Guidelines for State Governments on Proactive Disclosure under RTI Act

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This document provides detailed guidelines and templates for State Governments to enhance proactive disclosure of information as mandated by the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. It emphasizes the importance of making information readily available to the public to foster transparency and accountability. The guidelines cover various levels of government, from district to sub-village levels, and suggest methods for dissemination such as information boards, public displays, and utilizing digital platforms. Specific templates are provided for key areas like the Public Distribution System (PDS), Panchayats, MGNREGA, and government schools, outlining the types of information that should be disclosed, such as entitlement details, stock positions, grievance redressal mechanisms, and details of officials. Innovative practices adopted by some State Governments are also highlighted to encourage wider adoption of proactive disclosure measures.

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डा. एस. के. सरकार
Dr. S. K. Sarkar
सचिव
SECRETARY
Tel : 23094848
Fax : 23094500
E-mail : sarkardk@nic.in
D.O.No. 1/6/2011-IR

भारत सरकार
कार्मिक और प्रशिक्षण विभाग
कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेंशन मंत्रालय
नोर्थ ब्लाक, नई दिल्ली – 110001

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL \& TRAINING
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL PUBLIC GRIEVANCES
AND PENSIONS
NORTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI – 110001
Website : http://persmin.gov.in
$21^{\text {st }}$ November, 2013

Dear Chief Secretary,
Section 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act lays down the information which should be disclosed by Public Authorities on a suo motu or proactive basis. Section 4(2) and Section 4(3) prescribe the method of dissemination of this information. The purpose of suo motu disclosure under Section 4 is to place large amount of information in public domain on a proactive basis to make the functioning of the Public Authorities more transparent and also to reduce the need for filing individual RTI applications.
2. In order to further improve the proactive disclosure, Government of India constituted a Task Force on Suo motu disclosure in May 2011, which included representatives of civil society organizations active in the field of Right to Information. After considering the recommendations of the Task Force, the Government of India has already issued guidelines to Central Ministries/Departments for Proactive Disclosure under Section 4 of the RTI Act vide OM No. 1/6/2011-IR dated 15/04/2013.
3. The Task Force also recommended guidelines for disclosure by State Governments along with templates for disclosure at various levels. Illustrative templates have been recommended for disclosures under Public Distribution System, Panchayats, MGNERGA, and Primary and Secondary Schools. A Copy of the guidelines along with templates is enclosed as Annexure.
4. You are requested to consider issuing the above guidelines and templates for better implementation of the suo motu disclosure at State level.

With regards,

Yours sincerely,
(Dr. S.K. Sarkar)# ANNEXURE

Guidelines for State Governments for facilitating disclosure at district and lower levels of government through suggestive templates for key areas

1.0 The scheme of Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005 applies uniformly to all the public authorities, irrespective of their level of administration or service delivery (Centre, state, district etc.). It is felt that the extent of detailing required, varies according to the level of administration. If this could be facilitated by the development of suitable templates, it would not only improve the quality of disclosures but would also facilitate more transparency in governance. For example, in the case of Public Distribution System (PDS), disclosures at the level of Fair Price Shops (FPS) should go down to the level of ration card holder, while at the level of district/state, agencies dealing with the disclosures would need to be more broad-based. Keeping this in view, the following four areas have been identified for development of templates:
(a) Public Distribution System;
(b) Panchayats;
(c) MGNREGA; and
(d) Primary and Secondary Schools.

These four areas have been selected on the ground that they constitute some of the most significant services being provided at the ground level. However, it is recommended that similar templates need to be worked out for other important areas also such as health services, services relating to social benefits, etc.

2.0 Templates for Information Disclosure

The templates for information disclosure at various levels of service delivery in relation to the four areas mentioned above are enclosed at the end of the guidelines. The general principles which should be adopted for disclosure at various levels are given below:

2.1 Use of Information boards/walls

Section 4(4) of the RTI Act states that information should be disseminated taking into consideration ‘the most effective method of communication in that localarea and the information should be easily accessible’. Given the limited reach and accessibility of internet in India, it is recommended that at village / block level, relevant information should be painted on walls and provided on boards in the local language at prominent public places.

2.2 Information disclosure through any document/proof of delivery that is available to beneficiaries

Any document relating to a scheme/program of the Government that is held by a citizen, such as ration card, school books etc., should be used as a mode of disclosure. Information can be printed on such documents in the local language. Stickers can be used to update/change the information, if required.

2.3 RTI Proactive Disclosure File

Panchayat is the first public authority to interface with citizens. In their case, considerable information can be painted on walls. However, all information painted on walls should also be kept ready for perusal in a “RTI Proactive Disclosure File”. This file should also contain details of all the money received and all the guidelines which are sent to Panchayats by various government authorities for implementation of schemes.

3.0 ‘Good’ and ‘Innovative’ practices adopted by State Governments

3.1 State governments may adopt innovative practices to disseminate information at local level. Some of these practices are listed below:

  • Read out all information about benefits of schemes, budgets expenditure, MGNREGA works, payments etc in the Gram Sabha, Example – ‘A’ – works as a Gram Panchayat Secretary and a PIO in ‘ $\mathbf{X}$ ‘ state. Even before the RTI Act was in place, she/(he) was using folk lyrics as a medium of disseminating information. In her/(his) Gram Sabha, she/(he) talks about various schemes by connecting them to incidents in the village and sings a folk song highlighting the specific characteristics of a scheme. Her/(his) Gram Sabhas are frequented by large numbers of residents on a regular basis.
  • In a particular district in ‘ $Y$ ‘ state, during the RTI campaign for pro-active disclosure, it was observed that the use of multimedia vehicle for dissemination of information was widely accepted. The pamphlets and guidelines of various schemes, including forms, were disseminated by “RTIon Wheels” – a multimedia vehicle. Films and case studies of the use of information for achieving transparency in governance were screened.

