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Study report on status of RTI in UP government

While section 4 of the RTI Act says that every public authority shall maintain all its records duly catalogued and indexed and ensure that they get computerized so that all important details related to these public authorities get published within 120 days of enactment of this Act, the ground realities seem to be quite contrary to this mandate.

These facts were brought through a study conducted by me and wife Nutan.

We two studied the status of RTI in 81 Departments of the UP Government mentioned at the Home page of the website of Uttar Pradesh government (http://upgov.nic.in/allsites. asp), particularly as regards the mandatory information that needs to be provided under section 4(1)(b). The study found that almost none of them have provided the rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by them for discharging its functions in the electronic form.

It was also found that many of these information are quite old. Thus names of Nasimuddin Siddique in Cane development, Narayan Singh in Horticulture, Lalji Verma in Parliamentary Affairs and J N Rai in Handloom department remain on official records, while they left the office as way back as March 2012. Similarly, the names of such long retired officers like R K Sharma in the Horticulture, Sri Krishna in Handloom and S C Gupta in the IT Department is written.

Names of the PIOs and Appellate Authority of many departments are outdated while in many cases only the names and no other necessary details have been provided. Similarly in most cases, the years of the Budget presented on website has not been specified while in many other cases, the Budget of year as early as 2008-09 or 2009-10 have been provided.

Departments like Basic Education, Coordination, Culture, Finance, Fisheries, Infrastructure Development etc have provided almost negligible information. Samagra Gram Vikas, Small Scale Industries and Export Promotion Departments do not even mention about the RTI Act while Revenue and Vidhai departments have links to the RTI section but these links are not operational. The Governor office has information only in English while the Chief Minister office has limited information provided under RTI Act.

Yes, there seems to be an imminent need to pursue the matter to bring it to its logical end.

Attached- Copy of the Chart prepared for all Departments-----

Amitabh Thakur
# 094155-34526

Department/Office	the particulars of its organisation, functions and duties	the powers and duties of its officers and employees	procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability	the norms set by it for the discharge of its functions	the rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions	statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control;
Governor Office	Information	Almost	Complete	But in	English only
CM Office	Limited	Information	Not as	Per section 4(1)(b)	Of RTI Act
Additional Energy sources	Yes	Very sketchy	Yes	Yes	A complete eyewash- no rules, regulations etc actually provided	A complete eyewash- no specifics provided
Administrative Reforms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Agriculture	Partial	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Agriculture Marketing and Export	Yes	Partial- no details of GOs provided	Yes	Yes	No Rules, regulations, records provided	No
Animal Husbandry	Yes- In English	Yes- In English	Yes- In English	Yes- In English	No-only names given	No-only names given
Karmik	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Niyukti	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Link provided but link dysfunctional	No
Backward Welfare	Yes- details of GO not provided	Yes	Yes	Yes	No- only reference made	No
Basic Education	VERY	HAPHAZARD	MANNER	Not	Clear
Commercial Tax	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Civil Aviation	Yes	Yes	Very sketchy	Very sketchy	No	No
Cane Development	Yes	Yes	Yes- Name of minister given Mr Nasimuddin Siddique and Secretary Ms Kamran Rizvi	Yes	No	No
Cooperative	Yes	Only Registrar's work	Yes	Yes	No	No
Coordination	Very	Rudimentary	Sketchy	information
Culture	Not at	All in	Prescribed	format	Almost no	Information
Dairy Development	Yes	Yes- no information on Acts etc	Yes	Yes	No	No
Dharmarth Karya	Unreadable		FONT	In html		& pdf
Election	Yes	Partial	Partial	Partial	Yes	Yes
Energy	Most	Information	Not given	Old name	Of Officials
Entertainment	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes- copy of GOs not given	Yes-copy of GOs not given	Yes- copy of GOs not given
Environment	Yes- more details required	Yes- more details required	Yes- more details required	Yes- more details required	No	No
Excise	Rudimentary	Yes	Yes-details not given	Yes	Yes	No
Estate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes- Copy of GOs not given	Yes- Copy of GOs not given
External Aided Projects	Yes	Yes- GO not given	Yes	Yes	Yes- Copy of GOs not given	Yes
Finance	Almost no	Information	In	Prescribed	format
Fisheries	Almost	ZERO	Information
Food and Civil Supply	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes-wonderful	Yes
Forest	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
General Administration	Yes- details of GOs not given	Yes	Yes-sketchy	Yes	Yes- copies of Acts etc not given	No
Ground Water	Yes	Yes	Rudimentary	Yes	No	No
Handicapped Welfare	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Handloom	Very rudimentary	Very rudimentary	Yes	Yes	No	No
Higher Education	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes- details not provided- very rudimentary information	No	No
Home	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Horticulture	Yes- no details of GOs	Yes- very well described	Yes- Very well described	Yes- very good	Yes- definitely very detailed	Yes
Housing-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Information	No	No	No	No	No	No
Information Technology	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	No
Infrastructure & Investment	Very	Rudimentary	Information		Found
Irrigation	Haphazard	Information	When	Late Harminder	Raj Singh	Principal Secretary
Jail	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Khadi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Labour	Very	Old	And	Rudimentary	Information
Land Development	Not in	Required	Format	Limited	Information
Language	Partial- without details	Partial- without details	Partial- without details	Yes	No	Yes
Law	Rudimentary	Information	Not in	Required	Format
Medical Education	Almost no	Information	At all
Medical health and family welfare	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Minor irrigation	Yes- except GOs	Yes-except GOs	Yes	Yes	No
Minority Welfare	Only details	Of PIOs	Given	No other	Information	In given format
National Integration	Yes	Yes-without details	Yes	Yes	No	No
Panchayati Raj	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Parliamentary Affairs	Yes	Yes	Yes-partial	Yes	No	No
Planning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Only names given
Program	Yes	Yes-partial	Yes	Yes	No	No
Protocol	Only	Partial	Information	On	Most topics
Public Enterprises	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
PWD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Rural Development	No information	In	Required	Mandatory	Format
Revenue	RTI	Web-link	Not	operational
Revenue and Special Intelligence	No information	In	Required	Mandatory	Format
Rural Engineering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	yes
Social Welfare	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	yes
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Science & Technology	Only information	u/s 4(1)(b)	Is about	Nomination of	PIO and Appellate authority	Dated 17/01/2014
Secondary Education	Only information	u/s 4(1)(b)	Is directions	To the	PIOs
Secretariat Administration	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NO	No
Sericulture	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Samagra Gram Vikas	No reference	To	RTI	Act	At all	On website
Small Scale Industries and Export Promotion	No reference	To	RTI	Act	At all	On website
Sports	Almost	ZERO	Information
Technical Education	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Transport	Many information	Spread	Over	Website but	Not on mandatory	Format u/s4(1)(b), RTI Act
Urban Development	Some information	Spread	Over	Website but	Not on mandatory	Format u/s4(1)(b), RTI Act
Urban Employment and poverty alleviation	Some information	Spread	Over	Website but	Not on mandatory	Format u/s4(1)(b), RTI Act
UP Reorganization	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Vidhai	Link to	RTI	Information	Does not	function
Vigilance	Yes-partial	Yes- no details	Yes	Yes	No	No
Women and child development	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Youth welfare	Yes	Partial information	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

