This Blog is Common platform for publishing news, opinions, data , research, surveys and latest reports about issues related to citizens of India in general and residents of Jammu and Kashmir in Particular. The more specific Subjects include RTI Act, Citizen Centric Governance & Public Friendly Laws like Public Services Guarantee Act, Human Rights. The blog also have published news issues about Governance and Administration of J & K.
Saturday, October 7, 2017
J & K GOVT ABOLISHES AFFIDAVITS REQUIREMENT FOR 51 SERVICES
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Motor Cycle Rally Organized to bring Awareness about Preservation of Rivers
Jammu, 24th/Sep/2017: Supporting All India Campaign for Preservation and
Safety of Indian Rivers, today Several Jammu based Motor Cycle Riding Groups including
Metal Horse Riders Club, Royal Wings,
North Extreme Riders, ECO Riders &
Volunteers of "Save My Tawi
Campaign" jointly
organised a Motor Cycle Rally under the Banner of RALLY FOR RIVERS.
The motor cycle rally en-routed Jammu " Tawi" To "River Chenab" was Flagged Off by
Arun Manhas, Additional Deputy Commissioner,
Jammu.
While interacting with the volunteers before the flag off
program there at Bahu Plaza complex, the additional deputy commissioner
appreciated their efforts and asked more people to join this movement of
environment protection and be a partner with the government in making our
environment further better. He said the Jammu administration shall be willing
to offer all kind of assistance and cooperation with individuals and
organization who comes forward for protection of wildlife, forests and water
bodies.
The rally got appreciating response at various points
right from Jammu to Akhnoor, at several spots people holding the welcome placards
welcomes the rally and volunteers.
Finaaly the rally culminated at Jia Pota Ghat, Akhnoor on Banks of River
Chenab, there all the Riders and other locals planted saplings of trees on the
Bank of the river and threw light on the importance of saving natural resources
especially our rivers.
The volunteers urged the people to take a pledge not to
pollute our rivers which are not only living heritages of any civilization but also lifeline of human being.
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
DOCUMENTS FROM HISTORY DIVISION OF INDIAN ARMY
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Sunday, May 28, 2017
"The Ignored Treasure"
A Must Read
"THE IGNORED TREASURE"
A well researched, Informative & Articulative Write up Published in the News Now, a leading English Daily of Jammu and Kashmir State, written by SAHIL RASGOTRA.
THE NEWS NOW MAGAZINE PUBLISHED ON 28/MAY/2017http://epaper.thenewsnow.co.in/index.aspx?page=13
THE IGNORED
TREASURE
by: SAHIL RASGOTRA
Libraries.
Some call them ‘raucous clubhouses for free speech’ and some ‘delivery rooms
for the birth of ideas’. Many have warned us time and again that sans
libraries, we have ‘no past and no future’ while many others have assured us
that with them, ‘we have best protection against tyranny, xenophobia and
ignorance’. My personal favourite is a quote from the great Albert Einstein
which goes like this- “The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the
location of the library.” However, what he didn’t talk about was what happens
inside it and how.
Ever since the public-library system
started in country around 1910, we have around two dozen states of present era
that has laws enacted regarding establishment of libraries open to the public.
A century later, we sit in the largest democracy of the world without much to
boast about our libraries. While there is no exact figure available, owing to
large, diverse nation that India is, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, a trust
which funds public libraries and comes under the aegis of the Ministry of
Culture pegs the number at Thirty-five thousand libraries. Before we get happy,
it is to be noted that calculating the ratio of library per people, the number
is not so good at one library per 36000 people. Nations like China and United
States of America boasts of a better figure at one library per 25000 people and
19000 people, respectively. With the advent of technology and its
accessibility to common masses, many have taken to internet for the purposes
which libraries used to serve back in the day. The books with a distinct smell
of paper have been replaced with e-books available on smart phones and
computers easily, while every newspaper or magazine today is available online
which one can access anytime of the day, sitting anywhere and this has marred
the entire concept of public library, drastically. The only section of society
whose connect with libraries remained unaffected was the generation of people
too old to transform their old school habits of reading into digital tablet
readers, and students who are still dependent upon these institutions for
preparing for academics and competitive purposes. The libraries, however, hold an
advantage which not many others reading platforms can match- that of rare and
special books and manuscripts. These books, most of which are one of their
kinds are priceless in the way that it is near impossible to find them anywhere
else in the open market as well as in famous collections worldwide. Not only
such books tell us timeless tales on different subjects including law,
spirituality, religion, academics, history, health, politics, culture and art,
written by local, national and international authors, but some of them are also
the first edition copies, adding more to their value.
