We started out on our journey as republic with divisive politics. In fact, the malady is inextricably ingrained in the very system of our governance. It was for his successively leading the Congress Party to the winning post in all the general elections fought under his leadership on the strength of solid Muslim votes assiduously cultivated, fostered and nourished by him, that India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru earned the tag: “The First Muslim Prime Minister of...

SANJOG MAHESHWARI

WORK CULTURE DIFFERES BECAUSE THE SYSTEM DIFFERS

-SANJOG MAHESHWARI

Recently the issue of frisking and detention of Shah Rukh Khan at the Newark airport in New Jersey for two hours sparked so much outrage in the country that even Information...

In a R.T.I. Case the P.I.O of the Tis Hazari Courts, refused to supply the certified copies of “suit files and suit records” of a certain judge for the period from26-02-93 to 31-03-93 to one Mr. Vinay Kumar, the Info. Seeker on the grounds that the information/ records may be sought via the processes prescribed under the Evidence Act instead of those under the R.T.I.Act. The Information Commissioner, Shailesh Gandhi, however, trashed the contention of the P.I.O. Deciding in favour of the Info....

SANJOG MAHESHWARI
CGHS- A FLAWED HEALTH SCHEME -SANJOG MAHESHWARI
The healthcare and medical facilities provided under the banner of Central Government Health Scheme (C.G.H.S) suffer from several anomalies, inadequacies, and discriminatory provisions. While Right to Healthcare and Medical Facilities should be seen as an integral facet of the right to life equally for all, irrespective of the individual’s status, the big babus have ensured that hassle-free world...

While autonomous bodies such as Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) with its country-wide jumbo network of Laboratories and sub-laboratories, hundred percent financed and funded by the Central Government, may be correctly or incorrectly, perceived as white elephants, it should not certainly be the hidden excuse...

Perhaps there is lack of clarity about this serious issue which I propose to dispel through this discussion thrown open for consideration and full-throated comments from every quarter: As the Amendment to the Act is reported to be on the anvil, the enlightened citizenry should suggest ways and means to make it as fool-proof as possible.

1. Informed citizenry and transparency in governance form the bedrock not only for controlling corruption in administration but also to ensure...

Complaint case No. CIC/AT/A/2008/00247 u/s 18 of the RTI Act. disposed of by the Information Commissioner Mr. A.N.Tiwari.

Howlers:
1. Complaint u/s 18 (e) of the R.T.I.Act was misconstrued as 2nd Appeal u/s 19(3) of the Act by the I.C., who could not make out the difference between the two in spite of the inscription: “ COMPLAINT UNDER THE R.T.I. ACT-2008” in the bold letters at the top of the document - Complaint dated 12-10-2007-

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2. A very simple...

June29, 2009
To
The Chairperson & RTI Awards Team,
Public Cause Research Foundation,
A-119 Kaushmbi, Ghaziabad 201010 ,

REF: Your No.FK/FB/CIC-ANT/2009/143 dt. 16-06-09 recd. on26-06-09.
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-SANJOG MAHESHWARI
Thanks to the Media-shyness of judiciary many cases, in which judicial pronouncements and decisions lay down principled and lawful guidelines for the Govt. agencies to follow in all similar matters, never see the light of the day as the case files gather dust in the dusty confines of the Courts’...

Though the third world war is certainly not going to be fought over the parking space- “water” being far more a serious contender- the already severely limited parking space in almost all the Metropolises, getting increasingly shrunk by the day, is sure going to cause nightmares to the harried citizens. Add to it the severely congested roads used by incessantly tensed drivers with frayed tempers, shouting and fighting all through the way to their destination and you get the big picture. The family...