RiThiCA-2016: Terms and conditions

ANNOUNCING…………….........For the 1^st time…………………...........

The Right Thinking Citizen Award…RiThiCA 2016!

An initiative of Save Right to Information Campaign

Mission Statement:

Save Right to Information. Use Right to Information Act.

Get information or......

Expose at least three idiots/traitors* among public servants!

1. The Public Information Officer

2. The First Appellate Authority (and the head of public authority where the head of the public authority is not the FAA!) and

3. The Information Commissioner

*An idiot is one who does not know the job s/he is getting paid to do and

a traitor is one who knows it but does not do it!

Terms and Conditions

1.     This is a modest attempt of a group of RTI activists to give life to the only pro-democracy and pro-citizen law in the country.

2.     The prize money is Rs 10,000/- only and this will be only one prize.

3.     Eligibility: Any citizen of India is eligible to participate. The winner will therefore have to provide a copy of his/her Voter’s Identity Card as proof of citizenship.

4.     There is no registration fee. Participants who submit responses through post will be deemed registered and also that they accept the terms and conditions listed herein.

5.     Participants will have to be computer literate and should be able to use internet as the process of selection involves accessing information from websites and posting comments.

6.     All communication will be in English only.

7.     Participants will need an e mail id, a mobile number and a bank account. While the    e mail id is mandatory, the mobile number is required for verification and the bank account is required for transferring the prize money. The bank account number needs to be communicated only by the winner.

8.     The contest will be in two parts, spread over 75 days. The 1^st part will require the participants to critically analyze a blog on Right to Information Act.  The 2^nd part will require contestants to familiarize themselves with the Right to information Act, 2005, answer certain questions, collect/compile some data and analyze some decisions of information commissioners.

The Procedure

9.     In the first part you will be required to go through the blog ‘The (Late) RTI Act’ at http://rithica2016.blogspot.in/2016/10/the-rti-act-is-dead.html  and you will have to list 10 questions that come to your mind on reading it. The questions will have to be posted as comments to the blog and a copy of the same sent through e mail to the Co-ordinator, Save Right to Information Campaign at  rithica2016@gmail.com with ‘RiThiCA-2016: questions’ as the subject. This has to be done by 11 Nov 2016. Responses received after 2359h on 11 Nov 2016 will not be given any marks for Part 1.

10.                         All the questions will be tabulated to track the questions most commonly asked. The 10 most commonly asked pertinent questions will be published as another blog at the same site. Questions that convey the same sense will be treated as one and may be redrafted for clarity. Each one of these 10 questions asked will get the contestant 1 mark. Thus a contestant can earn maximum 10 marks only from this part. But this is not an elimination round.

11.                         In the 2^nd part, 10 questions will be posted as the third blog at the same blog site by 15 Nov 2016. The Onus of looking for this blog on or after 15 Nov 2016 will be tht of the participant.

12.                         Contestants will have to post their answers as comments to the blog and forward a copy of the same to rithica2016@gmail.com with ‘RiThiCA-2016: answers’ as subject. The final date for receipt of answers will be 14 Dec 2016. Responses received after 2359h on 14 Dec 2016 will not be given any marks for Part 2. Answers to certain questions will be published as another blog at the same site by 20 Dec 2016. The responses to questions requiring non-standard answers will be assessed by a team of activists from varied fields and their decision will be final.

13.                         Results will be finalized by 20 Jan 2017.

14.                         Winner will be intimated through e mail and SMS. Subject to confirmation and verification, the prize money will be transferred to the winner’s account on 25 Jan 2017 and the information will be released to the media on 26 Jan 2017.

15.                         Participants are requested to encourage their friends and relations also to participate and make the event successful. The future of RiThiCA depends on you.

All the best and Jai Hind!