This Blog is Common platform of published and for publishing news, views and latest reports and data 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.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
JK HIGH COURT REPLY ON ADVOCATES LICENSES
Raman Sharma, the RTI activist is a journalist by profession, associated with credible newspapers and magazines published from J & K. His writings include articles on the subject like Transparency and Accountability particularly focusing on Right to Information Act in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also successfully completed a Certificate Course in RTI initiated by Centre for Good governance, Hyderabad In collaboration with the Department of Personal and Training. Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India. On the invitation of Jammu University, he has also delivered guest lectures on RTI to educate college students of different colleges of Jammu region . Sharma along with his other colleagues have also been accompanied and served as resource person with the faculty members of JK Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (J K IMPA) for imparting and conducting RTI Training programs for District Officers and Public Information Officers in different districts of Jammu region. He can also be reached at JKRTIACT@GMAIL.COM Mobile: 9796811012, 9086232994.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019
IMPA Concludes series of Training Programs for ULB Members
Series of Training
programs for newly elected ULB members Concludes
Jammu, 09/Jan/2019; Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management and
Public Administration, JKIMPA under the
supervision of Prof Reva Sharma, Director Training Jammu today successfully concluded
its series of foundation training program for newly elected urban local body members including
corporators of Jammu Municipal
Corporations. In the last batch ward members from Katra, Reasi, Rajouri and
Thanamandi Urban Local bodies attended the training program.
In Jammu, around 400 ULB members in
11 batches representing all municipal committees and councils attended
the training program between 03 DEC 2018 TO 09 JAN 2019 at Sidhra Camp of
JKIMPA.
During the training program, the
elected representatives of local bodies were familiarized about J and K
municipal act 2000, role and responsibilities of elected members, effective
leadership, resource mobilization and municipal financial accounting. They were
also Informed about basic civil rights like RTI Act and practical online
training modules.
Besides Prof Reva other faculty
members of the IMPA including Dr. Neena Bhalla, Manju Kapoor, Dr Ruchi Gupta and guest
faculties comprising Hari Har Dutt, former director planning, Er Marvi Gupta, Zafar
Iqbal, State Nodal Officer for solid and liquid waste management Raman Sharma,
Journalist and social activist and others also interacted with the participating
elected representatives and replied their queries during different
interactional slots. All the participants were also awarded certificates by the
IMPA authorities. All these training
programs for ULB members in the IMPA campuses in Kashmir and Jammu were supported by the Housing and Urban
development department.
Raman Sharma, the RTI activist is a journalist by profession, associated with credible newspapers and magazines published from J & K. His writings include articles on the subject like Transparency and Accountability particularly focusing on Right to Information Act in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also successfully completed a Certificate Course in RTI initiated by Centre for Good governance, Hyderabad In collaboration with the Department of Personal and Training. Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India. On the invitation of Jammu University, he has also delivered guest lectures on RTI to educate college students of different colleges of Jammu region . Sharma along with his other colleagues have also been accompanied and served as resource person with the faculty members of JK Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (J K IMPA) for imparting and conducting RTI Training programs for District Officers and Public Information Officers in different districts of Jammu region. He can also be reached at JKRTIACT@GMAIL.COM Mobile: 9796811012, 9086232994.
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Friday, January 4, 2019
Activists demand Justice for deceased Student of Jammu University
Activists Demand
Justice for Family of Deceased Law Student of JU
Jammu, 04/Jan/2019; In a joint appeal to the governor Satyapal
Malik who also happens to be the chancellor of Jammu University, civil society
members including Legal professionals and civil rights activists has asked
governor Satyapal Malik and Vice Chancellor of the Jammu University to
immediately intervene and ensure disbursement of insurance claim to the family
of deceased Abhishek Kohli who was student of law department of the university
and unfortunately met with road accident in 2017.
As per university norms, every student at the time of
his/her admission the university is given an insurance cover of Rs.
