Allocation of Fund and Expenditure for Prisoners of Jharapada Jail, Bhubaneswar

Details of Budgetary allocation and Expenditure under Different head for Jharpada Jail, Bhubaneswar (2009-2016)

RTI Application was submitted to the PIO, office of Superintendent, Jharapada Jail, Bhibaneswar seeking information about details of budgetary allocation and expenditure for Jharapada Jail. This Jail is the home of   700 prisoners.  The information provided  by the PIO  on 7.6.16 is as follows.                                                                                                                                                                           (In Rs.)

Sl. No.	Name of Sub-Head	2009-10		2010-11		2011-12		2012-13		2013-14		2014-15		2015-16
		Allotment	Exp.	Allot	Exp	Allot	Exp.	Allot	Exp.	Allot	Exp.	Allot	Exp.	Allot	Exp.
1	10001-Hospital and medicin          e xpense for prisoners	7,17,824	7,17,824	8,50,000	8,50,000	13,45,000	13,45,000	15,00,000	15,00,000	14,54,500	14,54,500	15,72,000	15,72,000	21,40,000	21,40,000
2	24003-Diet (Fooding)	90,36,000	90,36,000	99,00,000	99,00,000	90,00,000	90,00,000	93,00,000	93,00,000	1,09,35,000	1,09,35,000	1,47,88,600	1,47,88,600	1,55,00,000	1,55,00,000
3	136-Pay	54,50,000	54,46,547	55,89,307	55,89,307	59,59,810	59,59,810	66,83,179	66,83,179	73,76,927	73,76,927	79,58,443	79,58,443	79,98,385	79,98,385
4	147-DP	11,000	9510	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
5	156-DA	14,45,000	14,13,724	24,04,047	24,04,047	23,55,826	23,55,826	47,34,411	47,34,411	64,75,323	64,75,323	84,45,793	84,45,793	94,22,788	94,22,788
6	403-HRA	4,45,126	4,06,320	2,36,000	2,36,000	2,71,806	2,71,806	1,60,881	1,60,881	2,93,384	2,93,384	3,80,159	3,80,159	3,25,266	3,25,266
7	523-O.A.	2,05,322	1,66,258	2,46,014	2,44,768	4,28,111	4,28,111	5,29,767	5,29,767	6,07,118	6,07,118	9,18,836	9,18,836	8,15,485	8,15,485
8	06001-T.E.	35,706	35,700	32,000	26,621	24,000	24,000	14,984	14,984	17,000	16,996	27,163	27,163	77,500	77,500
9	074-Electricity	13,35,000	13,35,000	13,68,000	13,68,000	22,36,000	22,36,000	24,37,300	24,37,300	28,59,412	28,59,412	23,04,646	23,04,646	17,37,193	17,37,193
10	149-Water	1,51,000	1,51,000	1,48,000	1,48,000	1,65,312	1,65,312	1,72,249	1,72,249	1,83,000	1,83,000	1,71,665	1,71,665	1,87,468	1,87,468
11	159-Telephone	1,09,000	1,09,000	85,000	85,000	1,55,000	1,55,000	1,00,000	1,00,000	29,482	29,482	70,000	70,000	78,000	78,000
12	Motor Vehicle	12,000	12,000	1,96,000	1,96,000	1,30,000	1,30,000	1,00,000	1,00,000	1,00,000	1,00,000	1,20,000	1,20,000	1,00,000	1,00,000
13	Maintenance  Cost of CCTV	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	4,31,250	4,31,250	29,770	29,770	1,51,288	1,51,288
14	1402-20002-Other Charges	1,20,001	1,20,000	13,90,000	13,90,000	11,50,000	11,50,000	7,80,000	7,80,000	14,70,000	14,70,000	00	00	00	00

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date- 7.6.16 

Mass Demonstration before Collector, Kendrapara, Odisha on RTI Issue

Mass Rally and   Demonstration in front of office of Collector, Kendrapara demanding arrest of culprits involved in brutal attack to a 10 year old boy of RTI Activist

On behalf of Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan ( a State-level Forum of RTI Activists of Odisha)  , Mass Rally and   Demonstration will be  organized on 8.6.16  in front of office of Collector, Kendrapara demanding arrest of culprits involved in brutal attack to a 10 year old boy of RTI Activist of Marshaghai Block. The Rally will start from Tinimuhani ( Ram Mandir) at 10 am proceeding  to the office of Collector, Kendrapara. The  Demonstration is being organized  in protest against  the  callousness of the administration  and  the Marshaghai Police  to enquire  into the matter. It has come to the public notice that  the police is trying hard  to cover up the case  under political influence  of BJD Party and protecting the culprits.  Though  one month has passed, the police has not been able to detect  the culprits  and  is engaged in harassing the parents.

