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Annual Report 2009
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Contents
No. Chapter Page No.
01 Corporate Information 01
02 Foreword 02
03 Our Activities 03
¤ Citizens’ Charters 03
¤ Right to Information 03
¤ e-tendering 04
¤ Project Pahal: Shaasan Sudhaar Ki Ore 04
¤ Integrity Pact 05
¤ Development Pact 06
¤ United Nations’ Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) 07
¤ Judiciary Accountability 07
¤ TI India’s Annual Lecture 07
¤ Television and Radio Appearances 07
¤ Lecture & Consultations 08
¤ TI India’s Participation at International Fora 08
¤ Presentation at the World Bank 08
¤ Publications 09
¤ Press Releases 09
04 Activities of TI India’s State Chapters 1 1
¤ Karnataka Chapter 1 1
¤ Orissa Chapter 1 1
¤ U P (Central & Eastern) Chapter 12
¤ U P (Western) Chapter 13
¤ Uttrakhand Chapter 13
¤ Tamilnadu Chapter 13
¤ West Bengal Chapter 14
05 Board of Directors / Founder, Promoter & Adviser 15
06 Advisory Council 16
07 Our Donors 17
08 Financial Data 19
09 Chapter & Area of Work / Event 2009 26
Appendices
01 Annexure I (List of PSUs which have Signed MoU to implement IP) 2702 Annexure II (DP&T Circular dt. 16 June 2009 on Integrity Pact) 28
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Corporate Information
Name:
Transparency International India
TII’s Accredition
As a result of TI’s Membership Accreditation Committee (MAC)’s visit in Sep-tember 2008, the accreditation of the Indian chapter was extended unconditionally for aperiod of three years.
Legal Status:
TI India was launched in March 1997. It was registered with the Registrar of Societies,Delhi, vide registration number S-32570 of 1998 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.Transparency International’s name and logo were also registered with the Trade MarksRegistry vide Registration No.1343408 Clause 42, on September 20, 2007.
Registered Office:
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Foreword
As we escalate our fight against corruption at the TI India we try to reach out to all levels ofgovernment, judiciary, politics, private sector and civil society bodies. We do this through acombination of various tools of governance with strategic coalitions and discussions & campaignsfor constructive engagement with all concerned stakeholders.
This year has been significant for TI India in its fight against corruption. Our team working onproject Pahal at the grassroots’ level in a sample survey found that mid-day meals were notbeing served to the children in 13 government schools of Hazaribagh in Jharkhand. Furtherenquiries revealed misappropriation of funds by showing expenditure on mid-day meal schemeof those who did not figure in the school records. This matter was widely reported in the localdailies and the Union Home Minister, who happened to be in the region, ordered an enquiry intothe matter.
Further, we also reached out to locally rooted NGOs and Capacity Building Organisations (CBOs)in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa to jointly build capacity of the marginalized, to enablethem to tap their power to participate in enforcing public accountability with the use of toolssuch as RTI, Social Audit, and Citizens’ Charters.
Similarly, TI India took up cases against judicial officers, including the judges of the higherjudiciary. They were alleged to have fraudulentlywithdrawn Rs 23 crores from the ProvidentFund accounts of the Ghaziabad District Court employees. As a result, a CBI probe is currentlybeing monitored by the Supreme Court.
Acknowledging the need for improving public service delivery as pursued by TI India, theGovernment of Delhi issued orders to penalise the erring officials in seven services for anyslackness in public service delivery.
Our efforts to fight corruption in public contracting through the use of Integrity Pact (IP) waslauded by the Prime Minister. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) issued its StandardOperating Procedure on 18th May 2009 as its continuing support for the IP programme. As aresult, the number of Central Public Sector Undetakings (CPSUs), which have signed the IntegrityPact (IP), commiting that they would not indulge in unethical practice in their contracts, hasreached 39. Besides, Corporate Support Forum was set up to involve the public and privatesector corporate bodies and multinational corporations in the fight against corruption andpromotion of good governance.
Taking cue from Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) 2009,wherein 58 per cent Indians felt that politicians were most corrupt, we commenced work on anew tool, called the Development Pact (DP). It is an anti-corruption tool in the hands of politicalrepresentatives and administrators keen to demonstrate their integrity and performance todeliver development promises as well as the public to seek workable assurances.
In brief, the challenges we are facing to fight corruption are immense, but we are confident thatTI India’s movement against corruption will make all efforts towards achievement of socialjustice.
Admiral (Retd.) R H TahilianiChairman TI India
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Our Activities
Towards Improving Governance
Citizens’ Charters
For the last eight years, TI India has been propagating the need for re-formulating the Citizens’Charters in consultation with con-cerned stakeholders and making theservice providers accountable forany deficiency in promised standardof services. The Second Administra-tive Reforms Commission in its 12thReport has also made a similar rec-ommendation. This has now beenaccepted for implementation by theGovt. of India.
Accordingly, since June 2009, theDepartment of AdministrativeReforms & Public Grievances(DAR&PG) is in the process ofgetting the Citizens’ Chartersreviewed and revised throughparticipation of all concerned citizensand stakeholders of eachorganization in the Governmentboth at the Centre and the State /Union Territories. In addition, theDepartment-Related ParliamentaryStanding Committee has also madea similar recommendation andmonitoring its implementation.Besides, as a result of discussionswith the PMO, the Government ofDelhi has decided to impose penaltybetween Rs. 10 and Rs. 200 dailywith effect from April 2010 on itsofficials if there is any slackness andthe time schedule in respect of seven
services is not adhered to.
