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Friday, July 24, 2020
NEW PARKING SLOTS IDENTIFIED IN JAMMU

Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Officers’ Apathy reduced Online J & K Grievance Cell to a Joke : RTI Activist
Jammu, 19/July/2020 : Disappointed
with the apathy of officers of Jammu and Kashmir administration who are
responsible to response and act on the complaints received from citizens trough
online portal of Jammu and Kashmir government , RTI Activist Raman Sharma
alleged that deliberately the attempts are being made to reduce the online
grievance cell to a joke to discourage common people so that they do not resort to file written complaints and officers are not made accountable.
Raman informed that though as per
the Standard Operating Procedure
adopted by the J & K government the heads of the departments are instructed
by the government to respond and take action on the complaints received through
online portal “Azaz-e-Awam” jkgrievance.in
within 15 days.
Citing his own complaints filed
through online portal, he said that he had filed two complaints with the
grievance cell vide no. 999001418390 dated 14/June/2020 and complaint no 999001392817
dated 13/May/2020 and till date no action is being taken on his complaint. He
further informed that both these complaints pertains to very important subjects
one related to finance department and other related to allegations of discrepancy
in allotment and construction of community and individual bunkers in district Poonch
wherein millions of rupees have been given by Ministry of Home Affairs,
government of India.

Friday, July 17, 2020
J & K Liquor Policy 2020_21
Roll out of Excise Policy 2020-21
approved
Annual License Fee, Additional
License Fee introduced to optimize revenue
SRINAGAR, JULY 17: The
Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of
Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, approved the roll out of Excise Policy for the
year 2020-21 and implementation of policy measures to improve transparency and
objectivity related to renewal, cancellation, transfer of licenses and
penalties.
The new policy aims to rationalize the number of taxes, duties and other
levies to optimize revenues for common good, and bring about greater social
consciousness about the harmful effects of consumption of liquor and alcoholic
beverages.
The policy envisages checking bootlegging of Bottled in Origin (BiO)
brands from neighbouring states, besides providing choice of brands and a level
playing field to those in the business.
Under this year’s policy, the Department has specified fixed number of
licenses/ licensed zones for Ex-servicemen, specially-abled persons, SC/ST/OBC
and people belonging to economically weaker sections as per the criteria to be
notified separately.
Further, the License Fee structure has also been revisited in the Draft
Policy. A fixed component of ‘Annual License Fee’ has also been introduced,
whereas, the existing per bottle license fee has been revised on higher side as
‘Additional License Fee’.
The Excise Policy for the year 2019-20 was extended till June, 2020 in
the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and now stands expired.

Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Complaint filed Against DC Office Poonch for non Compliance of RTI Act:
No
Proactive Disclosure Under RTI Act
Complaint filed Against DC Office Poonch
Jammu, 15/July/2020: A complaint
under section 18 of the Right to Information Act 2005 has been filed with the
Central Information Commission against
office of the Deputy Commissioner Poonch for its failure to make proactive
disclosure of Information which is compulsory to be made under section 4(1)(b)
of the RTI Act 2005.
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RAMAN |
In his complaint before the CIC
dated 14/July/2020 vide diary no 677786, RTI activist Raman Sharma has
submitted that DC office Poonch, the respondent Public Public Authority was under
legal obligation as per section 4 of the Right to Information Act to
pro-actively disclose certain kind of information but unfortunately for the
reason best know to the respondent (DC Office), no such information was made
available pro actively for the public and people have to resort to file
individual RTI applications to even get
this information which otherwise should have already been in public domain and
innocent citizens are compelled to spend money and time to get this
information.
In the complaint it is further
stated that the Respondent P.A also have its dedicated website " POONCH.NIC.IN
“ but there also no information as mentioned under section 4 is published which
is clear violation of the Right to Information Act 2005.
Seeking directions for the
DC office Poonch, the RTI activist have requested the CIC to direct the
respondent to take necessary action and suo-moto disclose
all mandatory information as required under section 4 of the Right to
Information Act 2005 on its official website
and apprise the honourable CIC about the action taken thereof along with
a copy to the complainant.
Sharma also informed that Right to Information
Act casts an obligation on the Public Authority to publish pro actively information under
section 4(1)(b) within 120 days from the enactment of this act and as the Right
to Information Act 2005 is applicable in the Union Territory of J & K right from 31st
October 2019 after repeal of its
previous Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act 2009 thus DC Office Poonch
should have disclosed this information on its own.
The complaint also highlights the
inaction on the part of the respondent Public Authority that did not act as per
the mandate of the RTI Act and called it as deliberate attempt of the
respondent Public Authority to seize lawful right of the citizens of India.
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