2, 80000 at a premium of Rs. 100 for accidental death and total
disablement, this premium amount was also paid by Abhishek Kohli when he
had taken admission in the university in Aug 2017 but unfortunately his parents
did not get the insurance claim for over a year now due to the negligence of
some university officials who not only misguided Rajesh Kohli father of the
deceased student but allegedly also demanded bribe for disbursement of the
insurance claim. It is pertinent to mention here that Rajesh Kohli is also
partially disable.
The appeal seeking justice for deceased student is endorsed by
RTI Activists Raman Sharma, Deepak Sharma, Dewaker Sharma and Hunar Gupta
advocates of the J and K High Court, Munish Sharma and Harasis Singh of the
save my Tawi Campaign, Balvider Singh Convener of Sangarsh RTI Movement
and Parveen Sharma an educationist and Chairman of Public Opinion Forum,
they also demanded immediate arrest of the driver who had killed
Abhishek Kohli in 2017 in road accident.
Raman Sharma, the RTI activist is a journalist by profession, associated with credible newspapers and magazines published from J & K. His writings include articles on the subject like Transparency and Accountability particularly focusing on Right to Information Act in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also successfully completed a Certificate Course in RTI initiated by Centre for Good governance, Hyderabad In collaboration with the Department of Personal and Training. Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India. On the invitation of Jammu University, he has also delivered guest lectures on RTI to educate college students of different colleges of Jammu region . Sharma along with his other colleagues have also been accompanied and served as resource person with the faculty members of JK Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (J K IMPA) for imparting and conducting RTI Training programs for District Officers and Public Information Officers in different districts of Jammu region. He can also be reached at JKRTIACT@GMAIL.COM Mobile: 9796811012, 9086232994.
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Thursday, December 27, 2018
IMPA Organizes Training program for Representatives of Urban Local Bodies
IMPA Organizes Training program for Representatives of Urban Local Bodies
26/12/2018: In continuation of its series of training programs for newly elected members of urban local bodies, Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management and Public Administeation,JKIMPA supported by department of housing and urban development conducted training program including over 50 elected members of municipal committees and councils of border areas like, Journian, Akhnoor, Khour, Ghoumanhasa and Kalakote.
The content and course material of the training programs is being conceptualise by Prof Reva Sharma, Director Trainings JKIMPA, Jammu and conducted under her guidance.
The objective of the training is to impart skills and enhancing knowledge of these elected members to enable them to discharge their duties and responsibilities leading to the effective functioning of these basic democratic units.
During the three days training from 24 to 26 Dec, In house subject experts and faculty members including Dr Neena Bhalla, Associate Professor, Manju Kapoor, Dr Ruchi Gupta and Guest faculty including Hari Har Dutt, a former senior officer of planning department, Zafar Iqbal, State Nodal Officer for solid and liquid waste management, Raman Sharma Journalist and RTI Practitioner and RK Gupta Administrative officer(Rtd), Urban Local bodies.
On the concluding day, the participating elected representatives were also awarded certificates by Prof Reva Sharma, Director Training, Jammu(JKIMPA).
Raman Sharma, the RTI activist is a journalist by profession, associated with credible newspapers and magazines published from J & K. His writings include articles on the subject like Transparency and Accountability particularly focusing on Right to Information Act in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also successfully completed a Certificate Course in RTI initiated by Centre for Good governance, Hyderabad In collaboration with the Department of Personal and Training. Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India. On the invitation of Jammu University, he has also delivered guest lectures on RTI to educate college students of different colleges of Jammu region . Sharma along with his other colleagues have also been accompanied and served as resource person with the faculty members of JK Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (J K IMPA) for imparting and conducting RTI Training programs for District Officers and Public Information Officers in different districts of Jammu region. He can also be reached at JKRTIACT@GMAIL.COM Mobile: 9796811012, 9086232994.
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Sunday, December 16, 2018
Activists Welcome Landmark Legislations by SAC
Jammu, 15/Dec/2018; Civil rights activists from Jammu including legal professionals welcomed the recent landmark legislations enacted by the State Administrative Council headed by governor Satypal Malik including amendment in the Ranbir Penal Code whereby specific offences under section 354 E is being inserted to provide for the offence of ‘Sextortion’ and also to enact legislation for establishment of first ever Real Estate Regulatory Authority in the state and to amend the Transplantation of Human organ law.
