What is MAGP

• MAGP is an initiative emerged from need of

taking RTI to people
• MAGP is common platform on which various
stakeholders, active on RTI have come together
• It’s an effort initiated and facilitated by Janpath.
(Network of civil society organizations)
• In second convention of NCPRI, we participate as
Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel (MAGP)

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 Why MAGP ?
• RTI is an effective tool to make democracy
meaningful and participatory
• To provide common platform to various
stakeholders
• State is not an external agency. People in a the
system are from civil society. There is strong need
to strengthen the system for implementation of
RTI
• It is important that citizens come together in
solidarity to share and solve problems while using
RTI .

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 How it works ?
• Being a state level network of voluntary organization,
Janpath has hosted and nurtured this initiative. It has
provided strong but low profile leadership to this
process.
• Janpath has voluntarily provided secretarial and basic
infrastructure support.
• ADR, We the People, TI (Gujarat Chapter), Loksatta
(Gujarat) and members of Janpath are giving intellectual
inputs in programme designing and volunteer
mobilization.
• Prof Jagdeep Chhokar, retd. Professor IIM, and
founder of ADR has taken responsibility as Convener of
MAGP

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 Approach
• Given space, training, and scope for second cadre,
youth volunteer. Put special efforts for their
capacity building so as to enable them to come
forward to accept responsibilities
• Promote RTI Swayam Seva Kendras to
decentralize facilitation process
• Routine activities are carried by Volunteers
independently.
• Stakeholder contribute for special designed
programmes. Trainings are provided by
recovering actual cost.
• Free Legal Aid

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 Reach
• Ghoons Ko Ghoonsa Campaign, Public meetings, Workshops &
Seminars, Talk on AIR, Weekly Programme Janwano Haqq
(Right to Know) on DD
• Through these activities MAGP has been successful to reach in
remote interior places
• MAGP has developed people friendly formats of application,
appeals and complaints. Today 80% of the appeals/complaints
coming from every corner of Gujarat to the state commission are
in MAGP format.
• The responses of DD and Air programmes are from different
sections of society.
• MAGP has conducted 66 orientation and training programmes.
15 master trainer- Resource persons associated with it.
Orientation and basic training to approx.3000 people
• In association with state machinery (SPIPA), MAGP has
designed training material. It conducts case study based
session in each training programme.
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 Routine Activities of MAGP
• RTI helpline -9924085000
– 22,550 phone calls responded
– 90% Gujarat, 10% other state)
– 20% from PIO and Applet Authorities.
– As national helpline is temporarily closed down,
number of national calls have increased to 20%
• Special campaigns
– Show my Answer sheet Campaign
– Campaign against RTI Amendment Bill
– PDS
– NREGA
– Health Service etc.
• RTI ON WHEEL – Will be launched in March.
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 Use of RTI & People’s Priority
MONTH NO OF PHONE CALLS
2006  
MAY 1167
JUNE 1189
JULY 1200 AUTHORITY % OF CASES
AUGUST 997 • REVENUE 16
SEPTEMBER 678 • INSURANCE 10
• OCTOBER
Call center 867 • PROVIDENT FUND 8
NOVEMBER
• DECEMBER
RTI clinic
856
• POLICE 8
1007
• COURTS 8
2007  
JANUARY 972
• CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES 8
FEBRUARY 1004
• CO-OPERATIVE BANKS 7
MARCH 920 • MAMLETDAR OFFICE 7
APRIL 1010 • COLLECTOR OFFICE 6
MAY 1167 • CORPORATIONS 6
JUNE 1098 • NATIONALISE BANKS 7
JULY 1296
• EDUCATION 4
AUGUST 956
• HEALTH 3
SEPTEMBER 934
OCTOBER 887
• PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE 4
NOVEMBER 1456
DECEMBER 1550
JANUARY 1340

TOTAL 22551
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 ANALYSIS OF THE CASES HANDLED ON SATURDAY CLINIC

40 36
32 32 33
35 29
PERCENTAGE

30 26 25 24
25 21 20 20
20 14
15
10
5
0

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 Data analysis …………..
• Grievance Redressal –
– case studies of Ushaben Dhavan, land issue
of citizen from Junval Gam, Group
insurance Claim, Ashokbhai
• By product – Good governance – Citizen
challenge the corruption in the system
• This ensures transparency, which create active
participation of citizen in democratic
process. Eventually making system
accountable towards citizen.

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 Publications…
• RTI Act and Gujarat Rules – Gujarati version,
authenticated by the government.
• Six steps of RTI – user manual for citizen. This
has been popular amongst citizens. Over 10
thousand copies have been circulated.
• Developed model applications
• Ready reference on important provisions of RTI .
• Video case study for training purpose in regional
language
• Provided technical inputs to SPIPA for making
of education Film on RTI and other literature
(4 parts)

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 Challenges
• Pro-active Disclosure
• Record Keeping System
• Positive Environment
• Huge backlog in GSIC
• Sensitization of Judiciary
• User friendly mechanism

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