Right to Information
To widen the awareness and use of RTI, a Guide (in Hindi) was compiled by Dr S K Agarwal onthe basis of ‘why, when and how’.
In its bid to make the Government more transparent and accountable, TI India sought following
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information under RTI Act from various government departments.
Election Commission of India: Whether assets declared by the politicians prior to electionswere referred to the Income Tax Department ? If yes, what were the findings thereof andaction taken?
Election Commission of India: Whether election expences incurred are declared by thecontestants?
Whether rules have been framed and notified under Benami Transaction (Prohibition)Act, 1998? If yes, the decision thereof and if not, the reason for delay.
Names of account holders at Liechtenstein Bank.
e-Tendering
Anticipating likelihood of emerging problems and lacunae in e-procurement and e-Tendering,Shri Jitender Kohli, an active member of TI India, has prepared a security matrix to ensuretransparency, functionality and security in the procurement process.
Based on his expertise a proposal has been made to the CVC to ensure that the guidelines in-clude a Matrix to cater to transparency, functionality and security in the procurement processso that the information is not captured by anyone for manipulation.
Project Pahal : Shaasan Sudhaar ki Ore
TI India has been implementing a grassroots initiative, Pahal: ShaasanSudhaar Ki Ore in four districts each in three states, namelyChhattisgarh, Orissa and Jharkhand since April, 2009. Under theinitiative we are working for the poor and marginalized rural masses toempower them to demand and access their entitlements and publicservices with the knowledge and use of the tools of good governancelike RTI, social audit, revived gram sabhas, citizen’s charter and e-governance. Pahal also works towards people-centric, transparent andaccountable governance through greater participation of women anddisadvantaged sections in local self governance, increased responsiveness from local administrationtowards Gram Sabha (people’s assembly for self governance) and active role of Panchayats inbottom-up planning and monitoring.
TI India has operated fifteen Model Gram Panchayats (GPs) in three states where people arewell-informed, use the tools of good governance and participate in democratic processes. Village
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Information Centres for information dissemination, assistance and grievance handling at thePanchayat level have been developed.
A group of village leaders (especially among marginalized groups like women, tribals, etc)were trained in use and dissemination of tools of good governance like RTI, citizen’s charter andsocial audit. In coordination with government officials and elected representatives, TI Indiafacilitated fair, hassle free and timely delivery of government services for more than 2000 ruralpoor.
In Jharkhand, focus was on delivery of services, keeping in view the stark poverty and lack oflocal democratic institutions in the state. TI India helped more than 735 individuals apply forbenefits under various government schemes. In Chhattisgarh and Orissa, RTI was used to seekinformation on public issues, and for exposing corruption. More than 200 RTI applicationswere filed. Seven social audits were conducted in these states in cooperation with thegovernment.
Local PartnershipsTI India collaborated with local NGOs while working in these states like Chhattisgarh Citizen’sInitiative in Raipur, Sambhav in Bilaspur, Rural Women Development Service Centre in Angul,Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand RTI Forum and Maharshi Mehi KalyanKendra in Ranchi, Veer Jharkhand in Koderma, and well-known local social/RTI activists likeShri Vishnu Rajgarhia in Ranchi, Shri Mahanand Bagh in Bastar, Shri Ramshankar Gupta inKoria, etc., to facilitate local support, participation, understanding of local issues, and sharing ofcapacities.
Integrity Pact
It is the public procurement in which most of the “grand corruption” occurs with much of thedamage visibly inflicted upon the poorer section of the society. “Islands of integrity” is a processin which voluntary agreements, involving bidders and the government are made, to restrictopportunities for corruption. Keeping it in view, the Integrity Pact (IP) was designed and launchedby Transparency International in the 1990s to safeguard public procurement from corruption.It can be used by any procurement body in its procurement and contracting.
TI India’s compaign for the adoption of IP got a boost in 2005 when ONGC accepted it, andCentral Vigilance Commission (CVC) extended full support. Since than, 39 Central PSUs haveadopted it (Annexure I).
A significant achievement was adoption of IP by four Defence PSUs, namely, Bharat Earth MoversLtd., Bangalore, HAL, Kanpur, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. Kolkata, and MishraDhatu Nigam Ltd. Last year, it was stipulated under the Ministry of Defence ProcurementProcedure that all its transactions equal or above Rs 100 crores and Rs 20 crores of its PSUswould fall within the purview of IP.
Meanwhile, the CVC has issued its Standard Operating Procedure on May 18, 2009 for theadoption of the IP. Earlier, the CVC had issued three major circulars on December 4, 2007, May19, 2008 (on appointment of IEMs), and August 5, 2008 clarifying issues raised by variouscompanies. Another circular has been issued by the Deptt. of Administrative Reforms & Trainingaddressing to the Chief Secretaries of all the States & UTs recommending the adoption of IP byPSUs (Annexure II).