  • In ‘ $y$ ‘ state, it is a regular practice that details of the proceedings of Gram Sabhas are reported in local newspaper.Enclosure

Templates for disclosures for Public Distribution System# I. Disclosure at Fair Price Shop (FPS) level

  1. Static Information to be painted at the FPS in the local language:

Template 1.1: Entitlement, scale of issue and retail issue price of essential commodities for all types of ration cards

Ration APL BPL Antyodaya Annapurna
Price Quantity Price Quantity Price Quantity Price Quantity
Wheat
Flour
Rice
Edible oil
Sugar
Kerosene
Maize,
Bazra/
millet
other/salt
Sample of all commodities to be displayed at the FPS

Template 1.2: Information about the FPS

1. Names of Villages/ Mohallas/ Areas covered by the FPS:
1 Name of license holder
License number (display copy of license) Date of issue
Name of shop keeper Phone no
2 Time of shop opening———
Time of shop closing———-
Days the shop remains open in a week
3 List of records held by the FPS- Stock register, sale register, list of cardholders attached to the shop, etc. |Template 1.3: Information about the grievance redressal mechanism

Complaints Register

Ration cardholders can register their complaints in the complaints register available in the Fair Price Shop. Cardholders can demand inspection of the complaints register.

State-level toll free INFORMATION and GRIEVANCE REDRESS HELPLINE (If

helpline is available)
e.g. 1800-111-222-333

Name, designation and contact of the grievance redressal authority

Complaints regarding the functioning of the Public Distribution System can be made to:
-Helpline number:

  • At the Block level:
  • At the District level
  • At the State level
  • Vigilance committees at all levels
  • Other relevant authority

Template 1.4: Public audit of records of the FPS

Records of FPS available for public audit

  • All records of the FPS are available for inspection to cardholders on demand
  • On the last Saturday of every month, all the records of the FPS will be available for audit by the people at the FPS between 2 to 5 pm
  • On the first Saturday of every alternate month, all records of the FPS will be available for audit by people at the Circle/block/panchayat level office from 2 to 5 pm# Template 1.5: Information about the RTI Act

Right to Information Act, 2005

Under the RTI Act, citizens have the right to access information from the Department of Food and Civil Supplies.

  • Applications for seeking information may be submitted in writing with the prescribed fee, to Public Information Officer (PIO) or Assistant Public Information Officer (APIO).
  • RTI application fee is Rs. $\qquad$ and photocopy charges for providing copies of records is Rs. $\qquad$ per page.
  • No fee for citizens below the poverty line
  • Information will be provided within 30 days

Name, designation and contact details of relevant officials under the RTI Act

| Public Information Officer
(PIO)
Assistant Public Information | Name of officer | Designation of officer | Office
address \&
Room no. | Mobile phone no. |
| :–: | :–: | :–: | :–: | :–: |1. Dynamic information at the FPS to be painted / available on blackboards and made available in a file for inspection on demand in local language :

Template 2.1: Stock Position (prev. month)

REQUIREMENT, STOCK AND DISTRIBUTION FOR THE MONTH
Ration APL BPL AAY
Required Balance of previous month Stock provided in this month Distributed in this month Required Balance of previous month Stock provided in this month Distributed in this month Required Balance of previous month Stock provided in this month
Wheat
Flour
Rice
Edible oil
Sugar
Kerosene
Board verified by ………………………. On ………………….

Template 2.2: Vigilance Committee FPS-level

FPS-level Ration Vigilance Committee
The last meeting of the Vigilance Committee was held on ….
The next meeting of the Vigilance Committee will be held on …
Minutes of the committee meetings are available for inspection at ….
Members of the Ration Vigilance Committee
Name
Chairperson
Template 2.3: List of ration cardholders *
Number of Ration Cards (as on…..)
Number of cards Total number of
members
APL
BPL
AAY
Annapurna
Applications
pending
Total

The list of all cards (attached to the shop) must be displayed at the FPS. The print out of the list could be stuck on the wall and a register be maintained which should be available for inspection on demand.II. Disclosures at the block/ panchayat level office (*or other appropriate authority for areas under the sixth schedule of the Constitution and for urban areas) :

Template 1: Entitlement, scale of issue and retail issue price of essential commodities for all types of ration cards

Ration APL BPL Antyodaya Annapurna
Price Quantity Price Quantity Price Quantity Price Quantity
Wheat
Flour
Rice
Edible oil
Sugar
Kerosene
Maize, Bajra/ millet
other/salt
Sample of all commodities to be displayed at the FPS

Template 2: Monthly stock position of each FPS

REQUIREMENT, STOCK AND DISTRIBUTION FOR THE MONTH —
FPS Name \& Number: Address:
Ration APL BPL AAY
Required Balance of prev month Stock provided in this month Distributed Required Balance of prev month Stock provided in this month Distributed Required Balance of prev month Stock provide d in this month | Distributed in this month
Wheat
Flour
Rice
Sugar
Kerose ne |Template 3: Name, designation & duties of officials
S. No. Name Designation Duties
1 Food Supplies Officer
2 Inspector
3
4
5

Template 4: Grievance redressal mechanism

Complaints Register

Ration cardholders can register their complaints in the complaints register available in the Fair Price Shop. Cardholders can demand inspection of the complaints register.

