Saturday, June 27, 2015

Why was information not uploaded on website?

The Asian Age: Mumbai: Saturday, June 27, 2015.
Cornering the Maharashtra government over its transparency claims, a noted RTI activist has sought to know from chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as to why were GRs pertaining to the alleged chikki scam, involving minister Pankaja Munde not uploaded on the official website. Pune-based RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar, who has blown the lid of many scams in the state, in a letter to Fadnavis said, “It was really shocking to know that orders to purchase the food items were passed in a single day by flouting all rules on February 13 with passing of 24 GRs but not a single GR was put in public domain.”
“It further escalates the intention of the government and in particular of the ministry because the way Munde ruled it, as not even a single GR was uploaded on the website,” he said.
“Not only Pankaja Munde’s ministry, but also other ministries have been conniving and are not sharing such info by not uploading it on websites,” Mr Kumbhar said. “So I have demanded that the chief minister instruct all officials concerned to upload such information on websites and also to do an audit of the expenses incurred on public money” he said.