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In collaboration with Ernst and Young, TII organised two round table meetings at Gurgaon andMumbai on “Building effective compliance program to combat fraud and corruption”. Privatesector companies, including Tata ConsultingServices, GE, Dow Chemicals, Heinz andrepresentative of Indo-German Chamber ofCommerce, participated in these meetings.
In partnership with UN Global Compact Societyand United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime(UNODC), TI India organized a workshop on“Benefits of engagement for greater complianceby companies in India” – making a business casefor ethical and transparent corporate conduct (29-
30 June) at India Habitat Center in New Delhi.
Development Pact
The concept of Development Pact (DP) has been conceived to ensure that the allocations madeby the govt. for the rural poor are properly spent upon the concerned projects. It is thus designedto help the disadvantaged groups to increase their participation and oversight in the developmentprocess. It is another tool for fighting corruption as it demands greater transparency andaccountability from political representatives. It is an agreement and a commitment of the electedrepresentative to fulfill the promises on their area development needs.
A workshop on ‘Creating Transparency and Accountability in Political & AdministrativeInstitutions: Forging Development Pacts’ was organized by TI-India and Jal BhagirathiFoundation at Jodhpur on 8 September 2009. About 200 political representatives from thenational to the state, district, block and village levels discussed opportunities for increasingpolitical and administrative accountability. Participants shared their experiences of encounteringand fighting corruption.
The Workshop brought out how the current political, administrative and social systems havebeen geared to reward the corrupt, and punishing those who demonstrate integrity andperformance, and the pervasiveness of corruption and its societal context. Participantsemphasized the need for a collective effort to rebuild trust that has been lost among the public,political, and administration representatives . Corruption was seen to undermine the effectivenessof Government efforts such as the NREGS and other programmes aimed at BPL population.
TI India also organised a national level conference on ‘Delivering on Promises: Increasing publictrust in the integrity of political leaders and the administration’ on 8 December 2009, NewDelhi. The Conference was aimed at to address the potential for strengthening public trust indemocratic processes and creating incentives for greater political and administrative performance.It also sought to build existing initiatives of political leaders and administrators in demonstratingtheir commitment to inclusive development. A Focus group Discussion was also held with theelected representatives.
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United Nations’ Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC)
As a part of its continued efforts for the ratification of the UNCAC, TI India addressed letters tothe Prime Minister, Minister of State for External Affairs and the Ministry of AdministrativeReforms & Public Grievances urging them to ratify the Convention urgently. These were followedby a press briefing on November 4 to create awareness on the need for the ratification. TI Indiaparticipated in the Third Conference of States’ Doha meeting on 9-13 November on UNCAC.There, it was emphasised that the ratification of the convention would help India to express itsirretrievable commitment to end corruption and, at the same time, gain support to amend lawswithin a specified time frame and get assistance to recover stolen assets from different parts ofthe world.
Judicial Accountability
TI India has been collaborating in campaigning for Judicial Accountability & Reform for thetackling issues of corruption in judiciary. It took the following steps in this direction-
Multi-crore Provident Fund Scam: TI India moved the Supreme Court, seeking probe bythe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the Ghaziabad District Court scam involving judicialofficers and High Courts and Supreme Court Judges in the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 23 croresfrom the court employees’ PF account in 2006-08. Accordingly, the CBI enquiry has been initiated,and the Supreme Court is now monitoring it.
Judiciary to declare assets: TI India has expressed its disappointment at Supreme Court’sdecision to challenge the Chief Information Officer (CIC)’s order on the declaration of judges’assets. Accordingly, it issued a press release urging judges to declare their assets suo moto inthe interest of transparency and also to enhance the credibility of the judiciary.
Enquiry against Karnataka High Court Chief Justice: TI India’s Karnataka Chapterdemanded an enquiry and investigation in the case of Chief Justice P D Dinakaran of KarnatakaHigh Court. A Press Conference was jointly addressed by Justice M F Saldanha, Chair ofKarnataka Chapter and Ms. Anupama Jha, Executive Director, at Bangalore on November 26th.
TI India’s Annual Lecture
Lord Meghnad Desai delivered a lecture on “Corruption and Development” at India InternationalCentre on 16 January. During his address, he shared his valuable experiences in India and U.K.correlating anecdotes with development and corruption. The lecture has been very informative,enriching and thought provoking for all. Now, the Annual Lecture shall be a regular feature.
Television and Radio Appearances
Executive Director Ms. Anupama Jha appeared (i) ABC Televison on ‘Corruption in Police’ (13Jan), (ii) Pragya TV for a youth program (15 Jan ), (iii) Swiss TV on Black Money in foreignbanks (23 April), (iv) German Radio Network (31 July), (v) Voice of America (26 July), (vi)Loksabha TV on PM’s remarks on corruption (27 July), (vii) Doordarshan on corruption (17September), (viii) News X Channel on Austerity Drive (29 September), and (ix) BBC News onCorruption in India (30 September).
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Dr S K Agarwal appeared on (i) Lok Sabha TV on the issue of amendment to the Prevention ofCorruption Act (17 Jan) and (ii) Live India TV in a discussion on Lok Sabha elections (9 March)(iii) NDTV to discuss security coverage to the politicians (12 July).
Lectures & Consultations
Chairman spoke to a group of activists at Bhubaneshwar on 25 January; and sent a paperon ‘Ethics in Business’ in a seminar organized by Delhi School of Economics at Pondicherry(12 February)
A talk was delivered on RTI at Rotary Club of North Delhi on February 25th..
