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CITIZENS OF INDIA
ARE WE AT THE TIPPING POINT?
AFTER 62 YEARS PLUS
WE WONDER HOW WE MESSED IT UP. WE ARE NOW DETERMINED TO PUT
THINGS RIGHT? MOTHER INDIA DISTRESSED - YOUTH,
WOMEN, ELDERS HAVE JOINED HANDS IN RE-BUILDING – RE -ENERGISING INDIA
EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING…
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY JOIN TO CLAIM THEIR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS.
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, STRUGGLE WITH BACKLOG BUT WORK TO DELIVER RIGHTS TO CIVIL SOCIETY.
CITIZENS PLAY THEIR PART BOTH INDIVIDUALLY & IN GROUPS.
HERE’S WHAT MANY ARE DOING…
DEDICATED GROUPS ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT CHEATED…FIGHTING TO GET WHAT IS DUE TO ALL. USING RTI.
HELPING THE POOR & DEPRIVED TO SURVIVE.
NETWORKING…TO CREATE A BETTER INDIA.
AND THE MOVEMENT IS SPREADING…
CIVIL SOCIETY…YOU & I…ARE COMING FORWARD IN SUPPORT.
MEDIA, PRESS & TV, FRONTPAGE STORIES OF WRONG-DOING AND SHOWCASE THOSE THAT PUT THINGS RIGHT .
SLOWLY & STEADILY, A MOMENTUM HAS BUILT.
WORKING TO EXERCISE OUR RIGHTS & DUTIES
DISCONTENT WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE, AND, A RISING NEED TO ‘DO’ SOMETHING IS EMERGING.
LOCAL CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS ARE ‘POPPING UP’ ALL OVER…SHOWING THE WAY, ACTING AS CATALYSTS.
AUTHORITIES GET THE MESSAGE & RESPOND
YOUTH, WOMEN, ELDERS PROD GOVTS TO PERFORM & DELIVER.
THE HEAT OF PEOPLES ANGER IS FELT AT LOCAL, STATE & NATIONAL LEVELS.
INSUGENCY - MEDIA PLAYS A KEY PART IN DELIVERING THESE MESSAGES OF DISCONTENT & EXPECTATION.
THE DEMAND FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE…
CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED, CAN NO LONGER
BE DENIED…PEOPLES VOICES ARE FINELY BEING HEARD.
IS THERE A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?
SLOWLY BUT SURELY THE BALANCE OF POWER IS SHIFTING.
SELF HELP IS RISING…EXCESSIVE DEPENDENCE ON ‘MAI-BAAP’ GOVERNMENTS IS DIMINISHING.
REAL DEMOCRACY IS EMERGING… CITIZENS ARE COMING OF AGE.
A LANDMARK SUPREME COURT RULING
…ACCELERATED THE MOVE TOWARDS GOOD GOVERNANCE.
13TH MARCH 2003 WAS AN HISTORIC DAY…
THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT CITIZENS HAD THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ABOUT CANDIDATES.
THEY MUST DISCLOSE THEIR ASSETS, CRIMINAL RECORD, IF ANY, AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS.
THE ELECTION COMMISSION MUST MAKE THESE DETAILS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO VOTERS.
IIMA PROFESSORS & PUCL MADE THIS HAPPEN…
THEY WENT TO COURT SEEKING GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT WE NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT CANDIDATES BEFORE CASTING OUR VOTES.
POLITICAL PARTIES OPPOSED SUCH DISCLOSURE.
THE SUPREME COURT RULED OTHERWISE.
PUBLIC PRESSURE WORKED FOR THIS VICTORY
CITIZEN GROUPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DISSEMINATED - CREATED PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING & ACTIVE SUPPORT.
DIALOGUES HELD WITH THE ELECTION COMMISSION, POLITICAL PARTIES, MEDIA, INFLUENTIALS.
FROM 2003 ON, IN ALL ELECTIONS…
CANDIDATES SUBMITTED DISCLOSURE FORMS TO THE ELECTION COMMISSION FOR
PUBLIC DISSEMINATION.
THE BIG CHALLENGE
HOW CAN WE GET MORE INDIANS TO REALISE THAT IT IS OUR DUTY AND IN OUR INTEREST TO BECOME INVOLVED?