State-level toll free INFORMATION and GRIEVANCE REDRESS HELPLINE (If helpline is available)

e.g. 1800-111-222-333

Name, designation and contact of the grievance redress authority

Complaints regarding the functioning of the Public Distribution System can be made to:

Helpline number: At the Block level:* At the District level* At the State level* Vigilance committees at all levels* Other relevant authority

11Template 5: Status of complaints filed

Status of Complaints filed
(to be maintained in a register shown on demand/ print outs pinned on a notice board)

S.
No.
Name of complainant & complaint number
Date of filing complaint
Name & designation of officer who received the complaint
Current status of grievance
Name and number of FPS/KOD against whom complaint was filed

Complaints received in the last six months (Painted)

S.
No.
Name and number of FPS/KOD against whom complaints were filed
Total number of complaints filed
Action taken against FPS/KOD

1
2
1

Template 6: Public audit of records of the FPS

Records of FPS available for audit

  • All records of the FPS are available for inspection to cardholders on demand
  • On the last Saturday of every month, all the records of the FPS will be available for audit by the people at the FPS between 2 to 5 pm
  • On the first Saturday of every alternate month, all records of the FPS will be available for audit by people at the Circle/block/panchayat level office between 2 to 5 pmTemplate 7: Vigilance Committee at Block/ Panchayat- level

Block/Panchayat-level Ration Vigilance Committee

The last meeting of the Vigilance Committee was held on ….
The next meeting of the Vigilance Committee will be held on …
Minutes of the committee meetings are available for inspection at ….
Members of the Ration Vigilance Committee

Name Designation Phone number \& address
Chairperson

Template 8: List of ration cardholders*

Number of Ration Cards (as on…..)
Number of cards Total number of members
APL
BPL
AAY
Annapurna
Applications pending
Total

*The list of all cards (attached to the shop) must be displayed securely, in an accessible place at the Block/Panchayat- level office. The print out of the list could be stuck on the wall and a register be maintained which should be available for inspection on demand.
*The list should be painted in the villageTemplate 9: Procedure for applying for a new APL, BPL and AAY ration card/other services and the time-frame for disposal

Procedure for applying for a new APL, BPL and AAY ration card/other services
and the time-frame for disposal
Type of Card Eligibility Documents
required
Fee, if any Time-frame for disposal
APL Card
BPL Card/
AAY Card
Modification to
card

All applications should be given a unique number and people should be able to track the status of their application on the website of the department. Reasons for rejection of any application must be recorded online and should be communicated to the applicant.

Template 10: Boards displaying all relevant orders

  • Board should display relevant orders by:
  • Food Department
  • Supreme Court
  • Orders pertaining to closure/transfer of FPS, policy changes etc.# Template 11: Information about the RTI Act

Right to Information Act 2005

Under the RTI Act, citizens have the right to access information from the Department of Food and Civil Supplies.

  • Applications for seeking information may be submitted in writing with prescribed fee, to Public Information Officer (PIO) or Assistant Public Information Officer (APIO).
    -RTI application fee is Rs. $\qquad$ \& photocopy charges for providing copies of records is Rs. $\qquad$ per page.
  • No fee for citizens below the poverty line
  • Information will be provided within 30 days
  • If information is not provided within the stipulated time-frame, first appeal can be to the First Appellate Authority in the Department and the Second appeal can be filed to the Information Commission.
  • If information is not provided in time, a penalty of Rs. 250 per day, subject to a maximum on Rs. 25000 can be levied on the PIO by the Information Commission.
  • Under Section 4 of the Act, the department is required to proactively provide information to citizens. The Section 4 publication is available in the office of the PIO in room no. $\qquad$ and can be inspected any time during office hours for free.

Name, designation and contact details of relevant officials under the RTI Act

Public Information Officer
(PIO)
Assistant Public
Information Officer
Name of
officer
Designation of
officer
Office
address
Roo
Mobile phone
no.

Template 12: Board displaying list of documents available for inspection

All documents of this office can be inspected by citizens and photocopies can be
taken at actual cost
Name of document Officer responsible for
maintaining the document
Time for inspection
|# III. Disclosures at the District level:

Template 1: Information to be kept in a file, available for inspection on demand

  • List of card-holders (FPS-wise and Block-wise)
  • Monthly stock position of all FPS in the district
  • Minutes of meetings/reports of FPS-level, block-level and districtlevel vigilance committees
  • Status of complaints filed

Template 2: Board displaying list of documents available for inspection

All documents of this office can be inspected by citizens and photocopies can be taken at actual cost

Name of document Officer responsible for
maintaining the document
Time for inspection
|Template 3: Entitlement, scale of issue and retail issue price of essential commodities for all types of ration cards
Ration APL BPL Antyodaya Annapurna
Price Quantity Price Quantity Price Quantity Price Quantity
Wheat
Flour
Rice
Edible oil
Sugar
Kerosene
Maize, Bajra/ millet
Sample of all commodities to be displayed at the FPS

Template 4: Grievance redressal mechanisms

Complaints Register

Ration cardholders can register their complaints in the complaints register available in the Fair Price Shop. Cardholders can demand inspection of the complaints register.