|
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
RTI reveals No ban on Scribbled Currency Notes
File Complaint if Banks Refuse to Accept Scribbled Notes : RBI in an RTI Reply
File Complaint if Banks Refuse to Accept Notes with Writing on them : RBI in an RTI Reply
Jammu, 24/May/2017: Reserve Bank of India have clarified that it had not issued any circular to banks not to accept Indian Currency notes with scribbling or writing on them with pen or pencil.
While responding to an RTI application of Jammu resident Raman Sharma in this regard, the Central Public Information Officer of department of Currency Management of the Reserve Bank of India vide his office letter no. RBIND/R/2017/51409/1 dated 22/May/2017 have made it clear that the reserve bank have not issued any circular or directive to the banks not to accept Indian legal currency notes with writing on them.
The CPIO of the bank in his official communication have also informed that one may register a complaint in case of refusal by the bank to accept the scribbled notes and if the bank’s reply is not satisfactory then complaint may be register with the Bank’s Ombudsman. Moreover in the reply the Reserve bank have also made it clear that one may even exchange scribbled or notes with writing on them at the RBI exchange counters .
In the reply, the RBI also referred the press notes issued by it on 31/Dec/2013 wherein it is being stated “ in the wake of rumours circulating in the matter that from January, 01, 2014, the banks will not accept banknotes with anything written on them, the Reserve bank has urged members of the public not to fall prey to such rumours and to use their bank notes without any fear, the RBI has clarified that it has not issued any such instructions”.
It is pertinent to mention here that recently after Nov-8 last year after the demonetization of Rs. 2000 and Rs 500 notes, mostly bank staff members refused to accept currency notes with written anything on them citing direction of the Reserve Bank of India thus cause lot of inconvenience to general public.
While expressing satisfaction over the reply and clarification by the Reserve Bank of India in this regard, Raman Sharma the applicant thanked the RBI and urged the people not to believe hearsay and in case any bank refuse to accept their hard earned money with written something on it just fight for the right , however he also appealed the people not to deliberately deface the currency notes as it may create difficulty in identifying the genuineness of the legal currency notes because with scribbling and writing on them hides very important security features of the currency notes.
Many private and public sector banks have even pasted notices cautioning the account holders that writing anything on bank notes is a criminal offence and such notes shall not be accepted in their bank branches.
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Samba Police Deactivates its Defunct Website
CM Secretariat’s Directive Compels Samba Police to Deactivate its Defunct Website
Jammu, 21/May/2017: Following Complaint of a citizen and then after communication from the chief minister’s secretariat, the Samba Police finally compelled to deactivate its official website that was serving obsolete information to the citizens for years together. On 10th of this month, Jammu resident Raman Sharma had filed a complaint with the Chief Minister Grievance Cell complaining that the official website of Samba Police ‘Samabpolic.gov.in’ was serving obsolete information to the citizens and the visitors of the website.
In his Complaint through JK CM grievance Cell (66498), the complainant had submitted “The clock and calendar of district Police Samba perhaps not moving with the Indian Standard Time and Calendar Years and this is the reason that even till date their website is informing people that Sh. Ashok Parsad , IPS is Director General of State Police, moreover the picture of the former DGP of the state is also published there prominently along with former IGP Jammu, former DIG Jammu Kathua Samba Range, even the photo of former SSP Samba along with his name is mentioned and shown as incumbent SSP in the website.”
The complainant had also questioned the digitalization and modernization of records in the state police when the government of India and the state government were spending million of rupees for it. He had also demanded a probe to identify the negligent officers of the Samba police who did not updated the contents of the website after year 2013.