 Back ground of the case

On 10.5.16, Suvam Sarathi Rout, a ten year old boy, s/o- Kalandi Rout, Vill- Bhagaban Pur, Post- Marshaghai of Kendrapara district was physically attacked by miscreants in the night around 1 o’clock, when he was asleep. The miscreants entered Kalandi’s house with target to murder the boy. They attacked the boy with weapons causing heavy head injuries. When the boy cried, the miscreants ran away in dark night. The parents could not identify anybody. The boy lost the sense due to heavy bleeding.  Immediately, the parents brought the boy to Cuttack and got him admitted in Star Hospital. After week-long treatment with expenditure of Rs. 2 lakh and finding no improvement in the condition of the patients, the  parents ensured her admission in S.C.B. Medical, Cuttack.  Suvam is in Central I.C.U.  

There is huge corruption, irregularities and misappropriation of fund in every development work and in each office of the State Govt. It has become very common practice  under able leadership of Nabin Patnaik, Chief Minister, Odisha. The leaders of Ruling party and officials are openly indulged in corruption and amassing huge property worth crores of rupees. It is see that the common people could not tolerate magnitude of corruption and have started reacting against the corruption and using RTI to expose it. Sri Kalandi Nayak , a poor villager  and daily wage labourer of Marshaghai Block of Kendrapara district found  misappropriation of  around Rs. 15 lakh fund in repair of  Udayabata Upper Primary School and mismanagement of  fund for  Mid-Day-Meal by the Head Master of the School, Block Education Officer  and District Education Officer. He filed RTI application  to the PIO, office of Block Education Officer,  Marshaghai seeking  information about details of fund sanctioned, utilised  along with copy of bill and vouchures.  The whole administration got  disturbed having seen the application  and tried  to convince him to withdraw the application. When Sri Kalandi remained determined  to  pursue the application  and also  filed  first appeal petition after denial of information by the PIO, he received a lot of threats  call   of murder from different people.      He has also got the information that a coterie of powerful people including Chairman, Marshaghai Block and Officials  and Contractors  are getting organised to attack him at anytime.  The attack on his son Suvam in mid-night is the result of the conspiracy hatched by the said  coterie. While taking steps to ensure admission of  his  severely injured child in hospital, he filed FIR  in Marshaghai police station ( IIC  Mobile No- 9437523699) on 12.5.16. Though more than 10 days passed, the Inspector-In-Charge  has not taken any steps to nab the  culprits.  

We make appeal  all sensible people, Activists to join  in the demonstration  to give justice to  a 10 year old boy.

Pradip Pradhan                                        Ranjan Kumar Dash

State Convener                                          District  Convener

OSAA                                     OSAA, Kendrapara district Unit

M-9937843482                                          M- 8457866552

Cost of a Meal for MLAs is Rs.2000/- , exposed through RTI

Chief Minister, Odisha  makes Payment of Rs.2000/- for  a meal  of MLAs, but allocates  Rs. 300/- per month  only towards   pension of  Destitutes and Widows in the state.

As aware you are, the last assembly session ended with disruption of Assembly by opposition MLAs and adjournment of the house by the Speaker  for days together without debate and discussion on pertinent issues affecting the life and livelihood of the people of the state. However,  after suspension of the Assembly, all the MLAs  irrespective their political hues  got assembled together  over high profile lunch   arranged  by Finance Minister in the State Guest House  on the day of Appropriation for the Year 2016-17.  As per the information obtained through RTI on 30.5.16,  it was found that  Total amount of Rs. 3, 15, 364.00  ( approximately Rs. 2000/- per Meal) has been  incurred towards arrangement of  Lunch for MLAs.

However,  the State Govt.  has not been able to increase  pension  amount of Older persons, widow, destitute  under different pension scheme till yet.  Under various pension schemes like Old Age Pension Scheme, Widow Pension Scheme,  Madhubabu Pension Scheme, the beneficiaries are given just Rs. 300.00 per month to meet their basic requirement  including food. Though  many organisations have been demanding to increase the pension amount  at least Rs. 1000.00 since years together, the State Govt. has not  taken any steps in this regard.  The MLAs must think twice  about the  deplorable of condition of these sections of the people while taking  high profile meal from  state exchequer.

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date- 5.6.16