Department/Office	the particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof;	statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part the minutes of such	a directory of its officers and employees	the monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations;	the budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on isbursement made	the manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes
Governor Office	Information	Almost	Complete	But in	English only
CM Office	Limited	Information	Not as	Per section 4(1)(b)	Of RTI Act
Additional Energy Sources	No	No	Absurd font used	Yes	Information not clear	As per NEDA
Administrative Reforms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial information	Yes
Agriculture	No	Only name provided	Yes	Yes	No	No
Agriculture Marketing and Export	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Animal Husbandry	Names given – no details given	Names given- no details given	Yes- In English	Yes- In English	Improper font	Yes
Karmik	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes-rudimentary	NA
Niyukti	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	NA
Backward welfare	Rudimentary	Rudimentary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Basic Education	VERY	HAPHAZARD	MANNER	Not	Clear
Commercial Tax	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Civil Aviation	No	Yes	Names not provided with details	No	Yes	Yes
Cane Development	No	No	Yes, old details	Yes	No	No
Cooperative	Rudimentary	Yes	Partial information	Yes	Yes	Yes
Coordination	Very	Rudimentary	Sketchy	information
Culture	Not at	All in	Prescribed	format	Almost no	Information
Dairy Development	Yes	Details of meetings not given	Names of senior officers not given	Details of senior officers not given	For year 2012-13	Information of year 2010-11
Dharmarth Karya	Unreadable		FONT	In html		& pdf
Election	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Energy	Most	Information	Not given	Old name	Of Officials
Entertainment	Yes- copy of Gos not given	Yes- copy of Gos not given	Partial information	Details of senior officers not given	Budget for 2010-11	Budget for 2010-11
Environment	No	Only names- no details	Yes	Yes	Incorrect link given	Incorrect link given
Excise	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Estate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	For year 2012-13	Yes
External Aided Projects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Finance	Almost no	Information	In	Prescribed	format
Fisheries	Almost	ZERO	Information
Food and Civil supplies	No	No	Yes	Yes	Upto 2010-11	Upto 2010-11
Forest	Yes	Yes	Old Information	Old information	2009 budget details	2009 budget details
General Administration	Yes	Only name given	Old information	Old information	Budget of 2008-09	Budget of 2008-09
Ground Water	Yes	Yes	Very old information	Very old information	Budget of 2010-11	Budget of 2010-11
Handicapped welfare	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Handloom	No	No	Name of Mr J N Rai as Minister and retd officer Mr Sri Krishna as Principal Secretary	Old information	2010-11 Budget	No
Higher Education	Yes	Partial information	Yes	Yes	Budget of 2009-10	Budget of 2009-10
Home	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Horticulture	Yes-detailed	Yes-detailed	Old data- Narayan Singh Minister, retired IAS R K Sharma	Old data	No	No
Housing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Information	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Information Technology	Yes	Only names, no other details	Old data- contains name of S C Gupta, retired	Old data- contains name of S C Gupta, retired	Year not given	Year not specified
Infrastructure & Investment	Very	Rudimentary	Information		Found
Irrigation	Haphazard	Information	When	Late Harminder	Raj Singh	Principal Secretary
Jail	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes-current	Yes-current
Khadi	Partial	Partial	Yes	Yes	2012-13 budget	Yes
Labour	Very	Old	And	Rudimentary	Information
Land Development	Not in	Required	Format	Limited	Information
Language	Yes	Partial- without details	Yes	Yes	Budget of 2010-11	Budget of 2010-11
Law	Rudimentary	Information	Not in	Required	Format
Medical Education	Almost no	Information	At all
Medical health and family welfare	Yes	Yes	Old information- incomplete	Old information- incomplete	Budget of 2008-09	Old information
Minor irrigation	Yes	Yes	Old information- Lakhi Ram Nagar still minister,	Old information	Budget of 2010-11	Old information
Minority Welfare	Only details	Of PIOs	Given	No other	Information	In given format
National Integration	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Budget of 2011-12	Yes
Panchayati Raj	Yes	Yes	Yes-partial	Yes-partial	Budget of 2009-10, very sketchy	Partial
Parliamentary Affairs	Yes	Yes	Old information- Lalji Verma Minister, Pradeep Dubey Principal Secretary	Yes	No	No
Planning	Yes	Yes	Old information	Yes	No	No
Program	Yes	Yes	Very old information	No	No	No
Protocol	Only	Partial	Information	On	Most topics
Public Enterprises	No	No	No	No	No	No
PWD	Yes	Yes	Dated November 2012	Yes	Budget of 2012-13	Yes
Rural Development	No information	In	Required	Mandatory	Format	Even Telephone directory in unreadable font
Revenue	RTI	Web-link	Not	operational
Revenue and Special Intelligence	No information	In	Required	Mandatory	Format
Rural engineering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Social Welfare	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Budget in August 2010	yes
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan	Yes	Yes	Updated on 01/03/2013	Updated on 01/03/2013	Budget of 2011-12	No
Science & Technology	Only information	u/s 4(1)(b)	Is about	Nomination of	PIO and Appellate authority	Dated 17/01/2014
Secondary Education	Only information	u/s 4(1)(b)	Is directions	To the	PIOs
Secretariat Administration	Yes	Yes	No	No	NO	NO
Sericulture	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Budget of 2012-13	No
Samagra Gram Vikas	No reference	To	RTI	Act	At all	On website
Small Scale Industries and Export Promotion	No reference	To	RTI	Act	At all	On website
Sports	Almost	ZERO	information
Technical Education	Yes	Yes	Very old information	Old information	Budget of 2011-12	No
Transport	Many information	Spread	Over	Website but	Not on mandatory	Format u/s4(1)(b), RTI Act
Urban Development	Some information	Spread	Over	Website but	Not on mandatory	Format u/s4(1)(b), RTI Act
Urban Employment and poverty alleviation	Some information	Spread	Over	Website but	Not on mandatory	Format u/s4(1)(b), RTI Act
UP reorganization	Yes	Yes	Old information	Yes	No	No
Vidhai	Link to	RTI	Information	Does not	function
Vigilance	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NO	No
Women and child development	No	No	Some other information given	Old information-partial, of June 2012	Yes	No
Youth welfare	Yes	Partial information	Limited information	Yes	Yes	Yes