Taking cognizance of Raman’s complaint, the CM secretariat on 18/May/2017 forwarded the complaint to SSP Samba to dispose of it an earliest and thus finally the district police deactivated its websites perhaps to undertake necessary upgradation of the content and information.
http://jkrtiact.blogspot.in/2017/05/samba-police-website-defunct-since-last.html
http://jkrtiact.blogspot.in/2017/05/samba-police-website-defunct-since-last.html
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Activists Appeal JKPSC to Expedite RTI Replies
Jammu, 11/May/2017: Concerned over the difficulties faced by the candidates due to delay in getting information under Right to Information Act from Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC), today a joint appeal has been made by activists and lawyers to the government and the JKPSC to expedite the process of furnishing RTI replies to the applicants wherein candidates demand copies of their answer keys, merit list or any other information related to exam and declared results.
Citing the example of recently declared result of KAS-2017(Prelim) wherein several candidates being not satisfied with the result have filed RTI applications to the JKPSC and asked for certified copies of their exam answer scripts and other allied information but unfortunately the JKPSC has not been able to respond to their applications expeditiously but waiting for upper time limit of 30 days to respond to their applications.
In the joint appeal endorsed by RTI activists Deepak Sharma , Raman Sharma and Advocates of J & K High court Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed, Vilakshan Singh, Hunar Gupta and Dewaker Sharma they demanded that in such cases where the question of one’s future is attached, the officers should show some sanity and furnish the information without delaying tactics.
Referring section 7 (1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Right to information act 2009 , the activists plea stated that it’s amply clear in the law that the information should be provided to an information seeker at an earliest and 30 days time is the maximum limit.
They also quoted the verbatim of the law, “...the PIO on receipt of a request unders section 6 shall expeditiously as possible but in any case 30 days...” and urged that PIOs should understand the law in perspective and provide the information expeditiously.
Sample RTI APLICATION FOR JKPSC :
http://jkrtiact.blogspot.in/2013/10/sample-rti-application-for-jkpsc.html
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Samba Police Website Defunct Since Last 4 Years
Complaint filed Against Samba Police for Publishing
Obsolete Information on its Website
Jammu,
10/May/2017: A complaint against district police Samba is presented
before the Chief Minister, Mehbooba
Mufti for serving obsolete information
to the citizens through their official
website “ Sambapolice.gov.in” .
In the complaint, submitted through online portal popularly
known as CM grievance cell, (No: 66498) by a Jammu resident and RTI activist
Raman Sharma it is being submitted that the samba police website is showing
Ashok Parsad , IPS as Director General of State Police and his photo is also
published along with former IGP Jammu,
former DIG Jammu-Kathua-Samba Range, even the photo of former SSP Samba along
with his name is mentioned and shown as incumbent SSP in the website. Whereas
there is no mentioning of name or photo of factual incumbent officers.
Expressing displeasure over the out
dated information served to the people through district police website , the complainant has submitted “It is
really very unfortunate that on one side the Union government of India and even the state
government of Jammu and Kashmir is
taking various measures for digitalization and modernization of our police
force and spending crores of rupees for computerization of records but on the
other hand there are some people who defying it with impunity”.
Sharma has also alleged that obsolete
information published in the website reveals that the website has not been
updated for years as no officer of the district police ever took pain to update the information on their
official website.
Demanding inquiry in the negligent
act, he has urged the CM to order a high level probe to identify the delinquent
officers/official and direct the officers to immediately update the webpage. Snapshot
of the webpage http://sambapolice.gov.in/ have also been attached with the prayer to the Chief Minister.
Anticipating any revengeful action
from any inattentive officer whose negligence and incompetency is being exposed
in the petition, in his complaint to the CM, the petitioner have made it clear
that he should not be unnecessarily harassed for highlighting this negligence
of the police department.
It is pertinent to mention here in
the website it is clearly mentioned that it was last updated 4 years ago on
09/Dec/2013.
ON 18/May 2017 CM's Secretariat forwards Complaint to SSP Samba and then this Website goes off, deactivated.
CM Secretariat’s Directive Compels Samba Police to Deactivate its Defunct Website
Jammu, 21/May/2017: Following Complaint of a citizen and then after communication from the chief minister’s secretariat, the Samba Police finally compelled to deactivate its official website that was serving obsolete information to the citizens for years together. On 10th of this month, Jammu resident Raman Sharma had filed a complaint with the Chief Minister Grievance Cell complaining that the official website of Samba Police ‘Samabpolic.gov.in’ was serving obsolete information to the citizens and the visitors of the website.