State-level toll free INFORMATION and GRIEVANCE REDRESS HELPLINE (If

helpline is available) e.g. 1800-111-222-333

Name, designation and contact of the grievance redress authority

Complaints regarding the functioning of the Public Distribution System can be made to: Helpline number: At the Block level: At the District level At the State level* Vigilance committees at all levels* Other relevant authorityTemplate 5: Name, designation \& duties of officials

S. No. Name Designation Duties
Additional
Commissioner
Assistant
Commissioner
2
3 Food Supplies Officer
4 Inspector
5

Template 6: Public audit of records of the FPS

Records of FPS available for audit

  • All records of the FPS are available for inspection to cardholders on demand at the FPS
  • On the last Saturday of every month, all the records of the FPS will be available for audit by the people at the FPS between 2 to 5 pm
  • On the first Saturday of every alternate month, all records of the FPS will be available for audit by people at the Circle/block/panchayat level office between 2 to 5 pmTemplate 7: Vigilance Committee District- level

District-level Ration Vigilance Committee

The last meeting of the Vigilance Committee was held on ….
The next meeting of the Vigilance Committee will be held on …
Minutes of the committee meetings are available for inspection at ….

Members of the Ration Vigilance Committee

Name Designation Phone number \& address
Chairperson

Template 8: List of ration cardholders*

Number of Ration Cards (as on…..)
Number of cards Total number of members
APL
BPL
AAY
Annapurna
Applications
pending
Total

*The list of all cards (attached to the shop) must be displayed at the Block/Panchayat level office and at the FPS. The print out of the list could be stuck on the wall and a register be maintained which should be available for inspection on demand.
*The list should be painted in the villageTemplate 9: Procedure for applying for new card/other services and time-frame for disposal of applications

Procedure for applying for a new APL, BPL and AAY ration card/other services and the time-frame for disposal

Type of Card Eligibility Documents
required
Fee, if any Time-frame for disposal
APL Card
BPL Card/
AAY Card
Modification
to card

All application should be given a unique number and people should be able to track the status of their application on the website of the department. Reasons for rejection of any application must be recorded online and should be communicated to the applicant.

Template 10: Boards displaying all relevant orders

  • Board should display relevant orders by:
  • Food Department
  • Supreme Court
  • Orders pertaining to closure/transfer of FPS, policy changes etc.# Template 11: Information about the RTI Act

Right to Information Act 2005

Under the RTI Act, citizens have the right to access information from the Department of Food and Civil Supplies.
-Applications for seeking information may be submitted in writing with prescribed fee, to Public Information Officer (PIO) or Assistant Public Information Officer (APIO).
-RTI application fee is Rs. $\qquad$ and photocopy charges for providing copies of records is Rs. $\qquad$ per page.
-No fee for citizens below the poverty line
-Information will be provided within 30 days
-If information is not provided within the stipulated time-frame, the first appeal can be to the First Appellate Authority in the Department and the Second appeal can be filed to the Information Commission
-If information is not provided in time, a penalty of Rs. 250 per day, subject to a maximum on Rs. 25000 can be levied on the PIO by the Information Commission.
-Under Section 4 of the Act, the department is required to proactively provide information to citizens. The Section 4 publication is available in the office of the PIO in room no. $\qquad$ and can be inspected any time during office hours for free.

Name, designation and contact details of relevant officials under the RTI Act
Public Information Officer
(PIO)
Assistant Public Information
Name of officer Designation of officer Office
address \&
Room no.
Mobile phone no.
|# IV. Disclosures at the State-level through the Department website:
  1. Contents of website related to distribution of grain (to be updated in real-time, as far as possible)
  • List of all FPS/KODs (Block-wise \& District-wise)
  • Entitlement, scale of issue and retail issue price of essential commodities for all types of ration cards
  • Types of ration cards
  • Procedure for applying for new card/other services and time-frame for disposal of applications
  • List of card-holders (FPS-wise, Village-wise, Block-wise \& District-wise)
  • Actual disbursement made on each card (will require shop-level information to be entered into the MIS)
  • Monthly stock position of all FPS
  • Grievance redressal mechanism for PDS (including details of how and where to lodge a complaint using each of the mechanisms)
  • Minutes of meetings/reports of FPS-level, block-level, district-level and statelevel vigilance committees
  • Information about the RTI Act and section 4 disclosures of the department
  • Information about the mechanism for public audit of records of FPS
  • Name, designation \& duties of all officials of the Department
  • Status of complaints filed
  • Status of applications submitted
  • Status of RTI applications filed
  • Status of public audit reports
  • All orders issued by the department and any other relevant order which affect the PDS. The department should have a mechanism whereby orders can only be generated through the website and automatically uploaded in the relevant section of the website.
  • Monthly food grains bulletin (must provide information upto block-level)

All this information should be provided in a searchable format. The website should not require any password/login to access/view this information. The MIS of the Department should be completely visible to people accessing the site.
2. Contents of website related to procurement of grain (to be updated in real-time, as far as possible)

