Information
about details of Fund, budgeted,
collected and utilized for Hockey World
Cup is denied by Govt. of Odisha under RTI Act
OSAA gives a Call
for Mass Demonstration in
front of
Department of Sports and Youth
Services , Govt. of Odisha for proactive
disclosure of information about Hockey
game in public domain on 17.1.19
Dear friends
The SLOGAN “ 3-T” (
Transparency, Team Work and
Technology) and PEETA Yojana( People’s empowerment
enabling transparency and accountability
of Odisha Initiative) of Nabin Patnaik ,
Chief Minister of Odisha , claimed
by him to enforce transparency and accountability in the administration is proved big hoax
and designed to cheat the people of Odisha .
In fact, RTI Act , enacted in
2005 has mandate to enforce transparency and accountability in the administration and empower
citizens to access information held
by the public authorities. But as
it is seen several times, from very
beginning, Odisha Govt. has tried to
dilute and destroy RTI Act in the state.
Denial of information, harassing information-seekers,
giving threats to family of RTI Activists, putting them behind bar by filling false cases has become order of the day in the state. The magnitude of denial of information has led to
pending of more than 12000 cases in Odisha Information Commission for disposal. Due
to inefficiency and lack of experience, knowledge and expertise of two
Information Commissioners , hearing and
disposal of cases gets delayed for years
together frustrating effort of Information-seekers to get timely information as mandated under RTI Act.
However, in this state of affairs, series of RTI
Applications were filed to
different Govt. offices including
Department of Sports and Youth Services , a nodal Department for organizing Hockey World
Cup event in Bhubaneswar. The
details of RTI Applications
submitted, response of the PIO
and its status upto 12.1.19 is as follows.
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Date of application
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Name of applicant
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Information sought for
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Response of PIO
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Analysis
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1.12.18 ( Dept. of Youth
Affairs and Sports, Govt. of Odisha )
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Srikant Pakal, RTI Activist,
Cuttack
M-9338455092
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Details of appointment of
Consultant, payment made to each of them,
details of fund donated by
International Hockey federation and Govt. of India, cost for advertisement for Hockey event, details of fund earmarked for
cultural programme organized in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack
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On 3.1.19, the PIO has responded that “ the Coaching
Competition section of this department
has intimated that the accounts
of Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup-2018 has not been settled till yet.
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This is false information. Settlement of account
dies not have any relation to supply of information. The PIO can share part information and intimate how much time he or she
will take to provide
information.
|
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3.12.18
( Dept. of Youth
Affairs and Sports, Govt. of Odisha )
|
Pratap Mohanty, RTI
Activist, Kendrapara
M- 9040222335
|
Details of fund received by Govt. of Odisha from various sources, details of assurance and advance released to different organisations which were engaged, Details of Hotels and other places booked for Hockey players, details of payment made for cultural program
organized in Bbubaneswar and Cuttack
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On 3.1.19, the PIO has responded that “ the Coaching
Competition section of this department
has intimated that the accounts
of Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup-2018 has not been settled till yet.
|
This is false information. Settlement of account
dies not have any relation to supply of information. The PIO can share part information and intimate how much time he or she
will take to provide
information.
|
|
6.12.18
( Dept. of Youth
Affairs and Sports, Govt. of Odisha )
|
Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist
M-9937843482
|
Detail of fund / programme contributed by Hockey
India for Hockey event in Bhubaneswar, Details of support
provided by Corporate House, details of fund utilized for light decoration etc.
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On 8.1.19, the PIO has responded that “ the Coaching
Competition section of this department
has intimated that the accounts
of Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup-2018 has not been settled till yet.
|
This is false information. Settlement of account
dies not have any relation to supply of information. The PIO can share part information and intimate how much time he or she
will take to provide
information.
|
|
15.11.18 ( Department of
Finance, Govt. of Odisha)
|
Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist
M-9937843482
|
Information about details of
budgetary allocation made for
organizing world Hockey cup tournament in Odisha, details of financial
allocation under different heads made by
each Department for World
Hockey Cup.
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No Information Supplied
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First Appeal filed to the FAA , Dept. of Finance
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30.11.18 ( Department of General Administration, Govt. of Odisha)
|
Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist
M-9937843482
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Details of total fund
earmarked by different department and its respective subordinate
offices for organizing World Hockey
Cup in the state, financial allocation made under different heads by each department and its subordinate offices for organizing
world hockey cup, details of fund spent under different schemes ( mention
central and state scheme) for World
cup hockey, details of fund already allocated by Dept and subordinate offices to
each agency engaged for
carrying out various work for this
event, details of advances
issued to different agencies for
organizing the world hockey cup.
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On 3.12.18, RTI Application
was forwarded to the PIO, Dept. of Sports and Youth Services , Govt. of
Odisha. No response from the PIO till yet.
|
|
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30.11.18 ( Housing and urban
Development , Govt. of Odisha )
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Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist
M-9937843482
|
Information about details of Fund sanctioned for World Hockey Cup by
department and Bhubaneswar Municipal
Corporation
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PIO forwarded RTI Application to the PIO, office of BMC to supply the
Information. The PIO of BMC has provided the
following information.
Funds
proposed
Mural Art- Rs. 3 crore
e-toilet- Rs. 5.76 crore
water ATM- Rs. 42.98 lakhs
No information about its
utilization has been provided.
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First appeal has been filed.
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10.12.18 ( Ministry of Youth
affairs and Sports, Govt. of India
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Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist
M-9937843482
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Information about details of
fund supported to Hockey
India by Govt. of India to
organize the Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar, capital city of Odisha, details of events organized directly
by Hockey India and amount of
money spent for each event, details of
sponsorship mobilized by
Hockey India for Hockey World Cup and amount contributed by each Company or institution, copy of all correspondence made by post or in email between Govt. of India , Govt. of
Odisha and Hockey India with regard to organizing hockey world cup event in Bhubaneswar, details of payment made to different organisations or
individuals and work assigned to each
of them.
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Information is yet to be provided
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It shows
how the PIOs of Govt. of Odisha have
deliberately denied to provide
information and keep utmost secrecy
in the affairs of Hockey game.
Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist
M-9937843482
Date- 12.1.19