Shri P S Bawa addressed on ‘Transparency, Accountability, and Responsibility’ to officersat Police Training College, Delhi Police (5 March).; Probationers of the Delhi Judicial Service(24 March);the Rotarians at the Hyatt Hotel on ‘Cancer of Corruption’ (9 September); on‘ Constitution and Police’ at the UP Police Academy, Moradabad, (30 September).
Dr S K Agarwal was consulted by (i) Bureau of Indian Standards on governance (6 Jan),(ii) Ministry of Rural Development on ‘Rural Households-centered Strategy on PovertyEradication in India by 2015’ (13 Jan), and (iii) Quality Council of India on ‘Transparencyin Public Services’ (25 Feb).
Col. Dharmadhikary delivered a Keynote Address in the 5th National Seminar on RTI onNov. 21-22, in Lucknow.
Ms Anupama Jha delivered a talk at the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal
Shri Jitendra Kohli made presentation on IP at ISRO, Ahemdabad
TI India’s Participation at International Fora
The South Asian countries’ meet on April 6 to 9 at Bangkok, organized by Fredskorpset, aNorweigian Agency that promotes participant exchange program, in order to exchangeknowledge among countries.
TI’s Asia-Pacific Regional Program Meeting (Canberra, Australia : May 18 - 23) discussedthe role of the public sector in leading integrity through the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruptioninitiative; cost of advertisement for political campaigns, private sector funding to politicalparties; issues related to political corruption & procurement; and key findings of the GlobalCorruption Report (GCR) and opportunities for advocacy and its follow up activities.
The session on “Improving Private Sector Governance in the context of the financial crisis”focused on the importance of corporate reporting as an essential pre-requisite for corporateintegrity and the broader integrity of financial systems and markets.
Fund raising workshop, organized by South Asian Fund Raising Group on June 30 at IndiaHabitat Center, New Delhi.
Presentation at the World Bank
During his private visit to the USA, Shri P S Bawa, Vice Chairman, made a presentation of theactivities of TI India to the Indian Club at the World Bank, Washington, on 29 June, in thepresence of senior executives who had elicited interest in the TI’s Indian chapter.
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Debate on UN Anti-Corruption Day (9 December): 36 Students of class XI and XII of 18C.B.S.E. schools participated in the debate on the theme “Corruption as a way of life in India”held in Balwantray Mehta Vidya Bhawan, G K II, New Delhi on 9 December. They shared theirviews and pledged they will not give and take bribe in their vicinity. Admiral R.H.Tahiliani,Chairman inaugurated and Shri P.S. Bawa Vice Chairman. addressed the gathering on this subject.
Publications
Soochna Ka Adhikar (Marg Darshika)
Citizens’ Charter (Subordinate Judiciary), prepared by Central & Eastern UP Chapter
‘Corruption & Development’ TI India’s Annual Lecture by Mord Meghnad Desai
‘Education for Values, Character & Integrity for Students, Teachers & Parents’
Education for Values, Character & Integrity for Students, Teachers & Parents -This book*, with world-wide notable contributions, has been prepared in the Indian context. Itis a magnum opus prepared by editors, namely, an eminent Freedom Fighter and TI India’sfounder-promotor Shri S.D. Sharma along with Prof. (Dr.) Kalpna Prasad, Ph. D. with muchhard labour. It contains selections from the vast literature published world-wide. We are notaware if any book has been published earlier in India, which gives such detailed informationabout character education. It was a pleasant surprise to find that western democracies as wellas the communist countries are making considerable efforts to promote character education.
While meaningful recommendations for developing our value system have been made from timeto time, lack of their sincere implementation has resulted in a moral decline in general, and instudent community in particular. We need to teach/impart what is character, what is integrity,what are the basic human values and the significance of good human relations. Busy parents leftthis important task to schools and vice versa, and this has resulted in the present high level ofcrime and violence as well as unethical and undignified conduct in society. The task, therefore,shall not end with the publication of this book. We need to ensure the implementation of whathas been said in this book. Recently, the Airports Authority of India has started constituting‘Integrity Clubs’ in schools. We are approaching them for collaboration. This is the first step inour fight against corruption at micro level.
It is hoped that this book will help readers imbibe the tenets, which will enrich their lives andlead to greater happiness for themselves and their near and dear ones. The book, it is hoped, inthe long run, will benefit our society and increase the level of integrity and moral values in India.
Press Releases
Following press notes were released in order to create public awareness against corruption-
Corruption Perception Index (CPI): Transparency International’s Corruption PerceptionIndex (CPI) 2009 ranked 84th out of 180 countries. Its Integrity Score stood at 3.4 out of thetotal score of 10 being the least corrupt.
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*This book was released by the Hon’ble Defence Minister Shri A K Antony on Jan 23, 2010.
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Global Corruption Barometer: It measures level of corruption in various sectors and rankthem according to the perceived level of corruption in these sectors. According to 2009 GlobalCorruption Barometer, political parties are perceived to be the most corrupt institution by theIndians. Civil servants /public officials were rated as the second most corrupt institution in thecountry. Other institutions that were polled included the parliament/legislature, the privatesector, media and the judiciary.
