“No Amendment to RTI Rules” Drive by Social Group YAISHWARYAJ

"No Amendment to RTI Rules" Drive by Social Group YAISHWARYAJ

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Sharma Urvashi, 16-Dec-2010 12:27:26 PM

The Government of India has proposed to notify Right to Information
Rules in supersession of the existing rules, namely, the Right to
Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005 and the Central
Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005. Many of the
proposed amendments are against the " letter & spirit " of the RTI act
2005 .

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of
Personnel and Training) of Government of India has drafted the Right
to Information Rules, 2010 in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 27 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) and in
supersession of the Central Information Commission (Appeal Procedure)
Rules, 2005 and the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost)
Rules, 2005 .

The Government of India has invited Comments on the proposed Rules by
all but only through e-mail at usrti-dovt@pic.in latest by 27
December, 2010. In India Internet penetration is too shallow to have
representative feedback or comments on the said rules so Lucknow based
Social Group YAISHWARYAJ is on a RTI Awareness Drive to motivate the
masses of Uttar Pradesh for sending comments opposing the proposed
Amendments to existing RTI Rules on certain points.

"Two of our group-members shall cover Lucknow , Kanpur , Etawah ,
Shikohabad , Firozabad , Agra , Etah , Budaun , Bareilly ,
Shahjahanpur & Hardoi districts between December 17 to 24 and try
their level best so that maximum people should send reasonable
comments to the Government of India to oppose the anti RTI amendments
. Anybody who wish to join the campaign , can call group's RTI
helpline nos. 8081898081 or 9455553838 " , said Prabhuta , one of the
founder members of the group.

--
Urvashi Sharma

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )