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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 10:27:46 +0700
From: Antony Joseph <antonyj@tm.net.my>

Ratan: Are you implying that the villagers have privy to information now as
against earlier? Or are you saying that they are aware there is corruption?
If it is the latter the problem is still unresolved. Transparency and access
to information can only bring more accountability and reduce corruption/
increase efficiency of the Govt arm.  Maybe we should work this into our
policies if it is not already done.

By the way this is no attempt to topple the BJP or any govt. Any political
party is welcome to use the information compiled by this group (correct me
if I am wrong) to help India acheive true democracy and economic freedom.

Antony

>
>Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 22:35:26 +0000 (GMT)
>From: "17.12.97" <rsingh@jp1.vsnl.net.in>
>
>All this writing on India as exemplified below is the foreign model being
>imposed on rural Indians, because the truth in villages of India NOW is
>different. It is this: The villager knows very well where the money went.
>No need of written information from the government on this. Even the
>politicians know it and the police knows it. It is perfectly transparent
>open secret. But what next ? I suggest let the present BJP central govt.
>work for 5 years. We in India do NOT want elections. We want ANY govt. to
>continue. We in India are fed up of repeated elections. Ratan.
>
>On Mon, 6 Jul 1998 owner-india_policy@cinenet.net wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 14:45:32 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Manjunath Somayaji <somayaji@rocketmail.com>
>> Subject: Transparency in Bureaucracy
>>
>> This is a very good example and role model for anyone
>> trying to introduce transparency in the Indian
>> bureaucracy. However, criticisms and flaws in the
>> method used below are encouraged. Ideas for other
>> methods are also invited.
>>
>> Manjunath
>>
>> =======================================================
>>
>> THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION
>>                               - Bunker Roy
>>
>> The crucial issue facing the rural poor today in India
>> is very simple.  Does a poor illiterate peasant,
>> landless labourer, artisan and rural woman have a right
>> to demand from the Government details of development
>> expenditure carried out in their own village ? Do they
>> have the right to ask for  copies of bills and
>> vouchers
>> and names of persons who have been paid wages contained
>> in 'muster rolls' on the construction of schools,
>> dispensaries, small dams and community centres that on
>> paper have been shown to have been completed? If they
>> are willing to pay for these documents to be
>> photocopied which could also serve as certified copies
>> in case any police cases have to be registered against
>> village officials or politicians for embezzlement,
>> corruption or misappropriation, can the government
>> refuse?
>
>....
>