Global Corruption Report (GCR) 2009: This year, GCR focused on corruption in privatesector. The Report highlighted that though Indian and Chinese companies play active role inglobal business, they routinely engage in bribery when doing business abroad. It has a Chapteron corruption in private sector in India
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Activities of TI India’s State Chapters
Karnatka Chapter
A joint Seminar was organised on February 21 in collaboration with the Karnataka Lok Ayuktaon the current status of governance. Admiral (Retd.) R H Tahiliani (TI-India Chairman)addressed the Seminar. Shri P S Bawa presented a paper on ‘Fighting a Monster’. The prominentspeakers on the occasion were: Justice Santosh Hegde, (the Lok Ayukta), Justice (Dr.) S R Nayak(Chairman of the Karnataka Human Rights Commission), Justice N Venkatachala (former Judgeof the Supreme Court and later Lok Ayukta), and Justice M F Saldanha (Chairman of the TI-I’sKarnatka Chapter).
The Karnataka Chapter acknowledged the contribution of the NSG during the terrorist attackat Mumbai and honored its Director General JK Dutt. Since he could not attend the ceremony atBangaluru, the award was presented to him at the NSG Headquarters in New Delhi.
Orissa Chapter:
The Chapter conducted the following activities -
1. Widening RTI Awareness : (i) Training for RTI use at Barapada (4 March), (ii) organisedworkshops during Oct - Dec in rural areas at Labang, Balikuda, Jagatsinghpur, CYSD atBhubaneshwar (5 April) and Balidokan, Konark (5 June).
2. A Seminar on “Scope for Improvement of Functioning of RTI Act in Orissa” was held atBhubaneshwar on 15 June. It discussed the manner in which the RTI Act was helpful inobtaining required information and the obstacles being faced. It also emphasized the needto change the mindset of the government officials. During the valedictory session, Dr. S KAgarwal urged that penalties should invariably be imposed on erring officials for deficiencyin standards of services. Such an action would introduce accountability and reduce thenumber of RTI appeals. It was attended by 76 delegates representing the civil society, thegovernment, the corporate sector and academics.
3. A seminar on “Integrity Pact & Development Pact” was held at Bhubneshwar on 16 June.Shri Sudhansu Bhusan Mishra, IAS (Retd.), the former Chief Secretary of Orissa, was thechief guest. Dr. Bimalendu Mohanty, Chairman of Orissa Chapter presided. Dr. S K Agarwaland Ms. Anupama Jha, Executive Director, TI India, made presentations on “IntegrityPact” and “Development Pact”, respectively.
4. Two meetings on 19 July to discuss various programmes and activities, including the project“PAHAL – Shaasan Sudhaar Ki Ore” to be implemented in four districts of Orissa.
5. The Chapter organized two workshops-cum-training programmes on August 5 andSeptember 20.
6. Due to the efforts of Dr D P Pattanayak, RTI has been included in the curriculum of theInstitute of Human Rights Education (Orissa).
7. A seminar on “Promoting People-centered Good Governance in the State of Orissa” washeld on International Anti-corruption Day on Dec. 9.
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8. Other Activities
Administration of Oath to public at Lord Jagannath Temple and the ISKCON (1 Jan)
Discussion on people’s manifesto for general elections to combat corruption (21 Feb)
Lectures by Shri Ajit Mahapatra at (i) Sai Technical University, Sambhalpur(13 Feb),(ii) Belpahar to executives of Tata Refineries, Mahanadi Coalfiels and Orissa PowerGeneration Corporation (17 Feb), (iii) Rourkela to staff & students of Indian CostingInstitute (21 Feb), (iv) IIT Delhi to the management students (26 Feb), and (v) Balasoreto Self Help Groups (27 Feb).
Discussions, meetings and lectures by Dr. Achyutananda Patnaik at (i) Khurda (26 Jan),(ii) Bhubaneswar (16 Feb & 17 March), (iii) Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai(15 March), and (iv) Bhubaneswar with a group of teachers from 20 colleges (17 March).
Lectures by Prof (Dr.) D. P. Patnaik (Padmashree) at (i) Sambalpur (1 Jan), (ii) theannual day of an NGO ‘Viswa’ (6 Jan) (iii) Institute of Human Rights Education (31Jan), (iv) R.K. Mission Education Centre, Kalahandi (6 Feb), and (v) Kendrapada College(11 Feb)
Dr. Bimalendu Mohanty, Chairman of the Chapter, addressed six meetings at Puri (12Jan), Bhubaneswar (14 Jan, 6 Feb, 5 and 21 March), and Konark (11 Feb).
UP (Central & Eastern) Chapter
A Model Citizens’ Charter for Subordinate Judiciary prepared by the Chapter containsthe duties of litigants, police, judges and staff in civil and criminal cases. Copies of this Citizens’Charter were forwarded to the Chief Justice of India, all judges and all other concerned.
RTI-related Activities : This Chapter was associated with a conference on RTI organized bya forum of several prominent NGOs like PUCL, and Citizen Forum for RTI, at Lucknow on 9-10September. The participants discussed various issues like difficulties being faced in gettingresponse from PIOs, Appellate Authority and State Information Commissions, supply ofincomplete information, harassment to applicants, discourteous conduct of officials, besidesdeficiencies in the Act itself. Recommendations relating to duties of information commissioners,their selection procedure, the centralization of the bench, imposing of penalties on defaultingPIOs, Appellate Authorities, etc. were made.
