Information
about KISS shared by Achyut Samant Far
from Truth
While joining in “Koun
Bangeya Krorarapati” , a popular programme of S TV , Sri Achyut Samant,
founder of KISS ( Kalinga Institute of Social Science ) , Bhubaneswar, Odisha
said to Amitav Bachan that “ KIIT shares 5% of
its profit for KISS and KIIT Staff give
3% of the salary for 30,000 students of
KISS . KISS requires a recurring expenditure
of Rs. 100 crore.” This
is not first
time that Sri Samant
shared this information in public platform. He has
shared it in many
public functions.
To verify
authenticity of information
shared by Sri Samant, we have
filed a number of RTI Applications to KIIT
and KISS to get
all the information about details of land allotted to
both of the Institutions, no. of tribal
children studying in KISS , details of accommodation, boarding and food for
the children in KISS
Hostel , copy of
Annual Audit Report of KISS,
name of relatives
and family members of Ministers and IAS, IPS officers appointed
in KIIT and KISS etc. The
Authority of KIIT/ KISS has
denied to share
any information on the pretext that
they do not come
under RTI. Our legal battle to bring
these two institutions
within ambit of RTI is
continuing by us.
Having failed to get
information from KIIT/ KISS, RTI Applications were filed
a number of State
Govt. offices and
Central Govt. offices to get information about KISS
and KIIT. The authority
denied to share any
information to any Govt.
department under RTI Act. However,
we have
succeeded to get some
information about KIIT and
KISS by
pursuing RTI matter and
fighting at appropriate level to get
the information. Few information obtained under
RTI is presented
against claims of Achyut
Samanat which are
baseless and false.
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Fact
against Myth
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Claim
of Achyut Samant
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Fact about KISS
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We dot
receive any fund from Govt. to
run the school.
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KISS has been developed and managed
by public fund and relying on public fund . Edifice of this
institutions stands on
Govt. support ( funded
by the public not from pocket of Achyut Samant. ( visit it https://odishasoochana.blogspot.com/2018/06/kiitkiss-developed-with-public-money.html
). KISS has
received huge fund from Govt. to
manage the tribal school and hostel. (a) It has acquired 32 acres of Govt land ( forest land ) on which KISS campus
has been built up. ( 2) from
2007-08 to 2011-12, Achyut Samant has received
Rs.
12 crores from Ministry of Tribal
affairs for infrastructure development. Within period of 2017-18 and 2018-19, KISS has
received financial assistance of
Rs. 21.42 crore ( Rs. 6,54,27,492 for 2017-18 Rs. 14,87,27,436 for 2018-19)
, highest in the country among the recipient NGOs. (3) KISS has
received Rs. 20 crores
as foreign contribution from
different countries in the name
of tribal children https://odishasoochana.blogspot.com/2019/06/rs-20-crores-foreign-fund-contributed.html.
( 4) Every year, KISS receives Rs. 5 crore as post matric scholarship from
Govt. of Odisha for tribal children. The
State Govt. has also been providing subsidised rice to KISS tribal School. On 16.9.2017. in an assembly query , Sri
Chandra Sekhar Majhi, Hon’ble Minister for SC and ST Development has replied that the State Govt. has been providing 75 MT rice to 5000
children of KISS Tribal school in every month. The market price of the
subsidised rice at BPL rate provided by State Govt. to KISS Tribal school per year is Rs. 22,50,00,000.00 ( Twenty two crore and
Fifty lakh rupees). https://odishasoochana.blogspot.com/2018/03/false-claim-of-achyut-samant-managing.html.
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30,000 tribal
children are studying in
KISS Tribal school, Bhubaneswar
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We have filed
RTI application to the authority
of KISS to supply information about details of tribal children and their
no. in each batch studying in KISS tribal school. The Authority denied
to provide information. Then , RTI Application was filed to SC and ST Department , Collector,
Khurda to provide the said
information. The PIOs responded
that such information is not
available. Then, RTI
Application was filed to Dept. of School and Mass Education, Govt. of Odisha after a long fight, PIO, office of Block education Officer supplied the
information It was found
from the calculation given by
BEO that only 18,000 children are
reading in KISS Tribal school(https://odishasoochana.blogspot.com/2018/01/figure-of-25000-tribal-children.html).,
https://odishasoochana.blogspot.com/2018/02/number-of-students-reading-in-kiss.html
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KISS Hostel is
effectively managed adhering laws for protection of rights of the children.
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This is false. KISS does not allow inspecting authority
to inspect the hostels
from time to time. However, after our
complaint filed, Child welfare Committee, Khurda had
visited KISS to gather
information about situation of
tribal children in the hostel. The Report was horrible. https://odishasoochana.blogspot.com/2017/08/directive-issued-to-authority-of-kiss.html.
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Achyut Samant , founder of
KISS has not
provided any information about source of funding
for KISS and Annual Audit
Report in public
domain. That’s why
it is very difficult to accept
any of his statement about KISS
which may be factually incorrect. Sri Samant maintains utmost secrecy in the management of affairs on KISS which
has generated serious doubt
in the mind of people. To brining
this institution dealing life,
livelihood and career of
thousands of tribal children must come
under ambit of RTI Act. So that
many picture about KISS
will be clear before
the public.
Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist
M-9937843482
Date- 20.11.19
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