RTI Campaign News
Mon, 08/06/2007 - 23:25 — PuneCog1) 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
After a year and a half of struggle activists of Asha Parivar and residents of Miyaganj Block of Unnao District Yeshwant Rao and Virendra Singh have been successful in obtaining documents related to implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in their Block. The application asking for information (like Muster Rolls and Measurement Books, etc.) under the Right to Information Act, 2005, was filed on 4th December, 2006 by Yeshwant Rao at his Block office. He received a reply in June 2007 asking him to submit Rs. 1,58,400 (at an arbitrarily fixed rate of Rs. 2,400 per village panchayat for 66 panchayats in the Miyaganj Block). This followed a long battle in the State Information Commission of UP where after more than ten hearings ultimately an order was passed directing the Block officials to provide information free of cost. The activists finally started getting the documents on 6th April, 2008. This is the most detailed information that Asha Parivar has got in its attempts to conduct social audits so far in this area (earlier social audits of NREGS have been conducted in Bharawan, Sandila and Behender Blocks of neighbouring Hardoi District).
NREGA Social Audit Campaign News
* FINDINGS OF SOCIAL AUDIT OF NREGS IN BEHENDER BLOCK OF HARDOI DISTRICT
29TH MAY TO 5TH JUNE, 2007
Conducted by Asha Parivar
(1) The common villagers are not quite aware of the NREGA. In most cases even the Gram Pradhans are not aware about the legal rights of the people under this Act.
(2) Even if the Gram Pradhan, Village Development Officer or the Panchayat Mitra are aware about the Act, they do not educate the people. For example, they do not encourage people to apply for the Job Cards or for seeking work.
JOB CARDS
All Available Data from Social Audits, RTI Applications, and Other Sources
Tue, 04/01/2008 - 06:03 — Hardoi- Detailed Data for 34 Village Panchayats and summary of findings from Social Audit of NREGS Expenditures in Behender Block, Uttar Pradesh, May 2007
www.ashaparivar.org/cms/files/SocialAuditNREGA_Behender.doc
Muster Roll Data from Samoudha panchayat of Behender Block
http://ashaparivar.org/cms/files/Muster_Roll_Samoudha_2006_153.xls
- Village wise data tables and field reports from Social Audit of NREGS Expenditures in 50 Village Panchayats of Bharawan and Sandila Blocks, Uttar Pradesh, Nov 2006
www.ashaparivar.org/cms/files/SocialAuditNREGA_Bharawan_Sand_2006.doc
Data provided by Government and data available from physical verification of govt records as audited by Asha Parivar volunteers
NREGS
Govt muster roll and measurement books data
Social Audit data
MLA and MP LAD Funds
Income Expenditure Details
- Village Panchayat
- Block Panchayat
Zila Panchayat
BPL and Antyodaya Scheme Beneficiaries List
Indira Awas Beneficiaries List
RTI Campaign News- Andhra Pradesh
Mon, 01/14/2008 - 04:48 — PuneCogRIGHT 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
Fri, 12/28/2007 - 11:19 — PuneCogSince 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.
All Available Data from Social Audits, RTI Applications, and Other Sources
- Detailed Data for 34 Village Panchayats and summary of findings from Social Audit of NREGS Expenditures in Behender Block, Uttar Pradesh, May 2007
www.ashaparivar.org/cms/files/SocialAuditNREGA_Behender.doc
Muster Roll Data from Samoudha panchayat of Behender Block
http://ashaparivar.org/cms/files/Muster_Roll_Samoudha_2006_153.xls
- Village wise data tables and field reports from Social Audit of NREGS Expenditures in 50 Village Panchayats of Bharawan and Sandila Blocks, Uttar Pradesh, Nov 2006
www.ashaparivar.org/cms/files/SocialAuditNREGA_Bharawan_Sand_2006.doc
Data provided by Government and data available from physical verification of govt records as audited by Asha Parivar volunteers
NREGS
Govt muster roll and measurement books data
Social Audit data
MLA and MP LAD Funds
Income Expenditure Details
- Village Panchayat
- Block Panchayat
Zila Panchayat
RTI Applications & Responses
Mon, 10/15/2007 - 16:29 — ashapariTo: Public Information Officer
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur
Dated: 10th October, 2007
From: Sandeep Pandey
A-893, Indira Nagar, Lucknow-226016
Ph: 0522-2347365, M: 9415022772, e-mail: ashaashram@yahoo.com
Sub: Request for information under RTI Act, 2005.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Kindly provide me the following information u/s 6(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005:
(1) How many daily wages workers or non-employees of IIT Kanpur have suffered injuries and/or untimely deaths on campus during its history?