The Chapter also filed three RTI applications seeking information on action taken on Lok Ayukta’srecommendations in some specific cases, frequent transfers of judges and police officers at thedistrict level, and action taken by the State on the Supreme Court decision on police reforms.
The Chapter also questioned the appointment of the State Chief Information Commissioner andrequested the Governor not to appoint him as cases of corruption were pending against him.
Lectures: Shri US Pandey (i) delivered a talk on ‘Meaning of success in Life and Ethics’ atLohia Institute of Information Technology, Orai, on 15 Feb. (ii) made a presentation on IntegrityPact at the Diesel Modernisation Works, Patiala, a production unit of Indian Railways, on 1 May,(iii) addressed students of class XII of Central School in Patiala on “How to become a goodcitizen”; and (iv) delivered a talk on Ethics in Life and Mangement to Group ‘A’ ProbationaryOfficers at the Indian Railway Institute of Traffic Management, Lucknow. He also spoke aboutTI-I activities as part of Vigilance Week Prgramme.”
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UP (Western) Chapter
This Chapter was involved in the widening of awareness on RTI and monitoring of the NREGS inBulandshahar district. The Chairperson attended the open panchayat of two villages, i.e.,Mukimpur and Jatpura on 15 July and found that (i) there was irregularity in allotting houses topoor people; (ii) only the members of the SC and STs were availing the benefit of most of theprograms; and (iii) upper caste was not interested in daily wage schemes.
Uttrakhand Chapter
NDTV Citizen Award : Dr A S Rawat, a member of TI-I Uttaranchal, has been given theNDTV-RTI Citizen Award for using the RTI Act to expose the wrong practices being carried outin various govt. deptts., particularly concerning environment. Dr Rawat has been a leadingactivist in the cause of preserving forests, lakes, other water bodies, and the environment ingeneral.
Dr Nitin Pandey, a TI-I Uttaranchal member from Dehradun, has been regularlypublishing articles on the need to ensure transparency in government in the local newspapers.Besides, he is taking an active part in many other anti-corruption activities in Dehradun.
Tamil Nadu Chapter
TII-TN has conducted a number of RTI Training Programs targeting various groups. Its team,with like-minded NGOs, met the Tamil Nadu’s Secretary of Personnel & Adm. Reforms (P&AR)Deptt to sort out : (i) issues pertaining to pending non-implementation of the penalty provisionsunder RTI 2005; (ii) under-staffing of the State Information Commission; and (iii) delay inreplying to RTI petitions. The P&AR Secretary informed that the State Chief Secretary hadissued instructions to all concerned to update their website as required under Section 4 of theRTI Act 2005.
TII-TN Chapter also organized a meeting on Tamil Nadu’s E-Governance Project on 31 October.It was chaired by Dr. M. Anandakrishnan. Dr. Santhosh Babu, Director of e-Governance,elaborated on the State-Wide Network (SWAN), which provides Voice, Video and Dataconnectivity for improving the service delivery. He informed that websites of various departmentswere posting a lot of information to facilitate the service seekers. The government was planningto facilitate online transactions.
The Managing Committee of the Chapter on June 13 reviewed its working, including thepropagation of RTI and ‘Coalition Against Corruption’ activities. Due to constraints, it decided to(i) work at the systemic and policy level in major development sectors where corruption was ofa very high order; (ii) update its recently launched website www.transparencyindiatn.org withreports, developments, news, studies, surveys, etc. on corruption; (iii) make efforts to seek fundsfor introducing subject such as “good governance” in schools and colleges to sensitize youths,RTI training programs, etc.; and (iv) enlist volunteers among students, young professionals andretired persons.
During the year, its Help Line received about 1000 complaints/petitions from public. These relatedto basic services such as birth certificate, death certificate, legal heir certificate, patta, water supply,drainage, electricity, public distribution system, vehicular icenses, police, etc. The petitioners, whohad long pending issues with the Government, were assisted in redressal of their complaints.
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This Chapter’s major activities and achivements include two investigation reports, namely‘Peoples’ Perception about Gram Panchayats of Nadia and Bardhaman districts, West Bengal’and ‘ Investigations on transprency in Joint Forest Management (JFM) in West Bengal havebeen published in a Report entitled ‘Investigations on Transparency in Public Domain’, in July,2009. This Report was released by Retd. Chief Justice Chittitosh Mukherjee in a Workshopheld on Sept 20, 2009 at Kolkata.
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Board of Directors
1. Admiral (Retd.) R H Tahiliani Chairman
2. Shri P. S. Bawa Vice Chairman
3. Dr. S. K. Agarwal Vice Chairman
4. Gp. Capt. S. C. Bahri Treasurer
5. Lt. Col. K. R. Dharmadhikary Member
6. Shri Pankaj Agarwal Member
7. Smt. Poonam Singh Member
8. Dr. Bimalendu Mohanty Member
9. Shri A. C. Talwani Member
10. Shri B. R. Lall Member
11. Shri B. B. Tandon Member
12. Shri U. S. Pandey Member
13. Justice Kamleshwar Nath Member
14. Justice M. F. Saldanha Member
15. Shri Subir Raha Member
Founder, Promoter & Adviser
Shri S D Sharma, a Freedom Fighter of 1942 Quit India Movement. Heis a social activist and awarded by a number of institutions. He is responsiblefor setting up of the India Chapter of Transparency International in 1997. Hewas Vice Chairman Emeritus for long and is now its Adviser. Besides, he is anIndividual Member of the Transparency Intenational. Now in his 92nd year, heis also actively working as Vice Chairman Emeritus of Servants of the PeopleSociety (Delhi Branch), and is running the Gandhian Satyagraha Brigade topromote a corruption free-India.
