Sunday, May 29, 2016

Funds for MGNREGA, PMGSY, Social Welfare Schemes Curtailed During Last Two Years

Central  Allocation  to  J & K


Jammu, 29/May/2016: During the last 2 years, the union government has curtailed financial allocation to Jammu and Kashmir State for various central sponsored schemes.

In different  communications received by RTI Activist Raman Sharma under right to information act from different ministries of government of India it has been revealed that the Union government has curtailed its funding to the Jammu and Kashmir government even for  flagship programs like Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, MGNREGA, Pardhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna and for social welfare schemes like Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, Indira Gandhi National Window Pension Scheme, Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme, National Family Benefit Scheme and  Annapurna etc.


As per the RTI information provided Rural Connectivity division, ministry of Rural  Development , Government of India , during the financial year 2011-12, for implementation of much talked Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna or PMGSY Scheme, the GOI provided a financial assistance of Rs. 762 Crore to the state of Jammu and Kashmir , which though saw a steep reduction in the following year and only an amount of Rs. 266 Crore was provided to the state during the period 2012-13. In year 2013-14 again the then government increased the amount to double and provided financial aid of Rs. 523.24 Crore for the PMGSY.

However during the financial year, 2014-15 and 2015-16, the central assistance remained Rs. 416.60 Cr and Rs. 488 Crore respectively. It is pertinent to mention here that under the PMGSY scheme  the rural habitation of  Jammu and Kashmir state (as special category state) having population of 250 persons or above is eligible for road connectivity though for most of other states the minimum population criteria is 500 persons.

Similarly for the  implementation of National Social Assistance Program for implementation of Social welfare schemes likes IGNOAPS, IGNWPS and others for the welfare of the disables, senior citizens, widows etc the government of India provided an amount of Rs. 3453.06 Lacs during the financial year 2014-15 and Rs. 3435.47 Lacs during the last financial year, the central assistance to the Jammu and Kashmir state  for the same schemes was Rs. 4173.95 Lacs during the financial year 2013-14.



For the implementation of much talked Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee Act, MGNREGA also the Union government has limited its funding to the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the last 2 years, during the financial year 2014-15 the ministry of Rural Development (GOI) released only an amount of Rs. 52171.08 Lacs which was miserly increased in the year 2015-16 where the government released an amount of Rs.  55801.83 Lacs for implementation of MGNREGA scheme in Jammu and Kashmir State.  However during the previous years  the Union Government had provided a  whooping amount for MGNREGA scheme and during the financial year 2013-14 (Rs. 60315.73 Lacs) , in Financial year 2012-13 (Rs. 76276.16 Lacs) and  in Financial Year 2011-12 Rs. 78130.96 Lacs were provided to the state government.



Friday, May 13, 2016

Students Should Seek Evaluated Answer Sheets Under RTI Act


To

The public Information Officer,
JK  Board of School Education, Rehari,
Jammu_180005

SUBJ: Application under JK RTI ACT 2009.

Sir,

I have appeared in class 10th (2016) board exam as a regular candidate under Roll no.................  Board Registration Numb...................
 .
Kindly provide me information under the provisions Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act 2009. I am a resident of Jammu and Kashmir state and entitled to seek information as per section 3 of the act. The requisite  fees of Rs 10-Ten is enclosed herewith as Indian Postal Order bearing no..............

INFORMATION SOUGHT :

1.      Kindly provide me certified photo copies of all my Evaluated Answer Sheets of All the subjects i.e. Hindi, English, Maths, Social Studies and Science.

NOTE: The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of CBSE & Anr Vs Aditya Bandhopadhaya & Ors (Civil Appeal no. 6454 of 2011 arising out of SLP(C) No. 7526 of 2009) decided on 9/8/2011 has held that evaluated answer sheets of Universities, State Education Boards, Competitive Examinations, Recruitment Test, and Selection Tests etc are “information” within the meaning of RTI Act and therefore required to be disclosed under Right to Information Act. The PIOs are therefore under obligation to supply copy of evaluated answer sheets to the examinees.

Date:

Yours faithfully,          

Name of student:
Father's Name:
Address;

SAMPLE IPO.........NOT ORIGINAL....



Don’t Pay hefty Fee, Seek Evaluated Answer Copies Under RTI
Jammu, 13/May/2016: The students need to pay hefty fees to seek copies of their answer sheets from the state board or from university instead they should seek certified copies of evaluated answer sheets under Right to Information Act paying only Rupees ten.
RTI Activist Raman Sharma has appealed the parents and regular students of class 10th whose result was declared 2 days ago by the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education to use the provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act 2009 to get certified copies of evaluated answer sheets from the board.
He said the parents and the students need not to pay hefty fee or visit the board office and they can send their RTI applications along with an Indian Postal Order of Rupees 10 as RTI fees via registered post.

Sharma Informed  that the State Board is under legal obligation to provide the copies of the answer sheet under RTI Act as well,  as  this was ordered by the honourable Supreme Court in 2011, in case titled CBSE & Anr Vs Aditya Bandhopadhaya & Ors.
Sharma said not only class 10th regular candidate but even private students of other higher classes  can similarly get certified copies under RTI law from the board. In the meantime  he has also uploaded a sample copy of the RTI application on his blog   jkrtiact.blogspot.in.  








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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Interaction with Journalists at Dainik Jagran Office. Jammu

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