Using the following case study, explain the role of different Departments of the Government and citizens in the context of RTI. Also write how can the RTI make functioning of the governments more transparent. Following incident occurred in Chinnashankarampet of Medak district. Members of the Self Help Groups joined in Abhaya Hastham, Aam Aadmi schemes of the Rural Welfare Ministry of the State Government. Under this scheme their children who were students of classes 9 to12 were eligible for scholarship of Rs 1200. However for 3 years students have not been receiving the amount for the years during 2008-11. The students went to the (Indira Kranti Patham) IKP office and enquired about it but the officers ignored their requests. This came to the notice of the local newspapers. Now they applied to the officers concerned for the information with regard to the scholarships sanctioned. They asked about the number of beneficiaries and the amount sanctioned during 2008-09, 09-10 and 10-11. They got reply in one week. The amount was seven lakh rupees. It became clear from the RTI records that even though the amount was sanctioned, it was not distributed. When it was published in the newspapers the amount was distributed to 1167 children within 15 days.

Using the following case study, explain the role of different Departme

1.	Using the following case study, explain the role of different Departments of the Government and citizens in the context of RTI. Also write how can the RTI make functioning of the governments more transparent. Following incident occurred in Chinnashankarampet of Medak district. Members of the Self Help Groups joined in Abhaya Hastham, Aam Aadmi schemes of the Rural Welfare Ministry of the State Government. Under this scheme their children who were students of classes 9 to12 were eligible for scholarship of Rs 1200. However for 3 years students have not been receiving the amount for the years during 2008-11. The students went to the (Indira Kranti Patham) IKP office and enquired about it but the officers ignored their requests. This came to the notice of the local newspapers. Now they applied to the officers concerned for the information with regard to the scholarships sanctioned. They asked about the number of beneficiaries and the amount sanctioned during 2008-09, 09-10 and 10-11. They got reply in one week. The amount was seven lakh rupees. It became clear from the RTI records that even though the amount was sanctioned, it was not distributed. When it was published in the newspapers the amount was distributed to 1167 children within 15 days.
Answer» tion:Delhi lies in the NORTHERN plains.It does not recieve snowfall in winter due to the PRESENCE of himalayan mountains that would protect india from COLD central ASIAN WINDS.