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Advisory Council
Padma Vibhushan Fali S Nariman is a Senior Advocate of theSupreme Court of India and President of the Bar Association of India. InNovember 1999, he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. He is one of India’smost respected jurists. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan (in1991) and PadmaVibhushan (in 2007) in recognition of distinguished service in the field ofjurisprudence and public affairs. He was awarded the Global Medal Laurel atthe Int’l Conference of World Association of Press Councils, in Istanbul, Turkeyon 21 September 1998.
Shri B. G. Verghese has been with the Centre for Policy Research since1986. He started his career in journalism with Times of India. He served as aninformation adviser to the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1969 andinformation consultant to the Defense Minister in 2001. He has served on anumber of official and unofficial boards and committees. He is associated withseveral NGOs in the fields of media, education etc. He has authored several bookssuch as Design For Tomorrow, Waters of Hope, Harnessing the Eastern HimalayanRivers, Winning the Future, India’s Northeast Resurgent and Reorienting India.Shri Veghese was honored with the Magsaysay Award in 1975.
Shri Anna Hazare is a social activist who is recognized for hiscontributionto the development of Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Ahmednagardistrict, Maharashtra, India and his efforts for establishing it as a model village,for which he was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1992. He is also one of the leadingfigures who championed the cause of Right to Information Act in India .
Narayana N. R. Murthy is a software industrialist. He is the founderof Infosys Technologies, a global consulting and IT services company. Currently,he is its Non-Executive Chairman and Chief Mentor. In June 2000, Asiaweekmagazine featured him in a list of Asia’s 50 Most Powerful People. In 2001,Narayana Murthy was named by TIME/CNN as one of the 25 most influentialglobal executives. He was the first recipient of the Indo-French Forum Medal(2003) and was voted the World Entrepreneur of the Year-2003 by Ernst &Young. The Economist ranked him eighth on the list of the 15 most admiredglobal leaders (2005). He also topped the Economic Times Corporate Dossierlist of India’s most powerful CEOs for two consecutive years - 2004 and 2005.
Mrs. Aruna Roy is a social activist. She served in the IndianAdministrative Service from 1968-1974. She founded the Mazdoor Kisan ShaktiSangathana (MKSS) in 1990 to campaign for improving living conditions of therural poor in Rajasthan. In 2000, she was awarded with the Ramon MagsaysayAward in Community Leadership. She has been one of the prominent leaders ofthe Right to Information movement, which resulted in the enactment of‘Rajasthan Right to Information Act’, and also led to the enactment of Right toInformation Act in 2005.
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Our Donors
Sl.# Name & Address
Project1. India Development Relief fund, 5821,Mossrock Drive, North Bathesda, USA
