AID volunteers have submitted a petition to the government with ideas to better enable Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to file RTI applications.   Following up on their petition Vishal has filed an RTI to find out the progress made by the govt.  Here is the pdf of the response he has received:

Response to RTI application

We are very happy to announce that an AID project has been selected for funding ($18,000) by Dining for Women (DFW) and will be featured in their monthly program in July 2010. The selected project was one among the 40 projects that competed for DFW’s funding. We thank DFW for the support!

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 Workers wait for 6 months for NREGS wages in Aila Affected Areas even amidst existence of widespread hunger

  Watch Gauri Majhi , a resident of Aila ravaged K-plot island

in Patharpratima block narrate her experience.

Latest July 21, 2010: Podcast (In BENGALI):  Listen to Conversations with the residents of Aila Ravaged K-plot who have not received compensation after 1 year. Roofs are leaking after 1 year and no one cares...

The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), the world’s foremost umbrella body of organic farmers and organizations, has decided to confer the global One World Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2010 on the outstanding Indian organic farmer, Bhaskar Save, aged 88.  Save is considered by many as “the Living Gandhi of Natural Farming.”   Read more about Bhaskar Save's work, and impact:  Senior farmer Bhaskar Save to receive One World Award for Lifetime Achievement

Related: Bhaskar Save's letter to Prime Minister (2006)