Department/Office	particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or uthorizations granted by it	details in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form;	the particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use;	the names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers;	such other information as may be prescribed
Governor Office	Information	Almost	Complete	But in	English only
CM Office	Limited	Information	Not as	Per section 4(1)(b)	Of RTI Act
Additional Energy Sources	As per NEDA	As per NEDA	Partial information	Yes	NA
Administrative Reforms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NA
Agriculture	No	No	No	No	NA
Agriculture Marketing and Export	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Animal husbandry	Yes	No- admitted in the information	Yes	Yes	NA
Karmik	NA	No	NA	Yes	NA
Niyukti	NA	No	NA	Yes	NA
Backward welfare	Yes	Link provided	Yes	Yes	NA
Basic Education	VERY	HAPHAZARD	MANNER	Not	Clear
Commercial Tax	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NA
Civil Aviation	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Cane Development	No	No	Yes	Old Details	NA
Cooperative	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Coordination	Very	Rudimentary	Sketchy	information
Culture	Not at	All in	Prescribed	format	Almost no	Information
Dairy Development	Yes	No	Yes	Yes- not updated	NA
Dharmarth Karya	Unreadable		FONT	In html		& pdf
Election	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NA
Energy	Most	Information	Not given	Old name	Of Officials
Entertainment	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Environment	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Excise	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Estate	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
External Aided Projects	No	No	No	Yes	NA
Finance	Almost no	Information	In format	As on July 2011	NA
Fisheries	Almost	ZERO	Information
Food and Civil Supplies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NA
Forest	Yes	No	Yes	No	NA
General Administration	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Ground Water	Information of 2010-11	No	Yes	Old information	NA
Handicapped welfare	No	No	No	Unreadable font	NA
Handloom	Partial	No	No	Old information	NA
Higher Education	Yes	No	Yes	Old information-partial details	NA
Home	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Horticulture	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	NA
Housing	Yes	Yes- good presentation	Yes	Yes	NA
Information	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Information Technology	Yes	Yes	No	Very old information	NA
Infrastructure & Investment	Very	Rudimentary	Information		Found
Irrigation	Haphazard	Information	When	Late Harminder	Raj Singh	Principal Secretary
Jail	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Khadi	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Labour	Very	Old	And	Rudimentary	Information
Land Development	Not in	Required	Format	Limited	Information
Language	Yes	No	Yes	Partial information	NA
Law	Rudimentary	Information	Not in	Required	Format
Medical Education	Almost no	Information	At all
Medical health and family welfare	Yes	No	Yes	Old information	NA
Minor Irrigation	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Minority Welfare	Only details	Of PIOs	Given	No other	Information	In given format
National Integration	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Panchayati raj	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Parliamentary Affairs	Yes	No	Yes	No	NA
Planning	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Program	No	No	No	Yes	NA
Protocol	Only	Partial	Information	On	Most topics
Public Enterprises	No	No	No	No	NA
PWD	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Rural Development	No information	In	Required	Mandatory	Format
Revenue	RTI	Web-link	Not	operational
Revenue and Special Intelligence	No information	In	Required	Mandatory	Format
Rural engineering	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Social welfare	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Science & Technology	Only information	u/s 4(1)(b)	Is about	Nomination of	PIO and Appellate authority	Dated 17/01/2014
Secondary Education	Only information	u/s 4(1)(b)	Is directions	To the	PIOs
Secretariat administration	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Sericulture	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Samagra Gram Vikas	No reference	To	RTI	Act	At all	On website
Small Scale Industries and Export Promotion	No reference	To	RTI	Act	At all	On website
Sports	Almost	ZERO	information
Technical education	Yes	No	Ye	Old information	NA
Transport	Many information	Spread	Over	Website but	Not on mandatory	Format u/s4(1)(b), RTI Act
Urban Development	Some information	Spread	Over	Website but	Not on mandatory	Format u/s4(1)(b), RTI Act
Urban Employment and poverty alleviation	Some information	Spread	Over	Website but	Not on mandatory	Format u/s4(1)(b), RTI Act
UP Reorganization	Yes	No	Yes	Old information	NA
Vidhai	Link to	RTI	Information	Does not	function
Vigilance	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA
Women and child development	No	No	No	Old, incomplete information	NA
Youth welfare	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	NA