SEEKING GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ENSURING THAT WE BEHAVE AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS?
LET’S ASK OURSELVES THE BIG QUESTION.
WHAT MAKES A GOOD CITIZEN?
BECOME AWARE THAT IN A DEMOCRACY, EACH OF US MUST ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ACTING AS GOOD NEIGHBOURS, GOOD COUNTRYMEN.
SEEK & EXERCISE OUR RIGHTS… FIGHTING CORRUPTION & INDIFFERENCE, AS A COMMUNITY.
WHEN DOES CITIZENSHIP START?
RIGHT NOW…REGARDLESS OF AGE, GENDER, CREED OR SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS.
AND IT NEVER ENDS…THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES, AS CITIZENS, WE MUST STRIVE TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY A CARING, KIND AND JUST SOCIETY.
HOW CAN ONE GET INVOLVED?
BAND TOGETHER TO FORM A GROUP WITH SHARED CONCERNS…JOIN AN EXISTING CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP.
ASK YOURSELVES ‘WHAT DO WE NEED TO CHANGE NOW?’
GET DOWN TO MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN.
GET STARTED NOW
REACH OUT & BENEFIT FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF
OTHERS…NETWORKING CAN CONNECT & PUT YOU IN
TOUCH.
HERE ARE SOME GROUPS TO WORK WITH…
ADR, Ahmedabad; AGNI, Mumbai; BHARAT SHODH,N DELHI
CHRI, Delhi; FRNV, Delhi; Golden India, Pondicherry.
PROJECT VIJAY, LUCKNOW; PARIVARTAN, Delhi; PUBLIC AFFAIRS CENTRE, Bangalore.
MKSS, RAJASTHAN; RFGI, Ahmedabad; NNFI - National Network For India, All India.
This presentation brought to you by:National Network For India Trust
Trustees: Subodh Bhargava, Promod Chawla, Jai Kumar, Samuel Paul, General Vinod Saighal, Roshan Seth, Tara Sinha & R K Somany
Prof Arun Kumar - JNU on Economic matters Sanjay Parikh as Legal Counsel Anant Trivedi, Strategist; Vipen Mahajan, ICT; Parmjit
Jutla, Covers EU.
Have 80G IT approval Address: NNFI, 131 - 132, Som Dutt Chambers 1, 5 Bhikaji Cama Place,
New Delhi 110066 Tel: (011) 26563394 / 26161246 / 09811170706 Fax: (011) 26182867 Email: [email protected]
ASK THIS OF…
YOURSELF…AM I ACTING AS A GOOD CITIZEN…AS A CONCERNED & CARING INDIAN?
OTHERS…ARE THEY DOING THE RIGHT THING…PROVIDING GOOD GOVERNANCE & FAIR JUSTICE?
A SIMPLE GUIDING MOTTO…
‘POOCHO
AUR PAO’
WHEN YOU CHANGE, OTHERS DO SO TOO.
AS YOU LEAVE TODAY MAKE A PLEDGE TO ACT.
GET INVOLVED AND MAKE THINGS CHANGE.
DEMAND YOUR RIGHTS…AND HONOUR YOUR OBLIGATIONS.
ABOUT US There are former Secretaries, eminent Jurists, known Public figures, serving officials,
Corporate leaders, Pan IIM IIT, TiE, Youth Groups, AIF & NRI’s, Alumni of well-known Colleges & Public Schools as members.. Networked NGO’s are in our digital outreach so are persons active in Think Tanks such as the Indian Humanist Group, Gandhian movement, Indian Social Institute, IIC, IHC & Chambers of Commerce also Good Governance Groups & Management Institutes. Our Trustees are somewhat known amongst Print & Electronic Media.
No formal intervention is done without the consent of Trustees & goes to Authorities
concerned under the Joint signature of all 8. The topic taken up is debated within the Net outreach - pros & cons are put forth & submission made thereafter. We have gained expertise & links also taken a position over ten years gone by in:
1 Electoral Reforms – specifically, removing Criminals as Law Makers2 Power Tariff & Electricity3 Water, availability & Rivers cleaning4 Public Transport & Traffic5 Education6 Judicial improvement7 Local Governance including Civic Services & Municipal Corporations8 National e-Governance program9 Police Reforms10 Insurgency
CITIZEN OF INDIA
JAI HIND
