Friday, June 30, 2017

[rti4empowerment] Consumer court orders payment of compensation to kin of victim for faulty road humps

 

Dear all,
This is a historic judgement by the consumer court, Bangalore, this was a long drawn battle for justice to the victim's family.
During the RTI hearing at KIC, the authorities was passing the buck from one agency to another(BBMP,BDA and BANGALORE traffic police), finally all the relavent documents  provided on the order's of the former Chief Information Commissioner Sri. K.K. Misra. The Madivala dtraffic police blamed the victim stating that the victim was negligently/rash driving and produced some records for the same citing some witnesses to prove their point. (the victim's friend's written statement was not at all recorded  in FIR/Postmortem report, who was riding pillion along with the victim at the time of accident early morning around 12.10 AM.  they even manipulated victims' father's statement stating that his son death was self inflicted). 
Please read the report by clicking the below mentioned URL .Sathya Meva Jayathe.
With regards
Anil

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

[rti4empowerment] Join the movement

 

Circulate, Participate & bring friends

"Sushasan Ke Liye Charcha"

Friends

Mahiti Adhikar Manch next monthly meeting titled "Sushasan ke liye Charcha" will be held on 2nd Saturday 08-07-17 at 5.pm

WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS FOLLOWING:
1) RIGHT TO SERVICE OF MAHARASHTRA STATE.

2) HOW TO COMPLAIN IN DIFFERENT WAYS AT BRIHAN MUMBAI MAHANAGAR PALIKA (BMC) AND ALSO HOW TO FOLLOW UP THE SAME THROUGH RTI.

3) VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE SOCIAL AUDIT OF GARDENS, TRAFFIC ISLANDS AND CENTRAL MAIDENS

4) WILL ALSO TOUCH UPON FOR PLAN OF ACTION FOR TAKING UP ISSUES UNDER REAL ESTATE REGULATORY ACT


Additional Agenda will "evolve" in the discussions at the meeting for achieving better governance (Sushasan) through Social Audits, JanSunvai etc. All can come along with their friends with a goal "to do" efforts for "Sushasan" (better governance).

To defray expenses, a nominal contribution of Rs. 25/- may be paid on the day of the meeting at the venue which would be a help to us, but this is not compulsory for your participation.

Venue address: St Joseph School Premises
Junction of Nathalal Pareikh Marg and David Baretto Road (Station road), Near Five Gardens, Wadala (west) Mumbai 400031

Date 08TH JULY 2017 Timing: 5 pm to 7 pm


Nearest railway station Wadala Road( Harbour Line). Participants coming from western line can take Harbour line train from Andheri, Bandra and Mahim, if coming from central line they can take from Kurla or CST.

MEETING WILL START SHARP AT 5 PM AS THE ISSUES ARE MORE SO PLEASE COME IN TIME DONOT DELAY


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Convenor
Mahiti Adhikar Manch &
Maharashtra RTI Council
Co-Convenor
National Campaign for People's Right to Information.(2012-16)
Member: Right to Information-Technical Advisory Committee
(Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai)

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

[rti4empowerment] 10 annoying habits Indians should avoid at work

 

10 annoying habits Indians should avoid at work

 June 13, 2017 08:26 IST
Do you lose your cool easily at work? Indulge in mindless gossip, pass off judgements easily?
Here's why you must watch your behaviour at work right now!

Indians at work
An office is a place where passionate individuals come together and work towards a common achievable goal.
For an organisation to function and achieve success, it requires an able team of employees who work with minimal distractions and prejudices.
Whether you are working in a small or large organisation, be watchful of your behaviour; it can affect your organisation and impact your career and reputation at work.

1. Being casual
Within the premises of the organisation, one should be formal in approach, relationships as well as grooming.
There is a thin line between informality and indiscipline and we do not realise when we cross the line. It is better to be safe than sorry!!
Being informal is not being casual. This ensures that we focus on work and work related relationships and do not digress or get into personal spaces.
This does not mean that one should not interact with people, have fun at work place, do talk about your issues and pains but check relevance to the audience and the forum.
If there is anyone who provokes you and tries to drag you into casual conversation, steer clear and excuse yourself.

