God's Own Country

Alleppey is one of the coastal district of Kerala, Blessed with enchanting backwaters and cocunut filled lagoons on one side and Arabian sea on the other side. A place rated as one among the top 10 tourist destinations in the world as rated by National Geographic Magazine!

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Enable the Right to Information Act

The Right to information act (RTI) is one of the most significant acts of modern india.This has made life a lot easier for the common man and at the same time exposed many a scam to the public.
I Strongly believe that if any one can get an  information on request it is as good as a public information. Then why don't the concerned authorities publicise it on their own. So at least the public consisting of the bedridden to the newborn will save the cumbersome job of going to the concerned departments and filing on a stamped paper and waiting for the results which sometimes need legal follow up.
If gathering information is a cumbersome job then it is questioning the very spirit of the law.
The recent 'solar scam'  should be an eye opener in this regard. The Chief Minister or his office didn't know that they were dealing with known criminals who were arrested before.
If you want to know about the thieves, rapists,goons or other criminals around your community who got arrested or convicted you have to go to a Police department and find out. How many of us will do that? When someone is arrested officially then it is a fact and a public record on which the public have a rite for information. There are modern democratic governments do that for public safety and awareness. Please check the following link to know about the details of criminals arrested on a daily basis with their charges from a county (Police station)
http://www.gwinnettmugs.com
I strongly believe the government should take initiatives to compliment this great act (RTI) by making it mandatory for departments to publicise all information's which are of public benefits.

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