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RTI Campaign News- Andhra Pradesh

RIGHT TO INFORMATION CAMPAIGN IN ANDHRA PRADESH

Organiser: United Forum for RTI Campaign – A.P.

Dates: 21st May to 26th May, 2007

Venues: Outside District offices including that of Collector’s, Mandal offices, Municipal offices all thoughout Andhra Pradesh.

Activities: Volunteers, including members of civil society organisations, will help common citizens understand the RTI Act, in drafting their applications under the Act and getting it submitted to the concerned Public Information Officer or Assistant PIO.

A Helping Hand

Since the last 2-3 years i have been thinking to get associated with some group as Ashaparivar and be of some help to people who actually need it...It gives me great satisfaction and happiness when i see organisations such as this working so sincerely & whole heartedly towards betterment of the society and solving the common people's problems in a systematic way.I feel Ashaparivar is a great platform to work for the general mass and to be the connecting link between the government and the people.I hope to keep working with the organisation as long as i can and contribute in my own little ways.

Asha Parivar Activities in Democracy, RTI, Education, Peace, Ownership of Resources

This website is under construction. For archives of information on activities of asha parivar please visit:
http://www.thesouthasian.org/asha_parivar.html

Asha parivar is working with the underprivileged through community empowerment, education and human rights campaigns.

The right to information campaign in Uttar Pradesh is changing the level of participation of citizens in governance through citizenship education. There are extensive gains in corruption free governance, right to food and work, awareness of the civic rights such as better government schools and attendance of teachers at these schools. Vallabh bhai coordinates the right to information campaign activities in UP.

RTI Campaign News

1) Report of RTI Campaign Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for the year 2007 (extensive campaign in 13 districts of UP and two districts of Bihar)

The primary results of this intensive campaign are as follows:
1. Information Officers were appointed in various departments.
2. General public became aware of this law.
3. Departments started accepting RTI applications.
4. After intense pressure some departments made arrangements for cash deposit of RTI application fee.
5. Administration became active after the knowledge of cases of corruption.
6. Files declared lost or in disuse became available and active emerging from their dusty graves.
7. Muster rolls and other government records obtained helped audit the programs. Massive corruption was highlighted resulting in increased participation by public in demanding accountability.

Read the detailed report of RTI campaign:

http://ashaparivar.org/cms/files/Report_RTI_Fellows_English.pdf

Summary of the RTI Campaign Activities and Impact:

http://ashaparivar.org/cms/files/Summary_RTI_Campaign_UP_Bihar.pdf
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2) Social Audit of NREGS in Miyaganj Block of Unnao Dist. Of UP from 20th to 28th May, 2008

Hindi parcha yahan se uplabdh karen:
http://ashaparivar.org/cms/files/Miaganj_Social_Audit.pdf