2. Lack of commitment on performance
Whenever you are assigned a task, take time; try to understand as many aspects as possible.
Ask questions, they are answered only at the time when the task is assigned but not after you are deep into it. But exercise caution while asking questions as you should not be seen as someone who raises queries only to delay work or not to take ownership of the task.
Remember 'the quality of questions you ask determines the quality of your performance'.

3. Being too opinionated 
During informal chats or even during a formal conversation, always restrict your discussion to facts and figures related to your work and work area. Do not pass statements of judgements or comments on colleagues, peers or vendors.
Although people may or may not join your conversation but opinion gets formed about you and your line of thinking.
There are times when you are quoted out of context and relations are damaged. If you do not like someone's behaviour or work, best way is to approach the person directly, set time for the discussion and present the facts/ areas of disagreement or discomfort.
Most of the cases, the issues get sorted in one on one conversations, if not then follow the protocol to escalate.

4. Lack of risk appetite
We generally live in a myth, that one is given promotion and then higher responsibilities are given.
It is the other way around, your current performance and ability to take up new assignments/ tasks and error free execution determines your growth in the ladder.
The higher the risk appetite, the faster the growth.
Promotions and salary growth no longer function based on the number of years you've spent in the organisation. They are linked to your direct or indirect contribution to the topline of the business.

5. Not documenting decisions and deliverables
In order to keep things simple, maintain relationships and to get work done faster, most of us hesitate to document commitments or decisions.
In the long run, this impacts you as a person as well as the organisation because of non-availability of records of decisions.
Remember, most of you do not work with the same organisation for life. Even if we do, there is too much to store in that small processor that God has given. 
The more your document and maintain records for posterity, the easier it is for you to move up the ladder.
This also shows your skills of being organised and meticulous in approach. It also shows your attitude of organisation before person.

6. Tone and pitch of talking
It is human to get emotional at the workplace. The difference is to try to control and avoid any situation where one is required to raise voice, use unparliamentary language or insult or hurt sentiments.
Such behaviour is not only unprofessional but also not illegal. One can land into all kinds of trouble both socially and legally.
When upset or angry, either take time off the situation, have complete control on the self/ones language and then deal with the situation or person.
If you are writing an e-mail or a letter,  then read, review and rewrite before pressing the send button.
It is advisable to write the e-mail addresses after you review the documents. Also if required, always have a colleague or HR as part of such sensitive discussions.

7. Use of office resources for personal work
Knowingly or unknowingly, we tend to use office resources especially the internet or printer for personal work.
Although these are small ticket items, they can impact the impression you create in the organisation.
Other resources could be office staff being sent for personal work or asking colleagues to attend to personal work.
Generally one should take time off to attend to such personal work. If not avoidable, use formal channel of approval or services.

8. Not adhering to office timings 
Every boss would try not having a habitual late comer in the team. These guys spoil the environment and discipline of the team.
It becomes inconvenient and annoying for everyone to align their tasks around such late latifs (late comers).
Attending office on time, adhering to schedules and managing deliverables on time is the first and most critical habit one should inculcate if one has to go up the ladder.

9. Misuse of information
Do not misuse the power of information. Do not share confidential data/ information to get mileage in peer group, especially on social media.
In today's world of Facebook, Instagram, etc information is power and one gets tempted to share or display 'what one knows' to the external world.
There is an inherent risk in doing this as one might knowingly or unknowingly share information which may be considered as confidential to the organisation. This can have serious repercussions.
Hence, resist the temptation.

10. Lack of enthusiasm
Most important of all, the place you spend minimum eight hours of your day, the place which gives you livelihood and a sense of purpose, you get your best.
Start for office with a spring in your feet and a smile on your face, irrespective of what you are doing or how the situation is.
Believe me, your attitude has the power of changing everything your way!!!

