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RTI Act will help in gradual eradication of corruption'

June 14, 2011

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Mangalore, June 14: Even though our country stands 86th in the list of least corrupted countries, the menace will soon witness elimination thanks to the RTI Act which has opened the window for accountability of the Government, said Dr. Sairam Bhat, Associate Professor, National law School of India University.

He was speaking on special training programme on 'Improving Transparency and Accountability in Government through Effective Implementation of RTI Act 2005', conducted by Administrative Training Institute, Government of Karnataka, at Zilla Panchayat Hall, here on Tuesday.

While providing a brief picture on history of RTI Act he said during British rule there was an act named Official Secrets Act, 1923, which had 2 obligations that no government secrets could be disclosed to public and government servants had discretionary power to designate any documents as secret. So till 2005 no changes were made in that existing act. But later when RTI Act was introduced all the obligations of Official Secrets Act were eliminated and as a result now every individual has a right to access all the government information without any discrimination of cast, state, religion.

Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005, applies to all states, central and local government respectively. While speaking on procedure to seek information he told that, section 2(h) of Indian Constitution states that all organizations, companies which are owned by government are called as Public Authority and every citizen of country can obtain any information from these authorities and they are entitled to provide information. Companies which have 51% share from government also come under public authority. He also said that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the only sports federation excluded from Public Authority.

Robinson D'souza, Retd. Secretary to Govt. Law department, Bangalore, spoke on Handling of RTI application and its disposal within time frame. He also produced some case studies related to RTI Act 2005.

Prabhulinga Kavalakatte, Assistant Commissioner, Sitamma, project officer, K. R Prasad, ATI, Faculty were present for inaugural function.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: No private hospital in Karnataka can turn away a patient without attending to him or her, irrespective of the Coronavirus status, an official has said.

"Private medical establishments shall not deny treatment and admission to any patient approaching the establishment irrespective of the fact that such patient may or may not be suffering from Covid-19," an official from the state Health and Family Welfare Department said on Wednesday.

Likewise, no private hospital can insist on a patient for a Covid-19 test report, said the official invoking the Disaster Management Act.

"The establishments also cannot insist for Covid test report," he said, directing all private hospitals to strictly abide by their responsibilities.

According to the department, it is the duty of every private hospital to provide first aid and take lifesaving steps when any patient approaches it.

"It is the duty of every private medical establishment to provide first aid and take lifesaving measures to stabilise the patient," he said.

The department also invoked statutes from Karnataka Medical Establishments Act 2017, under sections 11 and 11 (A) to drive home the message.

The directives assume significance at a time when several cases of private hospitals denying admissions and fleecing patients across the state have emerged.

"It has been noticed that some of the private hospitals are refusing treatment and admission to emergency patients, causing distress and this has resulted in complications, leading to death in certain cases," said the official.

The district authorities have been directed to take action on the erring hospitals as the department reiterated the responsibilities of private medical establishments.

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February 28,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 28: Sleuths of Bajpe police station have busted a counterfeit currency racket and arrested two persons on charge of printing and circulating fake currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 200.

The arrested have been identified as Dheerendra (45), a resident of Kanjilakody House in Bantwal taluk, and Sudheer Poojary (44), a resident of Adyar Volabail. Both of them said to be activists of Hindutva groups and had campaigned for BJP during last Lok Sabha polls.

Apart from counterfeit currencies, the cops have recovered a colour printer, two mobile phones and a motor bike from the accused.

According police, on February 23 the miscreants went to a petty shop owned by one Abdul Salam near Suralpady and purchased a Gillette blade costing Rs 20. They handed over Rs 200 currency note to Abdul Salam and took Rs 180 back from him.

However, the shop keeper grew suspicious about the genuineness of Rs 200 note. When he went in search of the duo, he came to know that they had purchased mustard seeds from a nearby provision store belonging to one Muhammad Arif. There too, they had handover Rs 200 fake note and got change.

The duo then took fake notes back from Abdul Salam and Muhammad Arif and escaped. The next day, Abdul Salam filed a complaint with Bajpe police station.

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February 23,2020

Madikeri, Feb 23: Back-to-back floods and landslides in the last two years, has led to a fall in the number of tourists coming to the coffee-growing region of Kodagu, forcing the district administration to intervene and take confidence-building measures, telling tourists that Kodagu was safe to visit.

According to the statistics of the Karnataka State Tourism Department, Kodagu recorded a moderately good number of tourists in 2018 and 2019, the years that the district witnessed devastating floods and landslides.

The Department’s statistics reveal that 17 lakh tourists visited Kodagu in 2018 and 18 lakh in 2019. This means the flood-ravaged years did attract tourists contrary to what the stakeholders had claimed.

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