In a joint statement RTI activist including Raman Sharma, Deepak Sharma, Dewaker Sharma and Hunar Gupta advocates of the J and K High Court, Balvinder Singh of Sangarsh RTI Movement, Munish Sharma and Harasis Singh of Save My Tawi Campaign congratulated the governor and his advisors for the recent chain of bold decisions taken in State Administrative Council. They said that amendment in the RPC to include sextortion makes the Jammu and Kashmir as the 1ststate to have this pro women special bylaw. The activists also lauded the governor for repealing the Roshni scheme that was virtually being used as a license to legalise the grabbed government land by the mafias under the patronage of very senior political functionaries of different parties and that caused loss of billions of rupees to the state exchequer.
Raman Sharma, the RTI activist is a journalist by profession, associated with credible newspapers and magazines published from J & K. His writings include articles on the subject like Transparency and Accountability particularly focusing on Right to Information Act in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also successfully completed a Certificate Course in RTI initiated by Centre for Good governance, Hyderabad In collaboration with the Department of Personal and Training. Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India. On the invitation of Jammu University, he has also delivered guest lectures on RTI to educate college students of different colleges of Jammu region . Sharma along with his other colleagues have also been accompanied and served as resource person with the faculty members of JK Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (J K IMPA) for imparting and conducting RTI Training programs for District Officers and Public Information Officers in different districts of Jammu region. He can also be reached at JKRTIACT@GMAIL.COM Mobile: 9796811012, 9086232994.
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Monday, December 10, 2018
MHA Cuts Corners for BADP Funding as J & K govt fails to submit Utilization Certificates
MHA Curtails BADP Funding as J & K govt fails to
submit Utilization Certificates on Time
Jammu, 10/12/2018; Call it callousness of the
concerned officers of the Jammu and
Kashmir government or the misfortune of the people living in borders areas of
the state but the fact is that these people who brave the bullets are always deprived of their legitimate
rights.
In a shocking revelation made under RTI Act it
has come to fore that J & K government has
failed to submit utilization certificates under Border Area Development
Program, BAPD amounting rupees 83.64 Crores to the union ministry of home affairs that has compelled the union
government to curtail the subsequent funding under BAPD.
The information received
under RTI Act by Raman Sharma a resident of Jammu from Border Management
Department of Union Home Ministry and BAPD Cell of Planning Development and
Monitoring Department of Jammu and Kashmir government, it’s been exposed that
utilization certificates worth Rs 83.64 are awaited since financial year
2015-16.
In his application under
RTI, Sharma had sought year wise details regarding funds demanded by the J
& K government under BAPD from union home ministry since FY 2010-11 and the
funds released by MHA.
During the period 2010-11 to
2018-19 government of India has provided Rs 1227.94 crores under BAPD to the
state government of Jammu and Kashmir for the welfare of the border residents.
Unfortunately, failure of
the Babus in submitting utilizations certificates well in time has deprived the
state government in getting its due share because as per the guidelines of this
BAPD scheme, funds are released to the states in two instalments and the
funding for the subsequent year is based on the confirmation of expenditure and
receipt of approved list of schemes and the 1st instalment of 90
percent of the allocation of the state is released only after submission of
Utilization Certificates for the amount released in the previous years except
the preceding year.
In the BAPD scheme is it
specifically mentioned that if there is any shortfall in furnishing the UCs for
the amount released during the previous years, except for the same year, the
same amount is deducted in the time of release of the 1st
instalment.
Unfortunately even being
aware of all these straight and transparent
guidelines to avail funds under the BAPD, the concerned officers of the
state government failed to submit expenditure details well in time and this is
the reason that during the last 7 financial years, right form 2010-11 to
2017-18 on several occasion, the MHA has curtailed the funds in comparison what
is asked by the state government.
In year 2014-15, the state
government had made a demand of rupees 128 crore whereas only Rs 115.20 crores
were released, similarly in 2015-16 there was shortfall of Rs 8.68 crores
between released and demanded amount,
the asked amount was Rs 138.79 crore and released amount stood at Rs. 130.11
Cr.