In his Complaint through JK CM grievance Cell (66498), the complainant had submitted “The clock and calendar of district Police Samba perhaps not moving with the Indian Standard Time and Calendar Years and this is the reason that even till date their website is informing people that Sh. Ashok Parsad , IPS is Director General of State Police, moreover the picture of the former DGP of the state is also published there prominently along with former IGP Jammu, former DIG Jammu Kathua Samba Range, even the photo of former SSP Samba along with his name is mentioned and shown as incumbent SSP in the website.”
The complainant had also questioned the digitalization and modernization of records in the state police when the government of India and the state government were spending million of rupees for it. He had also demanded a probe to identify the negligent officers of the Samba police who did not updated the contents of the website after year 2013.
Taking cognizance of Raman’s complaint, the CM secretariat on 18/May/2017 forwarded the complaint to SSP Samba to dispose of it an earliest and thus finally the district police deactivated its websites perhaps to undertake necessary upgradation of the content and information.
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Email IDs OF Journalists Cannot be Shared Under RTI: PIB
PIB Denies
Sharing Email Ids of Journalists under RTI
Jammu, 03/May/2017: Raising a legal debate, Press Information
Bureau (PIB), the nodal agency of the Government of India to disseminate information
to the print and electronic media on government policies and programmes has
refused to share information under RTI act about email ids of Journalists
available with it.
In response to an online RTI
application of Raman Sharma a resident of Jammu , Nidhi Pandey, Central Public
Information Officer and Additional
Director General of Press Information Bureau refused to share information
wherein the applicant had sought information
about the email ids of accredited journalists. Citing email ids of journalists
as ‘Third Party information’, the senior
officer of the PIB denied sharing information with the information seeker. However the Press Information Bureau provided
a general list depicting name, their organization and category of the 2333
journalists accredited with the Bureau.
The denial of sharing email ids of
accredited journalists under RTI Act claiming it as ‘Third Party’ information
instigates a legal debate because as per section 11 of the Right to Information
Act 2005, Third Party information
is, “ the information or record which relates to or
has been supplied by a third and has been treated as confidential by that third
party “.
The applicant, Raman Sharma in his
reaction to the denial of sharing email ids of accredited journalists by the
CPIO said he would seek legal opinion in
this regard and if required, a review
appeal before the appellate authority shall be submitted within next few days.
However Sharma refused to attach any motive or prejudice on part of CPIO or the Press Information Bureau in
denying information and said it is a question of law and the CPIO reserves the
right to deny information which she believes is not giveable under the
provisions of the RTI Law.
Published in The News Now, Kashmir Times
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Friday, April 28, 2017
IMPA Organizes RTI Training Program for Senior Officers
29 Senior Officers Trained Including FAAs & PIOs Trained
Jammu, 28/April/2017: To
familiarize senior officers of the state government about the Right to
Information Law, JKIMPA, Jammu and
Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development organized
3-Days training program on Right to
Information Act under the coordinatorship of Dr. Sunita Zalpuri Kaul, Professor
and head of center for good governance and administrative reforms.
The senior officers including designated
Public Information officers and first appellate authority (officers) belonging
to department of Social Welfare,
Agriculture, Police, engineering health and Education department attended the
training program.
In continuation of the training program,
on 2nd day, the participants
were also provided opportunity to attend one day seminar on Right to
Information Act, organized by the J & K State Information Commission,
inaugurated by Chief Secretary, B R Sharma and attended by Chief Information Commissioner
(CIC) J&K, Khurshid A Ganai and G R Sufi former Chief Information
Commissioner.
Guest faculty including Senior
advocate DC Raina also interacted with the participants and apprised the trainees
about the latest court rulings about the RTI law whereas Raman Sharma, RTI
practitioner through power point gave a detailed presentation and shared his
experiences about the RTI Act and also replied queries of the senior officers. Dr. Mahesh Kaul and Dr Vivek consultants of
the JKIMPA also remained present during the program.
