Chalta He is Our day to day practice and almost all of us use this very often. It has contributed so much in country's growth (negatively) So this should be our unofficial anthem
Having met Mr Kejriwal personally and seen enough examples, I have no doubts that the RTI works and if queries asked are clever enough one can get every useful information one can ask for.
Problems with RTI are two, first, we as citizens of India are too used to corruption, we wld rather pay bribes than go thru the procedure of writing and filing an application, itna patience hi kahan hain. Second, is of course beauraucratic. The law is after all implemented by govt offcials and we know how corrupt they are, not to say that all of them are but there are still quite a few of them. Thus RTI implementation suffers on that account; if CIC himself is not strong not much can be done. Having said that, it still is much more powerful than any other method. And it specially works in small day to day issues that hurts the common man, issues like those of Ration Cards, those of insuffiecient water supply, roads not being maintained and other such cases.
Arvind Kejriwal ji is an example for all of us, bright man (He holds a Mechanical Engg degree from IIT KGP and qualified Civil Services Exam) who gave it all to launch a crusade against corruption. He and Parivartan has done tremendous work for us, Kudos to him and his team, he has not only helped many a people but has also proved to be an insipiration to many of us.
I wish him all the best and urge people to contribute in their own manner towards anti-corruption movement and strengthening of RTI
RE:politician in india
by Jagdish rathi on Aug 20, 2008 01:08 PM Permalink
gandhi ko bhula sakte hai lekin gandhi ki netiyo ko apna sakte nahin kyoki unko apna liya to a.c mein baith sakte nahin
RE:politician in india
by Jagdish rathi on Aug 20, 2008 01:13 PM Permalink
ACCORDING TO LALU & MULAYAM
Bhagat Singh, Netaji aur bismil terroist ho sakte hain lekin SIMS ke karya karta terroist nahin ho sakte kyoki unko terrorist bol diya to ek bhi vote milega nahin. Jai SIMI bolo aur vote pao. Yehi inka nara hai.
RE:politician in india
by bhaskar on Aug 20, 2008 01:36 PM Permalink
galtee yaan maan sakte hai lekin galatee yaan sudhaar saktee nahin, terrorism phael saktaa hai lekin khudh ko terrorist maan saktaa nahin.. kashmir mein reh saktee hai lekin hargis hindustani ban saktee hai nahin..
RE:politician in india
by AV on Aug 20, 2008 01:49 PM Permalink
HUM SACHHE DESH Bhakt ye sirf keh sakte hai lekin DESH ke het mein KOI KAAM KAR SAKTE NAHIN. Sirf Tiranga HAAT MEIN LEKAR DESH BHAKTI DEKHA SAKTE HAIN PER DESH ke het mein KOI KAAM KAR SAKTE NAHIN.
RE:politician in india
by Loan Shark on Aug 20, 2008 02:05 PM Permalink
ha ha ha ... and don't forget that Jaswant singh asking "How many terrists do you want me to escort to freedom today?"
No doubt, but it is also harrassing, if the information is asked, which is not maintained in the manner in which it is asked. There must be some system for quick disposal so that information is provided in the available way. Some of the ex. employees/media is using this power for their own agenda, which is curse.
You guys make rules after another in this country.Why do not do some thing constructive to wipe out starvation and poverty from the country.Otherwise who cares of new rules that you come up almost everyday meanining nothing to 70% illitrate population of this country.Thanks to corruption,even RTI will at a price.
The main issue is not the lack of rules but the lack of regulating authority or accountability of these authorities. We have enough systems and rules but see how well do these work out. We need committed people to happen whatever remains on pages of constitution or law book. The government needs to take rough and stern steps to bring back the accountability of governing bodies. Otherwise our democracy will also end up with an anarchy. Salary hike and promotions should purely be based on performance as in the case in private firm employees. Out dated laws should revised with less loophole for the well being of citizens. Strict check outs should be there in a while on the working efficiency of employees.
