On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Milind Oka <[email protected]> wrote:

> I had filed an RTI in mantralaya  with the following questions
>
> 1. Total Expenditures on the purchase (including update or license fee) of
> Operating system Microsoft Windows all versions in the financial year
> 1013-14
> 2. Total Expenditures on the purchase (including update or license fee) of
> Microsoft Office all versions in the financial year 1013-14.
> 3. Total numbers of personal computers in working computers at present.
> 4. Total number of personal computers running on free and open source
> operating system
>
> The answer I obtained is as follows.
>
> 1. OS pre-installed so no separate expenditure incurred
> 2  MS Office 2,45,69296/- Rs
> 3  There are 31 PC's running in DIT
> 4. Nil
>
> I filed in DIT section hoping that DIT will approve all purchases in
> mantralaya hence I will get total expediture in mantralaya.
> But it seems they have given purchases only in DIT.
> But then how 31 PC's require 2,45,69296/- Rs Software ?
>
> Our education policy clearly recommends FOSS right from 2012 and states
> that no proprietary product names are to be referred in curriculum.
>
> This has been violated seriously for last three years.
>
> I have filed a Public Interest Litigation in Bombay High court (Next Date
> is 4 Feb 15)
>
>  PIL/141/2015 on 6 Aug 2015.
>


Super work.
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