2. Container Corp. of India Ltd, CONCOR Bhawan, New Delhi 110076
3. SAIL Ispat Bhawan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi -110003
4. Oil India Limited, Plot No. 19, Sector - 16, Noida, 201301 (UP)
5. Coal India Limited, Coal Bhawan, Kolkata
6. Airport Authority of India, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi
7. HPCL, 17, Jamshedji Tata Rd. P.B. No. 110041, Mumbai
8. NMDC Ltd., Khanij Bhawan, Castle Hills, Masab Tank, Hyderabad
9. Steel Authority of India Ltd, Ispat Bhawa, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
10. Bharat Heavy Elecricals Ltd, Bhel House, Siri Fort, New Delhi -110049
11. RITES Ltd. , RITES Bhawan, Sector 29, Gurgaon
12. Bharat Petroleum Copn. Ltd, Bharat Bhawan, Currimbhoy Rd., Ballard Estate, Mumbai
13. Rashtriya Ispat, Nigam Ltd. Vishakhapatnam – 530031 (A. P.)
14. TCIL, TCIL Bhawan, Greater Kailash Pt. I, New Delhi - 110048
15. South Eatern Coalfields Ltd., Seepat Road, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh - 495006
16. Concer Worldwide, A-7, Ashok Nagar, Bhubaneshwar- 757009 (Orissa)
Non-Project17. Supreme Audiotronics, Pvt.Ltd,A-62, Naraina, Indl. Area, New Delhi - 110028
18. Shri Inderjeet Singh Sodhi, Impel Electronics , A-62, Naraina, New Delhi - 110028
19. Dr. J P Singh, 85, Kadambari, Sec. - 9, New Rohini, Delhi - 110085
20. Ms. Navita Srikant, 212, Antariksha Appt., 95/96, Prabhadevi, Mumbai
21. Mr. Solomon Yash Kr. Minz, CVO, MECON, Ranchi -2
22. Mr. Ravindera Pillai,60, Sriniketan Appt., 24, Vasundhra Enclave, Delhi -110096
23. Shri S R Wadhwa, A-445, Defence Colony, New Delhi - 110024
24. Shri Biswajit Mohanty, Shanti Kunj, Link Road, Cuttauck, Orissa
25. Ms Hema Hatangadi, Conzervs System Pvt. Ltd, 44 P, Electronic City East Phase, HosurRoad, Bangalore
26. Shri K K Khanna, 543, Raza Park, Jaipur
27. Shri M L Kumar, 132, Nilgiri Apartments, Alaknanda Apts., N. D. -110019
28. Shri Jitendra Kohli, 157, Munirka Enclave, Nelson Mandela Rd, N. D. 110067
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29. Ms Saroj Bala, C-II/107, Satya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi -110021 30. Dr. S.C.Singhal, Uma Nivas, 7 Chitnavis Nagar, Byramji Town, Nagpur,
31. Shri P.R. Pillai, 60 Shriniketan Apartments, 24 Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi-110096
32. Shri Amarnath Khanna , B-32/S-I, Dilshad Garden, Delhi - 110 095
33. Lt. Gen. Sushil Kumar, C-30, Defence Colony, New Delhi -110 024
34. Dr. T. N. Kaul, 249, Nilgiri Apartments, Alaknanda, New Delhi - 110019
35. Dr. R. Ramkumar , Director, Thyroid Centre, 60, Sami (P) St., Chintadripet,Chennai - 02
36. Dr. Sudhir Kumar, Vill. +PO. Bari, Sitapur (UP)
37. Sindhu Charitable Society, 132, Katara Mension, Dr. A B Road, Worli Naka, Mumbai - 18
38. Shri G P Govil, C- 105, East of Kailash, New Delhi
39. Atlas Copco (India) Ltd., Trinity Plaza, Westwing, 84/1A, Tapsya Road (south),Kolkata - 46
40. Shri Garib Das Bodha, Muhal Gulal Sagar, Charkhari, Mahoba (UP) - 210421
41. Lt. Cdr. Bhagwan Malkani, 75, Mayfair Apartments, Mayfair Gardens, New Delhi
42. M/s Hydraulic & Engineering Instruments, A-13, Naraina Vihar, Industrial Area,Ph. II, New Delhi -110028
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Chapter & Area of Work
A workshop on ‘ Creating Transparency andAccountability in Political and AdministrativeInstitutions through Development Pact’ wasorganised by TI India and Jal Bhagirathi Foundationat Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
Press Conference for the release of CorruptionPerception Index and Global Corruption Barometerwas organised by TI India at Press Club of India.
A National Conference on Development Pact washeld in December at India International Center
Events 2009MoU for the adoption of Integrity Pactsigned with BHEL and NTPCLord Meghnad Desai delivered the TI India’sfirst annual lecture on ‘Corruption &Development
TI India and Ernst&Young organised two roundtable meetings on “Building effectivecompliance program to combat fraud andcorruption”
Global Compact Society India, UNODC and TIIndia organised a workshop on “Making aBusiness case for Ethical and TransparentCorporate Conduct”·
Orissa
New Delhi
Central & Eastern UP
West Bengal
Rajasthan
Western UP
Uttrakhand
Chhatishgarh
Jharkhand
Tamilnadu
KarnatakaTI India (Head Office)TI India State ChapterTI India Ongoing Project
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List of PSUs which have signed MoU to implement Integrity Pact
Sl.# Public Sector Undertakings Date of Signing MoU1 Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) 17th April 20062 Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL/VIZAG) 29th March 073 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) 13th July 20074 Coal India Ltd. (CIL) 25th Aug.20075 Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) 23rd July 20076 Hindustan Steelworks Construction Ltd. (HSCL) 24th Sep. 20077 MECON 24th Sep. 20078 Metal Scrap Trading Corporation Ltd (MSTC Ltd). 24th Sep. 20079 National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) 24th Sep. 200710 Ferro Scrap Nigam Ltd (FSNL) 24th Sep. 20071 1 Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) 24th Sep. 200712 Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) 24th Sep. 200713 Bharat Refractories Ltd. (BRL) 24th Sep. 200714 Manganese Ore (India) Ltd. (MOIL) 24th Sep. 200715 Oil India Limited (OIL) 29th Nov. 200716 Container Corp. of India (CONCOR) 20th Dec. 200717 Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLCL) 29th Dec. 200718 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) 10th Jan. 200819 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) 18th Jan 200820 Airports Authority of India (AAI) 15th Feb. 200821 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited 5th March 200822 Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) 14th March 200823 South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) 26th March 200824 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) 7th April 200825 Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) 21st May 200826 Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) 11th August 200827 Central Mine Planning Design & Institute Ltd. (CMPDI) 11th August 200828 Telecommunication Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) 27th August 200829 Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) 29th Sept. 200830 Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd.(BHEL ) 16th Dec. 200831 National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) 16th Dec. 200832 Eastern Coalfield limited ( ECL) 24th Dec. 200833 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) 2nd March 200934 Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) 4th March 200935 RITES 13th March 200936 Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) 24th March 200937 Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) 26th March 200938 National Hydro-Electric Power Corpn Ltd. ( NHPC Ltd) 15th May 200939 Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) 24th Dec. 2009
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