The author Lakshmi Murthy is chief people officer, ITM Group of Institutions.
Lead image -- a still from Bewakoofiyan used for representational purposes only.
Lakshmi Murthy 



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Saturday, June 10, 2017

[rti4empowerment] Re: [samukhya] Do you need to link PAN and Aadhaar? Breaking down the Supreme Court’s order: Those who have Aadhaar must quote it in their tax returns, but those without have a window where they need not get UID

 

Lots of speaking a lot and saying nothing.

It is not the job of the SC to be a politician and be obtuse in its pronouncements, but to shine an unambigous light on vague matters.

Data  leakage is not the main problem with Aadhar.
Forget about data protection, forget about abuse, 

AADHAAR IS A VIOLATION IN PRINCIPLE.

Mukul Rohatgi says that the individual does not have absolute control over his body and by extension to any privacy and by that statement commits a blasphemy.

Privacy in enshrined in Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and all religions.

Who is this government answering to?
Who is it working for?
Why is it not listening to the voice of the Indian Public
that is seeking a dissolution of this invasive technology?

Democracy is not imposing ones opinion on the rest of the country by majority vote (That is just saying Might is right in another way)
Democracy means that while the majority may seek changes in society and its running, it can in no way impose those changes on the minority.

Any sanity in thought out there?

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On Saturday, June 10, 2017 7:59 PM, "Sahoo A sahoo10011982@gmail.com [samukhya]" <samukhya@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


 
Dear friends,  the issue of bogus pan card may be controled through pan card , which can be produce same process as adhar and it's peivacy only on control of concerned department.
And I think many people accept this system.
Sincerely,
Arakhita sahoo
On Jun 10, 2017 12:49 PM, "Sukla Sen sukla.sen@gmail.com [samukhya]" <samukhya@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
[Given the near universal coverage of the Aadhaar attained by now,
***almost*** everybody comes under that category.
Regardless of the concerns expressed as regards data leakage, in the
judgement itself, accompanied by some pious prescriptions.
Even if one just disregards, for the moment, all other legitimate concerns.

To sum up, it's yet another ***very bad*** judgement.

The reasons, in brief, are as under.

I. The extent of the problem of fake PAN cards has just not been
established, in absence of any reliable data. (To be fair, the
judgement, has referred to some figure - "11.35 lakhs (sic)",
suggesting a huge problem. Compare this with: "As recently as four
years ago, in 2013, the government told Lok Sabha that the total
number of fake PAN cards detected by authorities between 2009 and 2013
was only 509." Ref.: 'Why Duplicate PAN Cards Are Not as Big an Issue
as the Modi Government Claims' at
<https://thewire.in/135148/ duplicate-pan-cards/>.)
The problem of data leakage has (at least implicitly) been acknowledged.
And, the overwhelming majority of Indian population have been coerced,
for whom cajolement just didn't work, by making the use of Aadhhaar
mandatory for an endless list of purposes.
Now, only a handful, other than the kids, are left out.
Yet, the judgement makes the linking of the two numbers mandatory,
practically, for all, with a very few exceptions.

II. "(T)he order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court dated 11.08.2015 as
modified by the Order of the Constitution Bench dated 15.10.2015,
emphatically mandates that the Aadhaar number will not be used by the
Respondents for any purpose other than the PDS Scheme, LPG
Distribution Scheme, MGNREGS, National Social Assistance Programme
(Old Age Pensions, Widow Pensions, Disability Pensions), Prime
Minister's Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) and Employees' Provident Fund
Organisation (EPFO), and that it would be voluntary."
(Source: <http://www.kractivist.org/ military-pensions-linking- with-aadhaar-challenged/>.)

This judgement is a clear violation of the above while this two-judge
bench has no authority to do so.

Sukla]

https://scroll.in/article/ 840205/do-you-need-to-link- pan-and-aadhaar-breaking-down- the-supreme-courts-order

IDENTITY PROJECT

Do you need to link PAN and Aadhaar? Breaking down the Supreme Court's order
Those who have Aadhaar must quote it in their tax returns, but those
without have a window where they need not get UID.

