Inauguration of the Karnataka RTI Federation: Invitation

KARNATAKA RIGHT TO INFORMATION FEDERATION (Federation of RTI Activists and Forums in Karnataka) No.5, First Floor, Amar Towers, Ist Cross, Gandhinagar, Bangalore 560 009   CORDIALLY INVITE YOU FOR INAUGURATION OF KARNATAKA RIGHT TO INFORMATION FEDERATION   &   A SEMINAR ON   ROLE  OF CITIZENS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 & CHALLENGES AHEAD   VENUE ::  NAYANA KANNADA BHAVANA, NEXT TO RAVEENDRA KALAKSHETRA, J C ROAD,  BANGALORE   DATE ::  16  MAY 2011  -   MONDAY  -  TIME   6.00 PM   INAUGURATION  BY     HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N. SANTOSH HEGDE LOKAYUKTA,   KARNATAKA     SHRI. KRISHNA FORMER SPEAKER,  KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY WILL PRESIDE OVER THE FUNCTION   CHIEF GUEST   SHRI. M P NADAGOUD PRESIDENT, JANATADAL (U) – KARNATAKA _____________  RSVP ::   CONVENERS – KARNATAKA RTI FEDERATION 9448704693 – 9480017995  -  9886020774 -  9845568895     Right to information Act, 2005, has been widely regarded as one of the most important legislations passed by Parliament since Independence. It is arguably one of the best transparency laws in the world. The Act gives a statutory status to citizens' democratic right to be informed about matters of governance and places an onus on the government to progressively make its functioning and dealings comprehensible to the public. The law goes to the extent of making a government official personally and financially liable for not providing information that has been asked for by a member of the public. However, a law demanding transparency in public service, which is steeped in so much dishonesty, is bound to get mired in problems of interpretation, some real, some contrived. That it's a relatively new law is another reason behind problems of interpretation. The fight for right to information is the fight for survival of democracy in India. The stakes are too high for us to ever give up. So we'll never give up. Hence the present Federation is formed keeping in mind above objectives of the Act.    Jai Hind!  Santosh P. Nargund Rashtrotthan Sankalp Evil Triumphs When Good People Sit Quiet www.rastr.in     Cell: 9916135836  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/friends_of_RASTR/ Either you're with us or with evil   --- On Sun, 15/5/11, Santosh P. Nargund <spnargund@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Santosh P. Nargund <spnargund@yahoo.com> Subject: Inauguration of the Karnataka RTI Federation: Invitation To: info@rastr.in Date: Sunday, 15 May, 2011, 6:49 PM Please make it convenient to participate in the Inauguration of the Karnataka RTI Federation.   KARNATAKA RIGHT TO INFORMATION FEDERATION (Federation of RTI Activists and Forums in Karnataka) No.5, First Floor, Amar Towers, Ist Cross, Gandhinagar, Bangalore 560 009   CORDIALLY INVITE YOU FOR INAUGURATION OF KARNATAKA RIGHT TO INFORMATION FEDERATION   &   A SEMINAR ON   ROLE  OF CITIZENS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 & CHALLENGES AHEAD   VENUE ::  NAYANA KANNADA BHAVANA, NEXT TO RAVEENDRA KALAKSHETRA, J C ROAD,  BANGALORE   DATE ::  16  MAY 2011  -   MONDAY  -  TIME   6.00 PM   INAUGURATION  BY     HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N. SANTOSH HEGDE LOKAYUKTA,   KARNATAKA     SHRI. KRISHNA FORMER SPEAKER,  KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY WILL PRESIDE OVER THE FUNCTION   CHIEF GUEST   SHRI. M P NADAGOUD PRESIDENT, JANATADAL (U) – KARNATAKA _____________  RSVP ::   CONVENERS – KARNATAKA RTI FEDERATION 9448704693 – 9480017995  -  9886020774 -  9845568895     Right to information Act, 2005, has been widely regarded as one of the most important legislations passed by Parliament since Independence. It is arguably one of the best transparency laws in the world. The Act gives a statutory status to citizens' democratic right to be informed about matters of governance and places an onus on the government to progressively make its functioning and dealings comprehensible to the public. The law goes to the extent of making a government official personally and financially liable for not providing information that has been asked for by a member of the public. However, a law demanding transparency in public service, which is steeped in so much dishonesty, is bound to get mired in problems of interpretation, some real, some contrived. That it's a relatively new law is another reason behind problems of interpretation. The fight for right to information is the fight for survival of democracy in India. The stakes are too high for us to ever give up. So we'll never give up. Hence the present Federation is formed keeping in mind above objectives of the Act.    Jai Hind!  Santosh P. Nargund Rashtrotthan Sankalp Evil Triumphs When Good People Sit Quiet www.rastr.in     Cell: 9916135836  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/friends_of_RASTR/ Either you're with us or with evil