The Times of India:Thursday, February 02, 2012.
New Delhi: If you want to know what your area MLA is doing with the development funds, you can now access his report card in the neighbourhood itself.
Following a CIC order issued last year, close to 671 boards have been put up across 70 assembly constituencies, displaying how each MLA spent the local area development fund in the past two financial years. The large boards, listing details of expenditure of every project undertaken using the funds, have been installed at prominent locations in the constituencies, such as the offices of deputy commissioners of the district and government hospitals. A public notice regarding this will be issued soon.
"A sign board of appropriate dimension shall be installed, mentioning the details of expenditure of the current year and that of the previous year of the MLA under the local area development fund of each constituency," information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi had said in an order dated February 10, 2011. Though the government was supposed to put up the boards by March 15 and submit a compliance report by March 25 last year, the state has managed to complete the work only now.
The display of information will now be a permanent feature. The department of urban development is compiling all this information in a booklet, which will be available for a nominal price at government offices such as the Delhi secretariat and MCD offices.
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit's report card is on display at the Cooperative Societies office at Parliament Street. Boards displaying projects undertaken by urban development minister A K Walia and education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely have been installed at the office of the deputy commissioner for east district. Pusa Labour office displays the fund utilization of labour minister Ramakant Goswami who represents Rajender Nagar. SG Hospital displays the work done by PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan who represents Mangolpuri. Information on work done by Ballimaran MLA and Delhi's power minister Haroon Yusuf is on display at GN Eye Hospital. The CIC order came in response to a complaint filed under the RTI Act by one Anjali Bhardwaj and 317 citizens from Sheikh Sarai.
Following a CIC order issued last year, close to 671 boards have been put up across 70 assembly constituencies, displaying how each MLA spent the local area development fund in the past two financial years. The large boards, listing details of expenditure of every project undertaken using the funds, have been installed at prominent locations in the constituencies, such as the offices of deputy commissioners of the district and government hospitals. A public notice regarding this will be issued soon.
"A sign board of appropriate dimension shall be installed, mentioning the details of expenditure of the current year and that of the previous year of the MLA under the local area development fund of each constituency," information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi had said in an order dated February 10, 2011. Though the government was supposed to put up the boards by March 15 and submit a compliance report by March 25 last year, the state has managed to complete the work only now.
The display of information will now be a permanent feature. The department of urban development is compiling all this information in a booklet, which will be available for a nominal price at government offices such as the Delhi secretariat and MCD offices.
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit's report card is on display at the Cooperative Societies office at Parliament Street. Boards displaying projects undertaken by urban development minister A K Walia and education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely have been installed at the office of the deputy commissioner for east district. Pusa Labour office displays the fund utilization of labour minister Ramakant Goswami who represents Rajender Nagar. SG Hospital displays the work done by PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan who represents Mangolpuri. Information on work done by Ballimaran MLA and Delhi's power minister Haroon Yusuf is on display at GN Eye Hospital. The CIC order came in response to a complaint filed under the RTI Act by one Anjali Bhardwaj and 317 citizens from Sheikh Sarai.
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