Yesterday · 10:11 pm

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

The Supreme Court on Friday passed an order clarifying the
government's rules mandating the use of Aadhaar for the filing of
income tax returns. The rules had made it mandatory for all Indian
residents to link their Aadhaar, a 12-digit unique identity number
that is otherwise voluntary, to their PAN card, which is necessary for
taxation and banking transactions. Anyone who refused to do so was at
risk of having their PAN card declared invalid. Petitioners had
challenged the rules saying they were discriminatory, draconian and
unconstitutional, especially when the Supreme Court is also hearing
another matter challenging the Aadhaar project on questions of
privacy.

The court's decisions clarified a number of things, making Aadhaar-PAN
linking for those who already have UID, while leaving a window open
for those without Aadhaar. Below is a rundown of what the order means.

Those who have Aadhaar and want to file income tax returns, must link
the two by July 1, 2017.
If they do not link their Aadhaar number before filing income tax
returns, they risk having their PAN card be declared invalid.
This provision will only apply prospectively, which is to say from
July 1, 2017, and will not affect income tax returns filed for
previous years.
The PAN will also only be declared invalid from that date, and not "as
if the person had not applied for it", as the provision had mentioned.
Those who do not have Aadhaar cannot be forced to get it in order to
file income tax returns, at least until the Constitution Bench hears
the privacy case regarding UID.
But the court also suggested that Parliament consider another
punishment for those filing I-T returns without quoting Aadhaar, which
is "toned down" from the current one, where the PAN card may be
declared invalid.
The full judgment gets into a number of questions that will affect the
way Aadhaar can be used by the government.

Can Aadhaar be mandatory for some and voluntary for others?
The petitioners in the case argued that the original spread of Aadhaar
was done under the presumption that it was voluntary. The Supreme
Court has also made it clear, in previous orders, that Aadhaar is to
be voluntary except for a limited set of public welfare schemes, and
even in those the government has to provide an alternative if people
do not have Aadhaar. The Aadhaar Act, passed last year, also says that
enrolling for it is voluntary. Yet, the government has repeatedly
attempted to make it mandatory for many other programs and, the
petitioners argued that the most egregious was this provision
requiring Aadhaar for I-T returns.

The court, however, said that though Aadhaar may have been voluntary
for welfare schemes and other benefits, Parliament has the authority
to make it mandatory as well – even if the Aadhaar Act calls it
voluntary.

"It is the prerogative of the Parliament to make a particular
provision directory in one statute and mandatory/compulsory in other,"
the order said. "Aadhaar Act and the law contained in Section 139AA of
the Income Tax Act deal with two different situations and operate in
different fields."

Beyond I-T returns, this conclusion makes it easier for the government
to pass any number of laws making Aadhaar mandatory for other
services, even as its constitutionality is being challenged in the
Supreme Court.

Does the rule illegally discriminate between those with and without Aadhaar?
The petitioners argued that the law treats individuals unequally, by
providing one set of rules for those who have Aadhaar and have linked
it and a different set of rules for others.

Arvind Datar, the lawyer arguing for the petitioners, pointed out that
making PAN-Aadhaar linking mandatory with the stated aim of curbing
black money would not be valid, since it only affects individuals with
PANs and not companies that also do transactions and have PANs. Shyam
Divan, another lawyer for the petitioners, said the rules do not
properly account for those who do not want to enrol for Aadhaar, for
various reasons.

The court dismissed Datar's argument, saying that just because it did
not apply to all PANs did not make it discriminatory. Cutting down on
bogus PAN cards at the individual level was itself enough of an aim.
On Divan's argument too, the court said people could not simply choose
not to follow a law and then say it is discriminating against them.

"When a law is made, all those who are covered by that law are
supposed to follow the same. No doubt, it is the right of a citizen to
approach the Court and question the constitutional validity of a
particular law enacted by the Legislature. However, merely because a
section of persons opposes the law, would not mean that it has become
a separate class by itself," the court said. "If such a proposition is
accepted, every legislation would be prone to challenge on the ground
of discrimination."

Again, the court looked at the question on technical grounds without
considering why some might have chose not to get Aadhaar – because of
questions about its very constitutionality. Instead, the court said
the government is empowered to treat all tax assessees as one class,
and make laws covering them.