Dr. Sunita Zalpuri
Kaul, course director and Riyaz Ahmad Shah, Financial Adviser of JKIMPA awarded
certificates to participants and asked officers to follow the proper
procedure in dealing with RTI pleas.
http://www.earlytimes.in/m/newsdet.aspx?q=201787
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Terrorism in J & K Claimed over 40,000 Lives
Since 1990’s Cycle of
Violence in J & K
Over 40,000 Lost their Lives in Terror Attacks
Jammu, 29/April/2017:As
per latest data released by the union ministry of home affairs it has been
disclosed that over forty thousand human lives have been lost in terror attacks
in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir state right from year 1990 to
31/March/2017 and during the same period over 13000 security personals have
also been injured in such incidents.
The reply has come to fore
in response to an online RTI plea of Jammu resident Raman Sharma, wherein vide
his application dated 26/02/2017, he had asked the CPIO of Ministry of Home
Affairs to divulge information related to loss of human lives and damage caused
to properties belonging to civilians in terror related attacks in Jammu and
Kashmir state.
In her reply dated 17th
April/2017, Deputy Secretary cum Chief Public Information Officer of the home
ministry has provided the records of 28 years which reveals that right from
year 1990 to 31st March 2017, 40,961 humans have lost their lives in
different terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir state including innocent
civilians, brave soldiers and dreaded terrorists. It’s been informed that 13941 Civilians and five thousand fifty five
Security personals sacrificed their lives whereas 21,965 terrorists have also
been neutralized.
During the last 28 years,
13502 soldiers have also been injured fighting with the terrorists. However
skipping some queries, the MHA asked the applicant to ask information related
to other queries including loss and damage of property from the Jammu and
Kashmir state government as this data was not available with the union
government.
The data compiled by the
information seeker further reveals that year 2001 witnessed the most violent
era, wherein 3552 people lost their lives comprising 996 civilians, 536 security
personals and 2020 terrorists besides injuries to 1587 security force personals
however the maximum number of civilians were killed in year 1996 which claimed
1341 lives followed by year 1995 where 1031 civilians sacrificed their lives .
After
year 2006, there had been a steep decline in the terror related causalities
till 2012 which can be said as the most peaceful year in the last 3 decades, in
year 2012 there were only 102 causalities including fifteen Civilians, 15
Security Personals and 72 terrorists, only 65 security men received injuries while fighting with terrorists. From 2013 onward there
is a vertical rise in the killings due to terror attacks and last year’s
killings in terror attacks is more than double that of year 2012, total 247
people lost their lives in 2016 including 15 civilians, 82 security men and 150
terrorists. Till 31st march of this year, 52 lives have been lost so
far comprising 5 civilians, 12 armed force personals and 35 terrorists.
Data Analyzed
Sought Information
1. Intimate Year wise number of terror related Blasts-Gun
Fire incident happened in State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period
01/Jan/1990 to till date.
2. Intimate year wise number of civilians being killed in Terror related incidents in state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.
3. Intimate Year wise number of male/female and children below the age of 14 being killed in terror related incidents in state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.
4. Intimate Year wise number of male/female and children below the age of 14 being wounded/injured in terror related incidents in state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.
5. Intimate Year wise number of terrorists killed in state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.
6. Total year wise number of army-men and other members of the security agencies got killed in the terror related incidents in the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.
7. Total year-wise number of army-men and other members of the security agencies who are injured/wounded in the terror related incidents in the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.
8. Year wise detail of amount property belonging to civilians and government established being destroyed in terror related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir during the above said period.
9. Intimate year wise number of citizens/families who were forced to migrate from their place of residence due to militancy in the state since 01/Jan/1990 to till date.
........................................................................................................
Published in Greater Kashmir, Early Times, Hindustan Times, Mumbai Mirror, Bangalore Mirror, DNA, Jounrey Line, The News Now, The Tribune, Kashmir Times e.t.c
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.......................................................................................................
