

The introduction to the Right to Information Act, 2005 in the Constitution of India is as follows-

THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 No. 22 of 2005 [15th June, 2005] An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Whereas the Constitution of India has established democratic Republic; And whereas democracy requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed; And whereas revelation of information in actual practice is likely to conflict with other public interests including efficient operations of the Governments, optimum use of limited fiscal resources and the preservation of confidentiality of sensitive information; And whereas it is necessary to harmonise these conflicting interests while preserving the paramountcy of the democratic ideal; Now, therefore, it is expedient to provide for furnishing certain information to citizens who desire to have it. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

Clear and simplified instructions for when and how to file a RTI and how to check complaint status are given at:- http://rti.india.gov.in/index.php

RTIs can also be filed online at:-

http://rti.india.gov.in/rti_direct_complaint_lodging.php

RTI is one of the most powerful tools used by Project Vijay in uncovering various scams and cases of corruptions. Besides, a lot of seminars have been organized by Project Vijay to promote awareness about RTI Act among the citizens and discuss the problems that might be faced while filing one.

SIMPLE RTI Application Format

For More Information you may contact on our RTI Helpline 09415509920 & 09412615183

POWER OF RTI Act 2005

PROJECT VIJAY finds out Offenses in St. Joseph Sr. Secondary School, Auraiya (UP) CBSE Affiliated School

Project Vijay Auraiya Unit, found a very unimaginable picture of today's education system. The stories are an eye-opener to any of the intellects and makes one think of how much irregularities have crept in our pious education system . Project Vijay of Distt. Auraiya used RTI and open survey route to find out irregularities in St. Joseph School Dibiyapur Distt. Auraiya (UP) . You name the irregularity , and it is there in St. Joseph School Dibiyapur Distt. Auraiya (UP).Though

the school is affiliated to CBSE board and boasts of one of the best schools run by NTPC a leading public sector undertaking.

The School management is involved in:

Ø sales tax evasion by illegal sale of private books that are not approved by NCERT.

Ø over capacity admissions violating the admission norms Arbitrary appointments of staff

Ø arbitrary fee-structure

Ø violation of reservation norms in admissions

Ø irregularities in distribution of scholarships etc. etc. and thelist is endless.

With examples like St. Joseph School Dibiyapur Distt. Auraiya (UP) , Project Vijay requires support to unearth the irregularities of our education sytems

Everyone is required to do one's duties to save the education system from the clutches of " shiksha mafias " so do contribute.

PROJECT VIJAY found corruption in “bhoomi sarankshan vibhag distt. etawah UP” in the context, social help of tsunami effected individuals

The Indian Ocean Tsunami caused catastrophic damage to the Indian coasts. As a relief measure, Government officials contributed a day's salary to the cause. Officials from the 'Environment Protection Department', Etawah also contributed a day's earnings. But it is a matter of extreme shame that these funds were embezzled by some corrupt officials.

An RTI filed by Radhey Shyam RTI Activist, Project Vijay revealed that the Demand Draft of the relief funds never reached the District Magistrate. A written complaint regarding the this scandal was lodged with the District Magistrate by a few officials in written form. At the same time, the Officer, Muneshwar Lal explained that in 05, one day's salary from the department was cut and the cashier was directed to make a bank draft and hand over the same to the District Magistrate. According to him, he had completed his part in the relief work by 31st May, 05 but wrote a letter to the District Magistrate only after the issue came to light. The revelation by Project Vijay showed that the earnings kept aside for the relief work was returned to the accounts of the workers; which might not be completely true. As a result, Project Vijay has asked the district Magistrate to perform a detailed inquiry of the issue.