---------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN launches Right To Information Awareness Fortnight ---------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN held an awareness action today at Margao on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the enactment of the Right To Information Act 2005 with a call to citizens to strengthen the movement for transparency and accountability in governance. Volunteers from various Consumer Forums armed with coloured flags & placards distributed information slips on RTI, answered queries from the general public and also made available the RTI Act in English.
The action held at the Margao Municipal Garden was part of the Right To Information Awareness Fortnight being observed by GOACAN from 12th to 25th October 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. During the fortnight, GOACAN will highlight the demand that the Goa Govt. print and sell copies of the Act in Konkani and Marathi for an affordable price and increases training sessions for its officials in the administration of the RTI Act especially the Village Panchayat Secretaries and Head Clerks of various Departments & Corporations. 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, Deputy Collectors, District Collectors and all Village Panchayats & Municipal Councils. The Govt. must enforce the compulsory display of boards with the details of PIO's & FAA’s in all the Departments, Corporations, Agencies & Institutions receiving substantial funds from the Govt. During the fortnight GOACAN will also network with the village based Consumer Forums to promote awareness in the local area on the Obligations of Public Authorities and requests for obtaining information as per Section 4 & 6 of the Act. 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. The Forum volunteers will also publicise the user friendly method of affixing a Court Fee stamp of Rs.10/- on the RTI application at the time of submission. In order to draw public and media attention to the use of RTI Act during the fortnight, surprise visits & checks, submitting of RTI applications and inspection of files will be undertaken. Consumer activists will also publicize the address, telephone & fax numbers and email id of the Goa State Information Commission (GSIC) and the importance of the First Appellate Authority (FAA). Consumers are requested to send copies of their RTI applications /suggestions by post to GOACAN, Post Box 187, Margao Goa 403 601 or by email to goa...@bsnl.in during this fortnight. ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 mail: goa...@bsnl.in ---------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to saligao-net@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to saligao-net-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