(2) How many of the abovementioned were given treatment by the Health Centre of IIT Kanpur?
(3) In how many of the abovementioned cases enquiry committees were constituted to ascertain the cause of injury and/or death? How many of these enquiries have been completed?
THIRD DEATH UNRAVELED AT IIT KANPUR
Wed, 09/26/2007 - 21:34 — ashapariPRESS RELEASE
Dated: 22nd September, 2007
THIRD DEATH UNRAVELED AT IIT KANPUR
More skeletons are falling from the cupboard of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. The prestigious and world renowned Institute seems to have a practice of suppressing information about untimely deaths of daily wage workers on the campus.
Following the revelation of deaths of 12 years old Rohit by snake/scorpion bite followed by refusal by IIT Medical Centre to treat him on the pretext that he was not an employee’s son and 24 years old Udayvir Yadav by electric shock from his own welding machine on 26th and 30th August, 2007, respectively, information about whom IIT administration first tried to suppress, there were murmurs of a third death. Now it is confirmed that Mohammad Rustam, resident of Malda, W. Bengal, aged between 50-55 years, died around 26th July, 2007, due to snake/scorpion bite in the early hours like Rohit. He is survived by 3 sons and 3 daughters. He used to work at the Core Lab construction site near Wind Tunnel and SIDBI Centre on campus. His dead body was shipped out silently of the campus in a tractor trolley and buried in a graveyard near a Mosque in Naramau. The Mukhiya of his village was summoned and the matter was ‘settled.’
The nexus of IIT administration and contractors first tried to summarily dispose of these case so that neither are liable for the deaths. In spite of the best efforts by IIT Director to strangle right to expression by placing a ban on anybody from IIT officially approaching the media, the news about three deaths leaked out. Some IIT professors also feel indignant that the stories of deaths have been revealed to the outside world. They are not so much concerned about the families of the dead or the poor working conditions of the workers who have made it possible for them to enjoy world class material facilities on the campus.
The insensitive and cold attitude of IIT community to the deaths of daily wage workers and shoddy manner in which they are dealt must by strongly condemned. It shows IIT in very poor light so far its respect for human rights record is concerned. The guilty at the Medical Centre, at least in the case of Rohit’s death, must be punished and dependents of deceased must be immediately compensated. The IIT administration must put in place a transparent and verifiable system for ensuring due rights of the daily wage workers under the law of the land. Health care for families of workers, education for their children and good quality housing (to prevent incidents like snake/scorpion bites) is the minimum basic responsibility of IIT if it is to live up to its reputation of a world class institution.
Sandeep Pandey
National Convenor, National Alliance of People’s Movements
Irom Sharmila Solidarity Fast
Mon, 09/10/2007 - 14:27 — ashapariCourse on Grassroots Democracy
COURSE ON 'EMPOWERING GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY'
A course for activists and students of social movements offered by Asha Ashram
14th to 20th December, 2007 Friday to Thursday
Venue: Asha Ashram, Village Lalpur, Post Atrauli, District Hardoi, U.P., India
Click here to register for the course: http://ashaparivar.org/cms/comment/reply/30/174.
Course Schedule:
Date and Day Topic Instructor
14th Dec., Fri. Right to information To be confirmed.