  • MSP \& Bonus for all commodities
  • Names of farmers (village-wise, block-wise, district-wise)
  • Quantity procured and amount paid to each farmer
  • Norms for fair average quality
  • List of mills (along with capacity of each mill)
  • Quantity of grain given and received from each mill

Information on procurement should also be displayed at the procurement centre-level and the block-level offices and at all other offices/sites involved in procurement of grain.# V. Disclosures at the Central Level (through the website) :

  • All relevant content related to procurement including details of agencies involved
  • All relevant content related to transportation including details of agencies involved
  • All relevant content related to distribution and linking to state level MIS
  • Real-time information on grain movement
  • All orders issued by the Ministry, Supreme Court etc. which affect the functioning of the PDS
  • Monthly food grains bulletin (with information upto block-level)

VI. Information from other sources (organisations involved in procurement, transportation etc.):

All relevant information related to the PDS must be displayed on the website of the relevant organization and should be linked to the Ministry/Food Department website. Example- Railways, which is involved in transportation of food grains, should display real-time information on movement of grains on its website.# Templates for disclosures for Panchayat# 1. GENERAL INFORMATION

Designation Name Phone No
Name and Address of Sarpanch (Village
Head)
Name and Address of Chairman
of Social Justice Committee of village
Name and address of Panchayat Secretary
(Talati)
Revenue Secretary/Patwari
Assistant secretary
Name and address of Panchayat’s Peon
Name and address of operator of village
water works
Gramsevak (Dev)
Gramsevak (Agriculture)
Any Other
  1. Details about PIO and Appellate Authorities under RTI Act, 2005 (Should be displayed on outside wall of the Panchayat)
Heads Name Designation Phone Number Address
PIO
First Appellate Authority
Second Appellate
Authority

Kindly bring to the notice of PIO if any information disclosed on the walls is misleading or wrong, or not updated. Citizen may also file complaint under section 18 of RTI Act to State Information Commission.

RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005

  • Citizen has the right to take photocopy, right to inspect the work and records, held by any public authority.
  • Approach Public information Officer for information.
  • Application for information need to be submitted to public information officer with application fee $\qquad$ which can be paid by:
  • If you need assistance in writing application, PIO is supposed to help you as per provisions of the Act.
  • PIO is supposed to furnish you information within 30 days. If information is not held by Panchayat, PIO may transfer your application to the respective public authority.
  • Any information provided after prescribed time limit will be given free of cost.
  • Citizen need not give application or application fee or wait for 30 days for inspecting any information that is disclosed on the walls.* Citizen may also file direct complaint under section 18 of RTI Act, in case she/he does not get information or get misleading information.
  • Citizen can file first appeal before Appellate authority.

3. Details of information about village population:

Type
Female Male total
Total
population
SC
ST
Voters
Type of family
Total family
BPL
holder
Card
Antyodaya
card holders
  1. Details about Village Population (to be kept in File)
Type population
Female Male Total/persons
Total Population of village (0 to 6 years
children)
Schedule Caste
Schedule Tribe
SEBC
Minorities
Others
Total Voters
Schedule Caste
Schedule tribe
SEBC
Minorities
Others || Handicapped | | |
:–: :–: :–: :–:
Farmers (Land holders)
Schedule caste Farmers (Land holders)
ST Farmers (Land holders) (Tribal )/Adivasi
OBC Farmers (Land holders)
MINORITY Farmers (Land holders)
Type of Families
Total families Numbers
BPL Families
APL Families
Antodyaya Families
Annapurnna Families
Families having toilets at their house
Families not having toilets at their house
Families having electricity connection
Families not having electricity connection
Families having agriculture land
Landless families
Marginal farmers
Families having Tap connection in their house
Families dwelling in Kucha houses
Families having pucca houses
Grazing land Hectares
Fallow Land Hectares
Wasteland Hectares
Village Revenue land Others

5. Information about animals in village (to be kept in file)

Species/type Numbers
Cow
Ox
Buffaloes
Goat
Sheep
Camel
hen /poultry |# 6. Panchayat employees’ duties (functions) and authorities (information with Patwari/village secretary, Gramsevak, etc.) (to be kept in file)
Talati(Patwari)
Panchayat secretary
Gramsevak
Peon/s
Water work operator
Others
Do the above mentioned employees stay
/reside in the village

7. Gram Sabha Details

  • Minimum Gram Sabha held during the year:
  • Date of last Gramsabha :
  • Date of next Gramsabha :
  • The officials from block level to be present:

The proceedings of the Gramsabha and resolutions can be inspected from Panchayat free of any charge. The copy of which can be obtained upon paying photocopy charges.

8. Details of meeting held at Panchayat

Sr.
No
Type of
Meeting
Time span between two meetings Where participants Who will chair? Agenda
1 Ward
Sabha
(meeting)
Ward 10\% of the voters (ward) required to be present Ward
panch
Work to be taken up at ward level \&
Schemes
2 Gramsabha Panch ayat level 10\% of the voters (from panchayat) required to be present. Sarpanch Work to be taken up at Panchayat level \&Schemes || 3 | Panchayat
corum or
Gram
sachivalay | | Panch
ayat | Ward panch
and
Panchayat
employee | Sarpanch | Implementation of
schemes,
progress
complaints etc. | status,
report,
:– :– :– :– :– :– :– | :–
  1. Details of other committees at village level:
Sr. No Name of the
committee
No of
members
Meeting
held
Date of last
meeting
Next
meeting
1 Social
Justice
Committee
5 Every 3
months
2 Village Water
Committee
12 Every 2
months
3 Village
Vigilance
committee
(MGNREGA)
7 Every 2
months
4 Village
Health
committee
5 Every 2
months
5 Vigilance
committee
for PDS
5 Every
month
6 School
Management
Committee

The minutes of meetings are available in the Panchayat and can be inspected free of any charge. The copy can be obtained by paying photocopy charges.