The financial year 2017-18
witnessed the maximum curtailment of over 19 percent funds as the demanded
amount by the state government of Jammu and Kashmir was Rs. 247.65 Crores and
the released amount was just 198.89 crores means a clear shortfall of Rs. 47.74
crores.
During the current financial
year 2018-19 also there is a gap between what amount is demanded and what’s
released by the MHA, though yet one full quarter of the financial year is left,
this year the asked amount is Rs 93.33 crores and the released amount as on
date is Rs 69.79 crores.
Commenting on the exposure
under RTI, the information seeker said he would file a submission to the
governor and chief secretary of the state to make senior officers accountable
so that state government gets its share well in time under BADP and the officers
submit the utilization certificates with the union home ministry well in time.
Raman Sharma, the RTI activist is a journalist by profession, associated with credible newspapers and magazines published from J & K. His writings include articles on the subject like Transparency and Accountability particularly focusing on Right to Information Act in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also successfully completed a Certificate Course in RTI initiated by Centre for Good governance, Hyderabad In collaboration with the Department of Personal and Training. Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India. On the invitation of Jammu University, he has also delivered guest lectures on RTI to educate college students of different colleges of Jammu region . Sharma along with his other colleagues have also been accompanied and served as resource person with the faculty members of JK Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (J K IMPA) for imparting and conducting RTI Training programs for District Officers and Public Information Officers in different districts of Jammu region. He can also be reached at JKRTIACT@GMAIL.COM Mobile: 9796811012, 9086232994.
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IMPA Organizes Training Program on Leadership Skills for Senior Officers
Jammu, 07/Dec/2018; Jammu and Kashmir
Institute of Management and Public Administration organized 3 days training
program here in Jammu campus on leadership skills for higher and middle level
administrators under the coordination of Prof Sunita Zalpuri Kaul, Course
director and Head of Centre for good governance, JKIMPA.
Participants including senior officers from
the Health, Medical Education and School Education department attended the
course. The primary focus of this course was to develop the self awareness and
increase personal leadership fluency of the participants and to make them
understand the critical responsibilities as a leader and to create leadership
strategies that yield higher level of performance from their subordinates and
staff team.
Sessions topics included basic concept of
leadership and theories and styles, making positive changes and change
management, becoming resilient leader, team building and collaboration skills
and leadership and transparency with special reference to the civil rights law
including RTI, Public service guarantee act.
Besides course director Prof Sunita Zalpuri
Kaul guest faculty included Prof Jaya Bhasin of Central University of Jammu and
Raman Sharma, RTI Practitioner also interacted with the participants and
delivered lectures on respective subjects, topics. On concluding day after completion of the training program the
participating officers were also provided certificates of participation by the
IMPA administration.
Raman Sharma, the RTI activist is a journalist by profession, associated with credible newspapers and magazines published from J & K. His writings include articles on the subject like Transparency and Accountability particularly focusing on Right to Information Act in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also successfully completed a Certificate Course in RTI initiated by Centre for Good governance, Hyderabad In collaboration with the Department of Personal and Training. Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India. On the invitation of Jammu University, he has also delivered guest lectures on RTI to educate college students of different colleges of Jammu region . Sharma along with his other colleagues have also been accompanied and served as resource person with the faculty members of JK Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (J K IMPA) for imparting and conducting RTI Training programs for District Officers and Public Information Officers in different districts of Jammu region. He can also be reached at JKRTIACT@GMAIL.COM Mobile: 9796811012, 9086232994.
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Sunday, October 28, 2018
Prof Reva Inaugurates Certificate Course on Social Audit at IMPA
Jammu, 27/Oct/2018; For capacity building and sensitizing the district social audit coordinators, Prof Reva Sharma, Director Trainings at Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management and Public Administration formally inaugurated One month certificate course in social accountability and social audit here in Jammu campus of JKIMPA.
Over 16 participants belonging to rural and remote districts including Ladakh, Doda, Rajouri, Samba, Reasi and different blocks of Kashmir region are undergoing this prestigious one month certificate course sponsored by union ministry of Rural development and Panchayti Raj, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayats and certified by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. During the inaugural session besides Prof Reva under whose overall supervision the course is administered, Javed Ahmed, Course Coordinator, Dr Ruchi Gupta faculty and master trainers for social auditing programs and guest faculty RTI Practitioner Raman Sharma were present.
