MAHITI ADHIKAR GUJARAT PAHEL

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MAHITI ADHIKAR GUJARAT PAHEL
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PEOPLES RTI ASSESSMENT GUJARAT EXPERIENCES

• Three districts
• Kutch
• Mandvi
• Bhachau
• Narmada
• Nandoj
• Sagbara
• Mehsana
• Visnagar
• Kadi

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• Team Members
• Mittal Patel
• Sadhana Pandya
• Pankti Jog
• Sachin Patel
• Marutbhai
• Bharat Patel
• Bharat Somera
• Ghanashayam Zula
• Natubhai Barot

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Focused Group Discussion

• Issues NREGA, civic services, misuse of
  developmental funds,
• Didnt know much about RTI
• Intense need of info seen
• Feeling of frustation and helpless ness amongst
  people

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Awareness about RTI

• People in rural Areas
• PIOs
• Head of the Departments
• People in Urban areas

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Pro-active Disclosures

• Availability
• Relevance
• Attitude
• Awareness about PIOs

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Interview with PIOs

• Training
• Information management
• Approach
• Work Load
• Information demand

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Interviews with HODs

• Awareness about act
• Willingness to share their learning
• Approach

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Impact

• Immediate impact (kerosene supplied, distribution
  registers were out, water supplied etc)
• Initiatives from Government
• Media
• Civil society organizations

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Some Good Experiences

• Kutch Deputy Collector (PDS), welcomed the survey
  and said that every effort for strengthening the
  act is to honoured and respected.
• Could meet RTI users in interiors (Vinit patel, a
  7th Std boy from Mehsana district, jesabhai from
  kutch)

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Follow-up