| ID | 035954 |
| Call Number | 323.445/ROY |
| Title Proper | The RTI Story |
| Other Title Information | Power To The People |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Roy Aruna |
| Publication | New Delhi, Lotus Collection, 2018. |
| Description | xxiv ;375pp PB |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The RTI Story: Power to the People is the story of a campaign that evolved into a genuine and vibrant people’s movement. Culled from the voices of people, often such stories only feed into the research of scholars, largely unacknowledged and forgotten. The dominant narrative is always from the perspective of the ruler and single individuals. One had hoped that democracy would set it right. But the people who are the primary contributors to the discourse always remain on the fringes. Written by Aruna Roy with the MKSS collective, this book is for everyone who asks questions, seeks answers to fight corruption and injustice and challenges arbitrary power. It is a celebration of commitment laced with humour, the struggle, the songs, the theatres of protest, long spells on the street and drafting a peoples’ law. |
| Contents | 1. Devdungri: The Beginning
2. Sohangarh and the Struggle for Land
3. The Concept and Birth of the MKSS
4. The First Hunger Strike, 1990
5. The Bhim Minimum Wages Sammelan
6. The Second Hunger Strike, 1991 - A Watershed
7. Exposing the Myth of the Free and Open Market
8. Articulating the Demand for Transparency
9. MKSS and Public Hearings
10. Political Promises and Accountability
11. Hamara Paisa Hamara Hisab: Beawar and Jaipur Dharnas, 1996
12. The Formation of the NCPRI and the Making of the Law
13. The Process and the Campaign Travel: The Public Hearings
14. The Rajasthan Divisional Dharnas
15. The Dharna in Jaipur: May-August, 1997
16. NCPRI and the State Laws
17. The Second Set of Jan Sunwais
18. The Rajasthan State Act - An Intermediate Success
19. The Challenge of Elections
20.The Public Hearings in Umarwas
21. Janawad Jan Sunwai
22. Government Enquiry Endorses Janawad Public Hearings
23. NCPRI Convention, Beawar 2001
24. Post-Janawad and the Response of the Government of Rajasthan
25. Jan Niti Abhiyan
26. Freedom of Information Bill, 2002
27. Friends and Colleagues in Delhi
28. Second NCPRI, 2004
29. RTI Law 2005 and the NAC
30. RTI Amendments, 2006 |
| Standard Number | 978-81-8462-139-5 |
| Price. Qualification | 400/-(PB) |
| Classification Number | 323.445 |
| Key Words | Devdungri ; Struggle for Land ; The 1st Hunger Strike, 1990 ; The Bhim Minimum Wages Sammelan ; The 2nd Hunger Strike, 1991 ; Myth of the Free and Open Market ; RTI Amendments, 2006 ; (Complimentary Copy) |