During interaction with the participants, director trainings asked the participants to concentrate on every session and feel comfortable in raising their queries before the faculty and subject experts. In this one month certificate course the participants would be provided practical training and course material and literature on different subjects related to social audit. They would also be provided basic knowledge of social laws related to common people like RTI, Public Service Guarantee Act, Panchayati Raj Act and other financial codes and rules.
Raman Sharma, the RTI activist is a journalist by profession, associated with credible newspapers and magazines published from J & K. His writings include articles on the subject like Transparency and Accountability particularly focusing on Right to Information Act in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also successfully completed a Certificate Course in RTI initiated by Centre for Good governance, Hyderabad In collaboration with the Department of Personal and Training. Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India. On the invitation of Jammu University, he has also delivered guest lectures on RTI to educate college students of different colleges of Jammu region . Sharma along with his other colleagues have also been accompanied and served as resource person with the faculty members of JK Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (J K IMPA) for imparting and conducting RTI Training programs for District Officers and Public Information Officers in different districts of Jammu region. He can also be reached at JKRTIACT@GMAIL.COM Mobile: 9796811012, 9086232994.
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Saturday, September 29, 2018
2855 Incidents of Cross Border Firing from Pakistan Claimed 109 Lives, 565 Injured in Less than 3 years
2855 Incidents
of Cross Border Firing from Pakistan Claimed
109 Lives, 565 Injured in Less than 3
years
JAMMU,
29 SEP 2018 ; In less than three years, confrontations , including cease fire violation and cross border firing
incidents by Pakistan at International border and Line of Control in Jammu and
Kashmir have claimed over 109 lives of Indians including civilians and security
force personals.
In the same period over 565
civilians and Indian security force personals got injured in these cross border
hostilities.
The information provided by Kashmir
desk of Union home ministry in response to an RTI application of information
seeker Raman Sharma of Jammu reveals that as compared to previous 2 years, 2018 witnessed maximum number of cease fire
violation and cross border firing incidents from Pakistan both at International
border and on LoC in J and K State and 1435 cases reported alone in year 2018
till July which is maximum as compared to data of year 2016 and 2017. In year
2016 number of ceasefire violations reported were 449 [ 228 at LoC, 221 at IB]
and in year 2017 the number reached 971 [ 860 at LoC and 111 at IB].
Those who got martyred in
the cross border shelling incidents include 56 security force personals and 53 other civilian residents, maximum 28 civilians got martyred in 2018. These
border confrontations also caused injuries to 565 Indians including 302
civilians and 263 security force personals.
It is pertinent to mention
here that in Jammu and Kashmir state, the International border between India
and Pakistan is guarded by BSF and LoC by Indian Army. In comparison to last 2
years the year 2018 caused maximum loss not only to civilian population but BSF
also lost it’s 12 soldiers and 47 others received injuries during
confrontations at International border whereas in 2016 and 2017 collectively
this border force lost it’s 9 brave men and
39 others got injured.
This 2 page RTI Information
is released, duly signed by Director S-JK, Kashmir desk of union home ministry
vide their office letter no. 13030/2/2018-K.II dated 31/08/2018.
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Raman Sharma, the RTI activist is a journalist by profession, associated with credible newspapers and magazines published from J & K. His writings include articles on the subject like Transparency and Accountability particularly focusing on Right to Information Act in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also successfully completed a Certificate Course in RTI initiated by Centre for Good governance, Hyderabad In collaboration with the Department of Personal and Training. Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India. On the invitation of Jammu University, he has also delivered guest lectures on RTI to educate college students of different colleges of Jammu region . Sharma along with his other colleagues have also been accompanied and served as resource person with the faculty members of JK Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (J K IMPA) for imparting and conducting RTI Training programs for District Officers and Public Information Officers in different districts of Jammu region. He can also be reached at JKRTIACT@GMAIL.COM Mobile: 9796811012, 9086232994.
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