Please join the RTI workshop organised by West Bengal RTI Manch

RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT
"As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the lawgivers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end." Adlai Stevenson (1956)

As a Volunteer I pledge that
“ I will never pay any bribe. I will rather use RTI.”

People have to pay bribes in their daily interaction with Government Departments – be it getting a passport or a ration card or a license or an income tax refund etc. Everyone has to either pay a bribe or face harassment. Sometimes, even if a bribe is not directly asked, still your work is not done because of laziness or simple bureaucratic delay. What does one do in such a situation? So far people were helpless. They could only curse the system and do nothing. Each one of us when faced in a similar situation wondered whether there would ever be a time when our country would get rid of this curse of bribery. Maybe that time has come. Now we need not pay a bribe in such a situation. We have “Right to Information Act” now, which gets the work done. We, from the West Bengal RTI Manch sincerely request you all to be a part of this campaign, which is about helping people in getting their work done without facing bribery or harassment using this revolutionary tool, i.e. the “Right to Information Act 2005”. In congruent to this, we are organizing a RTI Work Shop/ Interactive Session to be held on SATURDAY, 10TH of MARCH 2007 at 16:00hrs. over the premises of the Advanced Center for the study of Philanthropy and Development Affairs, Azad Palace, 1st. Floor, 81C, Narkeldanga Main (New C.I.T.) Road, Kolkata - 700054. This building is located diagonally opposite to Swabhumi (The Heritage Park), just behind Subhas Sarobar.

TIME: 16:00 HRS

* 2 (two) episodes of “Ab to hum janenge” by CHRI (20mins. Approx.)
* Individual interaction with the participants, sharing experiences, RTI success stories in West Bengal & outside.
* Filing of RTI Applications,
* Distributing Court Fee Stamps of Rs.10/- to the participants against a payment of Rs.10/- only. [Subject to availability.]


THIS IS YOUR RIGHT, COME FORWARD & USE IT !
FOR ANY FURTHER CLARIFICATION (S) PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL

MALAY BHATTACHARYYA at 9231413834 or ASHISH BISWAS at 24278451