Name of committee : Social Justice committee

Sr. Name of
Members
Designations SC/ST/OBC/Others Female/Male
|Name of committee : Village Water Committee
Sr. Name of
Members
Designations SC/ST/OBC/Others Female/Male

Name of committee : Village Health committee

Sr. Name of
Members
Designations SC/ST/OBC/Others Female/Male

Name of committee: Village committee

Sr. Name of
Members
Designations SC/ST/OBC/Others Female/Male

Kindly prepare Information for every committee at village level (to be kept in file)
10. List of Records available for inspection free of charge at Panchayat Office. Copy can be obtained by paying photocopy charges.

  1. Panchayati Act, Rules
  2. MGNREGA Act, Guidelines, rules
  3. Right to Information Act and copy of rules
  4. Copy of Land revenue act/code
  5. Budget
  6. Audit Report
  7. Annual Administrative report of the panchayat (at least last five years)
  8. Proceedings and resolutions of Gramsabha.9. Proceedings and resolutions of meetings held by various committees like those mentioned above.
  9. Report that are presented by government officials in the Gramsabha.
  10. Revenue record (Register 6- A, – A etc)
  11. Registers regarding MGNREGA
  12. Voters list of the village
  13. BPL List Card holders list
  14. BPL Ration card holders List
  15. Antyodaya Family List
  16. Cash Book
  17. Asset Register
  18. Stock Register
  19. Patta Register
  20. Complaint Register
  21. Details of Panchayat taxes (to be kept in file)
Type of tax Responsible person Number
House tax
Sanitation tax
Light tax
General water tax
Profession tax
Land revenue
Sewerage tax
Diya Bati tax
Fee: market fee
Fee for use of well water for other
purposes
Fee for gutter cleaning
Village choky fee
Fee for animal keeping house

Attach panchayat tax rules here12. Panchayat Budget

Year Revenue
of
Panchayat
(income of
panchayat)
Grants
Received **
donation
received
Total
income
Private
(Royalty,
CSR,
other
income)
Total
expenditure
Balance
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12

**grants or assistance received from MPLAD/MLA, District Planning Board, development programme, 13th finance commission’s grants and others
13. Availability of Water

Type of Water
body
Number Area Capacity of
storing water
River/Dam
Talab
Handpump NA
Private wells
Public Wells
  1. Schemes run by Central Government Assistance:
Sr.
no
Scheme Who is
entitled?
What is
the
benefit?
Where
to
apply
Documents
required
for
applying
Time
limit of
decision
Who will
take the
decision
Where
to file
appeal
Indira
Awas
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:– :– :– :– :– :– :– :–
  1. Schemes run by State Government Assistance:
Sr.
no
Scheme Who is
entitled?
What is
the
benefit?
Where
to
apply
Documents
required
for
applying
Time
limit of
decision
Who will
take the
decision
Where
to file
appeal
Indira
Awas

Waiting list of Indira Awas Yojana:

Name Remark
  1. List of Beneficiaries of various schemes of last five years:
  2. Housing Scheme
  3. Pension Scheme (widow, old age, differently able)
  4. Allotment of land patta
  5. Bankable schemes

Name of the scheme: $\qquad$

Name of person benefited Year of receiving
benefit
|# 17. Details of village development work
type of work number of
works
Budget incurred
expenditure
status of work complete/
incomplete
1 Roads
2 well recharge
3 check dams
4 Gutter
5 Sanitation
6 Anganwadi
7 School
8 community centre hall
9 drinking water pipeline
10 Others

Details of work done: Road

From — to – Year Under
which
scheme
Estimated
cost
Total cost Date
completion
of work

Details of work: Well recharging

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| | | | | | |Details of work: $\qquad$
$\square$
19. Details of other functions done by Panchayat, such as:
i. Birth Registration
ii. Death registration
iii. Valuation of house or shop
iv. Entries of land entitlements in the register.
20. Other facilities available in village (to be kept in file)

Facility where it is located in village /taluka Contact phone
number
Milk cooperative society
Agriculture cooperative society
Bank
Post office
Fire brigade house
Veterinary clinic
seeds distribution
Women groups
Children groups
Disaster mitigation and management unit
  1. Regarding Police station
Address of police station
or outpost
Name of PI/PSI Ph:
Name of Police Mitra Ph:
Social defense officer
name and address
Ph: |# Instructions:

Copy of all GRs, circulars, GOs, OMs, policies, rules, guidelines received by Panchayat, or reports, budgets, list of proposed beneficiaries, submitted by Panchayat should be marked to RTI file (pro-active disclosure file).# Templates for disclosures for MGNREGA# 1. Job Card Board in Every village (on the wall and file)

(All the job card holders name to be displayed on this board, including those who have not applied for any work or not worked even for a day)

