----------------------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED, The time is come for the people of Goa to ORGANISE not AGONISE !! ---------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Right To Information Week from 12th to 18th October ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACAN) will observe a Right To Information Week from 12th to 18th October. The week long program being organised on the occasion of the first anniversary of the enactment of the Right To Information Act 2005 seeks to address the need for awareness on RTI as well as to petition the Goa Govt. to fulfill its duties with respect to the Act.
GOACAN will highlight the demands such as the Goa Govt.print and sell the Act in English and the vernacular languages for an affordable price. Presently the copies of the RTI Act printed by the Goa Govt. costs Rs.44/- while the same is available in Maharashtra in English for Rs.2/ and in Marathi for Rs. 5/- The Govt. increases training sessions for its officials on the administration of the RTI Act especially the Village Panchayat Secretaries and Head Clerks of various Departments. The Govt. creates a user friendly method of accepting the application fee of Rs.10/- either through cash or affixing a Court Fee stamp on the application. The Govt. publishes a comprehensive list of the PIO's, APIO's and the Appellate Authorities in the newspapers in the form of advertisements & flyers. The Govt. publicizes the salient features of the Act through Adverts.on Hoardings & Cable TV and wall painting at Bus Stands, Primary Health Centres, Police Stations, offices of Mamlatdars & District Collectors and all village Panchayats & Municipal Councils. The Govt. must enforce the compulsory display of boards stating the PIO's of all the Depts.,Corporations and Agencies & Institutions receiving substantial funds from the Govt. During the week GOACAN will network with the village based Consumer Forums to promote awareness on the Right To Information Act in the local area. Consumer Forum activists will organise "phone in's" with the various Heads of Departments and Central Govt. offices operating in Goa to verify whether the RTI procedures are being followed. In order to draw public and media attention to the use of RTI Act during the week, surprise visits & checks, submitting of RTI applications and inspection of files will be undertaken. During the week consumer activists will also publicize the address, telephone & fax numbers and email id of the Goa State Information Commission. Consumers are requested to send copies of their complaints/suggestions by post to GOACAN RTI Assistance Cell, Post Box 187, Margao Goa 403 601 or by email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> during this week. --------------------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa --------------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