Does the punishment of invalidating PAN violate the Constitution?
The constitution gives every Indian the fundamental right to practise
any profession they wish to. The petitioners argued that, by
threatening to invalidate the PAN card for anyone who does not link it
to Aadhaar, the government was violating this fundamental right. PAN
is not just used for income tax returns, it is also necessary for
operating bank accounts above a certain limit, to use debit and credit
cards and a number of other services connected to banking.

The court agreed that invalidating the PAN card could potentially be
violative of Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution, which protects the
right to any occupation or trade. But it also pointed out that the
stated objective of the linking is a reasonable one – to cut down on
black money by eliminating bogus PAN cards, which is a duty of the
government.

So the court concluded that it was reasonable to require PAN-Aadhaar
linking, but only for those who already have Aadhaar or have enrolled
for it. It however acknowledged that there is a constitutional
challenge regarding privacy, which the Supreme Court is yet to hear,
and so put a partial stay on this punishment, saying it would not
apply to those without Aadhaar.

"Those who have already enrolled themselves under Aadhaar scheme
would comply with the requirement of sub-section (2) of Section 139AA
of the Act... Those assessees who are not Aadhaar card holders and do
not comply with the provision of Section 139(2), their PAN cards be
not treated as invalid for the time being," the court said.

It did however, suggest that Parliament can still think up
consequences for those who have not linked Aadhaar to the PAN card by
"toning down" the effects, basically telling the government it needs
to use a punishment that is not so harsh as to declared the PAN card
invalid.

Does Aadhaar violate privacy?
The court did not get into this question at all, saying that an
earlier bench had already referred the matter to a Constitution Bench,
which has not yet been constituted. Whenever that bench sits to hear
the case, Aadhaar will be examined on the fundamental question of
whether the project violates a right to privacy, and indeed, whether
the Constitution guarantees privacy at all.

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

[rti4empowerment] Fwd: MONTHLY MEET

 



Circulate, Participate & bring friends

"Sushasan ke liye Charcha"

Friends

Mahiti Adhikar Manch next monthly meeting titled "Sushasan ke liye Charcha" will be held on 2nd Saturday 10-06-17 at 5.pm

WILL DISSCUSS FOLLOWING:
1) RIGHT TO SERVICE OF MAHARASHTRA STATE.

2) HOW TO COMPLAIN IN DIFFERENT WAYS AT BRIHAN MUMBAI MAHANAGAR PALIKA AND ALSO HOW TO FOLLOW UP THE SAME THROUGH RTI.

3) VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE SOCIAL AUDIT OF GARDENS, TRAFFIC ISLANDS AND CENTRAL MAIDENS

4) WILL ALSO TOUCH UPON FOR PLAN OF ACTION FOR TAKING UP ISSUES UNDER REAL ESTATE REGULATORY ACT


Additional Agenda will "evolve" in the discussions at the meeting for achieving better governance (Sushasan) through Social Audits, JanSunvai etc. All can come along with their friends with a goal "to do" efforts for "Sushasan" (better governance).

To defray expenses, a nominal contribution of Rs. 25/- may be paid on the day of the meeting at the venue which would be a help to us, but this is not compulsory for your participation.

Venue address: St Joseph School Premises
Junction of Nathalal Pareikh Marg and David Baretto Road (Station road), Near Five Gardens, Wadala (west) Mumbai 400031

Date 10TH JUNE 2017 Timing: 5 pm to 7 pm

Nearest railway station Wadala Road( Harbour Line). Participants coming from western line can take Harbour line train from Andheri, Bandra and Mahim, if coming from central line they can take from Kurla or CST.

MEETING WILL START SHARP AT 5 PM AS THE ISSUES ARE MORE SO PLEASE COME IN TIME DONOT DELAY 

--
In service of RTI

Bhaskar Prabhu
Convenor
Mahiti Adhikar Manch &
Maharashtra RTI Council
Co-Convenor
National Campaign for People's Right to Information.(2012-16)
Member: Right to Information-Technical Advisory Committee
(Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai)

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