Name of the Job card holder Job card
Numbe
r
$\begin{gathered} \text { Year } \ 2010-11 \end{gathered}$ 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Da ys Amo unt Da ys Amo unt Da ys Amo unt Da ys Amo unt $\begin{gathered} \text { Da } \ \text { ys } \end{gathered}$
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  1. Table showing details for development works as under:
Sanctioned amount Amount spent Work commen ced on Work comple ted on Status of work
$\begin{aligned} & \text { S } \ & \text { r. } \ & \text { N } \ & 0 \end{aligned}$ Na me of the wor k Co de of the wor k Labo ur Mater
ial
tot
al
Labo ur Mater
ial
tot
al
compl ete incompl ete
1
2
  1. Details of material used:
Sr.
No
Name
of the
work
Cement Boulders Pebbles Sand Bricks Water
Qty Rate Qty Rate Qty Rate Qty | Rate | Qty | Rate | Qty | Rate
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  1. List of registers to be maintained at Panchayat level for MGNREGA:
List applications for registration list of sanction works
Registration list Payment register
List of job card issued to Unemployment
Allowance Register
Job Card Register Employment Register
estimates of sanctioned work Allotment of Work || | register
:– :–
Muster roll received register Muster roll issue register
Asset Register Cash Book
Complaint register

5. About Social Audit :

Name of Social
audit team
members
Date of Last
meeting
Date of next
meeting

6. Display board at work place

Name of
work/description
Sanction cost of work
A-MATERIAL COST
B-WAGES
SKILLED
UNSKILLED
Date of work started
expected date of work completion
No of workers present Physically
challenged
Old
age
pregnant other total
|# Templates for disclosures for government schools# I. Information to be displayed at the government schools:

Sample Board 1: Details of information for Grievance Redressal

Nature of Information Authority
for
redressal
Name of
redressal
officer
Office
Address
and
phone
number
Time
lines
For
redressal
Public
Dealing
Day and
time
Appellate
Authority
and
process of
appeal
Issues Related to
Availability/Appointment
of Teachers
Issues related to
admission
Issues related to school
infrastructure
Issues related to
corporal punishment,
discrimination, child
rights
Issues related to
incentive schemes
Issues related to MDM
Issues related to
Financial allocations to
school

Sample Board 2: Teacher information:

Teachers’ Information Month and Year
(update every month)

Sr. Name of
Teacher
Male/
Female
Date of Joining
School
Class and
Subject of
Teacher
Salary Number
of days
taught in
the month
Number of
days and
nature of
non-
instructional
work
(including in
service
trainings)
Head
Teacher

Number of Sanctioned Posts
Number of Vacant Posts
Number of Teachers on DeputationPlease make available service conditions and transfer policy of all teachers in hard copy

Sample Board 3: Student Enrolment Information: (Hard Copy)
This information to be compiled and kept available for each academic year

Categor
ies
Class I Class II Class III Class IV Class V Class VI Class
VII
Class
VIII
Bo
ys
Girl
s
Bo
ys
Girl
s
Bo
ys
Girl
s
Bo
ys
Girl
s
Bo
ys
Girl
s
Bo
ys
Girl
s
Bo
ys
Girl
s
Boy
s
Girl
s
Childre
n with
Special
Needs
SC
ST
OBC
Minoriti
es
Others
Total

Sample Board 4: Entitlement and Incentive Information:

Nature of Incentive/ Entitlements Eligibility criteria Amount to be Disbursed Number of students eligible for the same Number of students who have received When
disbursed
[specify
date]
Dated
Receipt
given
And by
whom
1 Textbooks
2 Uniform
3 Scholarships
4 Any other

Information to be provided in details in hard copy -name of beneficiary, grade, name of guardian, address and contact details of beneficiary.# Sample Board 5: Details of budgetary expenditure: (in Hard Copy)

Detail of budget received by the school

Name of Budget
Head
Amount
Received
Date of
Receipt
Amount
Spent
Period of
Expenditure
Nature of
expenditure
Teaching Learning
Material (TLM)
School
Development
Grant (SDG)
Maintenance
Additional
Classrooms
Major Repairs
Computer Aided
Learning
Any other
Total

Sample Board 6: Information about School Management Committee (SMC)

Date of appointment/constitution of committee:

Sl. No. Name of member Designation Male/female Category Name and Class
of Child whose
parent is a
member

Date of Next Meeting of SMC $\qquad$ (to be updated monthly)

Sample Board 7: Details of School Management Committee: (In Hard Copy)

Sl. No. Date of
Meeting
Number of
members present
Name of Person holding
meeting register
1
2
3
4 |Sample Board 8: Copy of the Three Year Long SDP, with annual sub-parts, Copy of the DISE Report Card

Sample Board 9: Details of Mid Day Meal (MDM):

Day Menu to be Served Menu Served
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

To be made available in hard copy: copy of order of State Government on MDM as per Supreme Court order, supply register of MDM- norm of supply/delivery to include amount and date of delivery on a monthly basis, actual date of delivery and actual amount received, and payment register/record on MDM-Name of cook, payment received-date and amount of the payment received by the cook.

