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PROTECTION OF RIGHTS
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Postal Address:
128, Heena CHS Ltd.
3rd floor, 1st Road,
Near Madhu Park, Khar West,
Mumbai 4000 052. |
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Registered Address:
Radha & Krishna CHS
Ltd., Krishna Building,
K-002 Gr. floor, 178 Kanderpada, Link
Road,
Dahisar (West),Mumbai 400 068
E-mail: info@pora.in
Registerd Under the Bombay Public Trust
Act.
Registration No.
F38609 Mumbai dated 23-11-2009.
PAN No: AABAP0419L
TAN No: MUM26716E.
Income Tax 80-G/12 –A No : TR/42759.
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Welcome to PORA |
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PORA is a sincere effort to make a difference.
PORA is a cause. PORA firmly believes in pursuing its own
objects. PORA is not affiliated to any political party and
the Aims and Objects of PORA are of apolitical and secular
in nature, substance, principle and spirit.
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THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 |
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Your Right to Know
The right to information act (RTI ACT) became
effective law W.e.f 12-10-2005. It is a short and simple
act comprising of 31 sections but extremely powerful,
the likes of which India has never witnessed before. The
RTI Act has heralded citizen’s rights to be recognized
and thereby made participative democracy possible. If
well implemented and well used, real Swaraj will dawn.
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The RTI Act empowers citizens. It has given them a tool to
know how governments function, Information can be demanded
from the public authorities; i.e, all government bodies
and organizations substantially financed by government
including NGO’s, all public sector undertakings, all
bodies and institutions of self government established or
constituted by any law made by Parliament or State
Legislature and so on.
All citizens have right to
know status of their applications for any matter such as
ration card, passport, water-connection, Income-tax refund
due, etc. Any citizen may like to know how his MP/MLA has
used funds allocated to him and how funds are earmarked
for different projects. These he can know.The RTI Act has
the power to lead to transparency and accountability in
governance, and curbing corruption
We request
citizens to become part of RTI users family. We urge you
to join this movement to benefit you and benefit others.
Your rights under the documents, records, taking notes,
extracts of the said documents etc, taking certified
samples of the material, obtaining information in the form
of floppies, tapes or any other electronic mode or through
printouts etc.
The Central and State Government’s
have the right to frame the rules in term of fees, forms
and procedures in consonance with the RTI Act. Application
fees for the Central Government are Rs. 10. For the State
of Gujarat it is Rs 20. Format of application form
prescribed under Maharashtra Right to Information Rules is
very simple.
Filing fees for the application can be
paid to any Central Government Authority by postal order
of Rs.10 or by payment in cash at any designated post
office. List of designated post offices in Mumbai, Thane,
Kalyan are available on www.indiapost.gov.in. For
application to any other authority of Maharashtra
Government, mode of payment includes cash or court fee
stamp of Rs.10. For RTI application to any central
Government Department , Post Offices also provide service
to deliver it free of cost. You many send application by
post or hand delivery.
Be careful in framing the
questions you ask for seeking information. Please note
that you are seeking information and not the opinion of
Public Information Officer (PIO) of the authority. You
cannot ask why; e.g, why you have not issued my
tax-refunds though overdue? But , you can ask: Please
inform when my overdue refund will be issued. Believe us;
on asking such a question, you will receive the refund
within 30 days.
The Act provides list of certain
information which can be denied. The Act also deals with
the provision for appeals, levy of penalty and other
related matters.
RTI Act provides for a time bound
and defined process for citizens to access information.
Severe Penal Provisions exist in the Act. Normally all
laws provide penalty for citizens for no action or wrong
action. Here is an Act which penalizes bureaucrats for the
same from Rs.250 a day for any default to a maximum amount
of Rs.25000.
Besides the information you seek, in
the form other basic details are to be provided. Under
3/IV, you say: either by post or in person by calling me
on--------(Provide cell No). Providing telephone number
would help PIO to contact you , for any query, rather than
write to you, delaying the information |
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