Provide Information on the Total Amount Spent By Dr. Manmohan Signh Government for Publishing Ads on Rajiv Gandhi’s Birhtday, Death Annuarsary since 2004 till 2010
To
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING.
‘A’ WING, SHASTRI BHAWAN,.
, New Delhi-11001
Shri Yogesh Kumar Baweja
Directorate of Advertisement & Visual Publicity (DAVP)
Phase-IV
Soochna Bhawan
C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road
New Delhi-110 003.
is requested under RTI to provide information on the Total amount the Manamohan Singh Government had spent from the public exchequer for the publishing of Advertisements on Rajiv Gandhi’s Birth Anniversary Death Anniversary, Indira Gandhi’s Birth Anniversary and Death anniversary in various media across India by various Central Ministries- since 2004 till 2010.
B. Subject matter of information:
Advertisements pertaining to Smt Indira Gandhi’s and Rajiv Gandhi’s birth and death anniversary
C. Particulars of information:
1. Please provide details of advertisements released in all newspapers of India pertaining to Smt Indira Gandhi and Shri Rajiv Gandhi’s birth and death anniversary from January 2004 to December 2010
2. Please provide monthwise details
3. Please provide, rules or circular, if any, of the maximum cost to be incurred for advertisements of departed national leaders
5. Details of fee paid Rs.______________
Sir,
1. It would be better to restrict your information requirements to 2004-2010 as audit for FY 2010-2011 would be in progress and information would not be available.
2. Also, as you would be aware these advertisements would have been booked as awareness/information dissemination measures in the accounts and a normal audit will not bring out this information.
3. Any suggestions as how the RTI should be framed, as the most likely response from PIO would be this information in this format is not available.
I think all government ads need to go via the communication ministry. This RTI can be filed over there as to how many ads were issues to newspapers and the amount paid for each ad. Also, instead of restricting it to Rajiv and Indira, you can ask for all national leaders, may be name 15 leading personalities. That would show up the bias, if any.
communication ministry as in I&B Ministry. In case you are looking for the national leaders, include former PMs and Founding fathers of Indian Constitution.
1. All advts go through DAVP. Link http://www.davp.nic.in/davp_history.HTM
2. My point is these advts are not labelled as Indira anniv advt while booking in account books or asking DAVP to get them published. Therefore care has to be taken to word RTI correctly.
Dear RTIRTI & Nightwatch,
Is this something, one of you can draft an RTI Application, so that we can file it.
We can change the time-period to 2004-2010 and draft it
The original seeker of this application has asked for advertisements pertaining to Indira Gandhi’s and Rajiv Gandhi’s birth and death anniversary and there is nothing wrong in that. Let’s not extend it to other national leaders and dilute the original application. There is nothing called `bias’ in RTI. You can ask for any specific information and no one can question you why. I have mentioned the name of the PIO in the RTI application draft from the DAVP website – in case he is not the one, it is mandatory for him to pass it on to the right PIO, pl feel free to change/add, rgds
Following is the RTI application draft – pl complete
Form of application
PIO from which information is required
Shri Yogesh Kumar Baweja
Directorate of Advertisement & Visual Publicity (DAVP)
Phase-IV
Soochna Bhawan
C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road
New Delhi-110 003
A. Contact Details
1. Name of the Applicant __________________________
2. a) Mailing Address ____________________________
b) Tel. No __________________________________
c) E-mail __________________________________
B. Subject matter of information: Advertisements pertaining to Smt Indira Gandhi’s and Rajiv Gandhi’s birth and death anniversary
C. Particulars of information:
1. Please provide details of advertisements released in all newspapers of India pertaining to Smt Indira Gandhi and Shri Rajiv Gandhi’s birth and death anniversary from January 2004 to December 2010
2. Please provide monthwise details
3. Please provide, rules or circular, if any, of the maximum cost to be incurred for advertisements of departed national leaders
4. Whether applicant belongs to BPL category: Yes No
Proof of BPL attached Yes No
5. Details of fee paid Rs.______________
Signature of the applicant
We have filed this RTI Application.
Speed Post Consignment Number:
EW53472925IN
As soon as we receive a reply, we will upload it.
Hi All,
Please check below link for these details:
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rs7-25-crore-spent-on-ads-on-birth-anniversaries-of-rajiv-indira-gandhi_1627643
Regards,
Kamal Kishore
RTI-A Team Member
The original reply:
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING (SHRI C.M.JATUA) 19 Dec 2011
(a) Rs.4,79,73,656/- was spent on print media advertisement on the occasion of Birth Anniversary of Shri Rajiv Gandhi in 2011 by the following Ministries:
(i) Health & Family Welfare Rs.9541797
(ii) Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Rs.6548960
(iii) Information and Broadcasting Rs.5820034
(iv) Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Rs.2179163
(v) New & Renewable Energy Rs.8220427
(vi) Social Justice Rs.5150978
(vii) Tourism Rs.7980689
(viii) Woman and Child Development Rs.2531608
No campaign was released through electronic media on this occasion.
(b) Rs.2,46,65,725/- was spent on print media advertisement on the occasion of Birth Anniversary of former Prime Minister Shrimati Indira Gandhi in 2011. Ministry-wise details are as under:
(i) DONER Rs.2547836
(ii) Information and Broadcasting Rs.6099546
(iii) Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Rs.4119867
(iv) Social Justice Rs.5640710
(v) Statistics & Programme Implementation Rs.2290709
(vi) Water Resources Rs.1990168
(vii) Woman and Child Development Rs.1976889
No campaign was released through electronic media on this occasion.
nightwatch – doyou have d pdf/image of the original RTI ??
1. This is not the response to the RTI application. It is an official release by the I & B ministry.
2. I can vouch for its authenticity.
We have received reply to this application.The amount mentioned in the reply comes out to about 310000000.
The reply is posted here.
This shows for only 3 years, even though requested was for 6 years…
Also, Rajiv death anniversary, no expense in 2009??
No expense was incurred in 2009 on Rajiv Gandhi anniversary as the 14th Lok Sabha was dissolved and the 15th Lok Sabha counting had not yet been completed.
The expenses are being made by the Government high command only.
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