ZEE NEWS:
कश्मीर में साल 1990 से 9 अप्रैल 2017 तक हिंसा में 40,000 से ज्यादा जानें गईं
नई दिल्ली: जम्मू कश्मीर में जारी अलगाववादी हिंसा के दौरान पिछले तीन दशक में 40 हजार से ज्यादा जानें जा चुकी हैं. साल 1990 से 9 अप्रैल 2017 तक की अवधि में मौत के शिकार हुए इन लोगों में स्थानीय नागरिक, सुरक्षा बल के जवान और आतंकवादी शामिल हैं. कश्मीर में हिंसा को लेकर एक आरटीआई के जवाब में गृह मंत्रालय की ओर से जारी ताजा आंकड़ों के मुताबिक पिछले 27 सालों में अब तक राज्य में आतंकवादी गतिविधियों और आतंकवाद विरोधी अभियानों में 40961 लोग मारे गए हैं. जबकि 1990 से 31 मार्च 2017 तक की अवधि में घायल हुए सुरक्षाबल के जवानों की संख्या 13 हजार से अधिक हो गई है.
मंत्रालय की उपसचिव और मुख्य सूचना अधिकारी सुलेखा द्वारा आरटीआई के जवाब में स्थानीय नागरिकों, आतंकवादियों और सुरक्षा बल के जवानों की मौत का 1990 से अब तक का हर साल का आंकड़ा जारी किया है. आंकड़ों के मुताबिक राज्य में बीते तीन दशक की हिंसा के दौरान मारे गए लोगों में 5055 सुरक्षा बल के जवानों की शहादत भी शामिल हैं. जबकि 13502 सैनिक घायल हुए. राज्य में जारी इस आतंकी हिंसा के दौरान स्थानीय नागरिकों की मौत का आंकड़ा 13941 तक पहुंच गया है. आंकड़ों के मुताबिक आतंकी हिंसा के शिकार हुए लोगों में सबसे ज्यादा 21965 मौतें आतंकवादियों की हुई है. आरटीआई में मंत्रालय ने कश्मीर की आतंकवादी हिंसा में संपत्ति को हुये नुकसान की जानकारी देने से इनकार कर दिया. मंत्रालय ने इस बारे में कोई आधिकारिक आंकड़ा नहीं होने के कारण जम्मू निवासी आरटीआई आवेदक रमन शर्मा से जम्मू कश्मीर सरकार से यह जानकारी मांगने को कहा है.
आंकड़ों के विश्लेषण में स्पष्ट होता है कि तीन दशक के हिंसक दौर में मौत के लिहाज से साल 2001 सर्वाधिक हिंसक वर्ष रहा. इस साल हुई 3552 मौत की घटनाओं में 996 स्थानीय लोग और 2020 आतंकवादी मारे गए. जबकि सुरक्षा बल के 536 जवान शहीद हुए. हालांकि स्थानीय नागरिकों की सबसे ज्यादा मौत (1341) साल 1996 में हुई. आंकड़ों के मुताबिक साल 2001 में आतंकवादी हिंसा से जानमाल को सर्वाधिक नुकसान होने के बाद साल 2003 से इसमें लगातार गिरावट दर्ज की गई है. साल 2003 में 795 स्थानीय नागरिकों और 1494 आतंकवादियों की मौत के अलावा 341 सुरक्षा बल के जवान शहीद हुए. इसके बाद साल 2008 से स्थानीय नागरिकों और सुरक्षा बल के जवानों की मौत का आंकड़ा दो अंकों में सिमट गया है. साल 2010 से साल 2016 तक स्थानीय नागरिकों की मौत का आंकड़ा 47 से गिरकर 15 तक आ गया है.
इसके उलट इस अवधि में शहीद हुए सुरक्षा बल के जवानों की संख्या में बढ़ोतरी दर्ज की गई। इस दौरान शहीद हुए सुरक्षा बल के जवानों की संख्या 69 से बढ़कर साल 2016 में 82 तक पहुंच गई. हालांकि साल 2017 में 9 अप्रैल तक 5 स्थानीय नागरिक और 35 आतंकवादी मारे गए. जबकि सुरक्षा बल के 12 जवान शहीद हुए हैं. वहीं इस साल 31 मार्च तक सुरक्षा बल के 219 जवान घायल हो चुके हैं. गत 9 अप्रैल को श्रीनगर लोकसभा क्षेत्र के उपचुनाव के बाद कश्मीर घाटी में अलगाववादी हिंसा तेजी से भड़की है. इसे रोकने के लिए राज्य में सुरक्षा बलों का अभियान जारी है.http://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/over-40000-lost-lives-since-1990-in-terror-attacks-in-jk/325775
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)