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Dharna in Hyderabad by Hundreds of tribals |
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In 1980 the Government of Andhra Pradesh sent a
proposal to include 805 tribal villages into the 5th Schedule. Last year on March 13, 2007 responding to a debate in
the Assembly, the Minister of Tribal Welfare accepted that there was unjust
delay in recognizing the 805 villages as Schedule 5 villages and said that the
government will take necessary action to incorporate them. Exactly 1 year has
passed since the Governments promise. On the anniversary of the unkept
promise, the 5th Schedule Sadhana Committee organized a dharna
at Indira Park, Hyderdabad, where representatives from the 805 tribal villages
came from 9 districts.
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Concerned NRIs Condemn Nandigram Violence, File RTI |
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Immediate Release: AID Statement on the Nandigram
Violence
Concerned NRIs Condemn the
Violence and Assault on Social Activists
File RTI Applications Seeking
Government’s Position and Actions taken Please Register Your Protest Online:
Volunteers and supporters
of the Association for India’s Development (AID) from the Indian diaspora
across 40 chapters in the US are horrified and appalled at the barbaric
violence being unleashed in Nandigram (East Midnapur district,
West Bengal ) by CPI (M)
party cadres in collusion with the state machinery. |
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Save Indian Democracy's Transparency in the USA |
Our concern on this issue: Indian embassy in Washington DC is not implementing the Right to
Information (RTI) Act properly. This affects NRIs who hold Indian
passports and have the right to access information held by the government using RTI Act. - Embassy is not transferring information seeking applications to relevant departments in India but asking people to reapply in India.
- The Consulate General of India offices in San Francisco, Chicago etc do not have information officers assigned under RTI.
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AID PRESS RELEASE: Concerned TANA Conference Attendees support AP tribals, RTI movement |
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Chief Minister of A.P. Urged to Extend 5th Schedule
75% NRIs Unaware of Right to Information Act, 81% Pay Bribes.
All that glitters is not gold. The Telugu Association of North America (TANA) conference at Washington DC drew concerned attendees past the glittering jewelery stalls to support the noble cause of 805 non-scheduled girijan (tribal/adivasi) villages in Andhra Pradesh still awaiting to be recognized under Fifth Schedule of the Constitution. More Pictures Published in: The Hindu | Hindustan Times Appeal from AID: AID's Anti-Corruption Fund helps fight corruption in India by ensuring proper implementation of RTI Act and by auditing government spending towards the $3 billion National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). Here are some audit reports from work supported by AID. |
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AID Press Release: NRIs can now file RTI applications in USA |
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Quote from the Release: Our repeated attempts since November 2006 to get the Indian Embassy officials in Washington DC to implement the RTI Act went unheard, and then we were left with no other choice but to get in touch with the Central Information Commissioner directly," explains Arun Gopalan, a Maryland resident and an AID-ACT member. The Central Information Commission issued an order around April 2007 bringing all the missions abroad under the purview of the RTI act. It took one and a half more months of campaigning by AID volunteers to get Indian Embassy in Washington D.C. to accept its first RTI petition. See Press Release |
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