Sample Board 10: Details of Inspection of School: (In Hard Copy)

| SI. No. | Name of Inspector | Date of
Visit | Details of officer from who
Inspection report can be accessed |
| — | — | — | — |
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Sample Board 11: Issues Inspected by the School Inspector:

SI. No. Items Inspectors Comments
1. State of Infrastructure
a. Classrooms
b. Toilets
c. Drinking Water
2. Teachers
a. Attendance
3. Quality of Teaching
a. State of notebooks
b. State of learning abilities
4. Children Related
a. Attendance
b. Any other |# Date of last Inspection:

Name of officer from whom the Inspection Report can be accessed

Sample Board 12: Medical Facilities available:

Medical Facility Name/ Contact person Address and Phone
Number
Visiting Doctor
Nurse
Primary Health Centre
Ambulance
Any other

Please also mention where the first-aid box is available in the school premise

Sample Board 13: Schemes and Programmes Implemented in School: (Hard Copy) including under innovation fund, PPP, others and principal components of the same.

Sample Board 14. Support system for Children with Special Needs: (Hard Copy)# Sample Board 15: Public Notice on Right to Information Act:

Public Notice on Right to Information Act

Right to Information Act 2005

Under the RTI Act, citizens have the right to access information from the school and the Department of Education.

  • Applications for seeking information may be submitted in writing with prescribed fee, to Public Information Officer (PIO) or Assistant Public Information Officer (APIO).
  • RTI application fee is Rs. $\qquad$ and photocopy charges for providing copies of records is Rs. $\qquad$ per page.
  • No fee for citizens below the poverty line
  • Information will be provided within 30 days
  • In case information is incomplete or unsatisfactory, first appeal to be made to the First Appellate Authority

Name, designation and contact details of relevant officials under the RTI Act

Official in custody of
information in hard copy
in school
Name of
officer
Designation of
officer
Room no.
and
Public
Dealing
Time
Mobile phone
no.
Public Information
Officer (PIO)
Name of
officer
Designation of
officer
Room no. Mobile phone
no.
First Appellate Authority
(FAA)
Name of
officer
Designation of
officer
Room no. Mobile phone
no.
|# II. List of Information that needs to be made available at Zonal /District Office of Education Department

Sample Board 1: Roles and Responsibilities:

Nature of Information Designation/Authority level responsible Name of the official Office Address and Phone No. Public
Dealing
Day
and
time
Name and designation of the Redressal Officer Timeline for Redressal
Issues related to availability/appointment of teachers
Issues related to admission
Issues related to school infrastructure
Issues related to mental and physical harassment, discrimination and child rights
Issues related to incentive schemes
Issues related to Mid Day Meal
Issues related to Financial allocations to school
Others
OVERALL GREVIANCE REDRESSAL STATUS:
Number of Complaints Received This Month:
Number of Complaints Redressed:
Total Number of Complaints Unresolved :
Phone number of Child Helpline
Phone number of RTE helpline if available
  1. Organogram
  2. Copy of the Citizen’s Charter
  3. School wise School Development Plans (SDPs)
  4. Process document of compilation of School Development Plans (SDPs)
  5. Copy of Aggregated SDP
  6. District Plan under SSA- Details of the planning process undertaken, including time when it is done at each stage and names of people responsible.
  7. District Report Card of DISE
  8. All circulars/orders/notice/notifications issued to be displayed for the period of week, summary of orders, backlog/previous orders/circulars/notice/notifications can be obtained at particular time from particular person. The name, designation, and time of availability for public viewing to be clearly displayed on board.9. Information of all projects running in District- including government schemes, schemes functioning under Innovation Fund and those under PPP mode. Details to be included are- department running scheme, nature of input provided/service provided under partnership, quantum of funds disbursed by government, name of private partners and contribution of private partner (if applicable).

10. District office to display/make available all information of each block-

Block 1 Block 2
Number of Schools Overall
Elementary Schools
Primary
UP
Elementary (Class 1-8)
Total Schools having elementary sections
Total Schools RTE compliant on teacher availability
Total Schools RTE compliant on infrastructure
Total Schools RTE compliant on all indicators
Secondary
Higher Secondary
Pre- Primary Education
ICDS Centres
Preschools
Schools with PS section
Specified Category Schools
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Sainik Schools
Navodaya Schools
SC Hostels
Tribal Ashrams
Residential Schools
Residential Bridge Course
Non-Residential Bridge Course
Seasonal Hostels
KGBVs
Model Schools
Special Schools for Children with disability (will also need to be broken into multi-disability special schools, and for the individual specific disability
Schools imparting special training within the existing school || premises and ongoing processes | |
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Private Schools
Aided
Total seats in the incoming school
Total seats reserved for weaker /disadvantaged section (as per aid)
Unaided

School wise details in Hard Copy

11. Teachers Information:

Total Block
1
Block
2
Total Number of Teachers
(Teachers by regular/para-teachers/contract teachers/guest teachers)
Number of Resource Teachers for Children with Disability
Number of Subject teachers-Health and Physical Education
Number of Subject teachers-Art Education
Number of Subject teachers-Work Education
Residential Facilities and Special Training Related Information*
Residential Bridge Course
Non-Residential Bridge Course
Seasonal Hostels
Month (from-to) when Hostels run
Schools imparting special training within the existing school premises and ongoing processes
KGBVs
Tribal Hostels
SC Hostels
Mobile School or other means of imparting education to migrant population
  • Information about villages/schools where these are provided to be made available on request.

12. Names of teachers receiving awards for meritorious work and name of awards# 13. Financial/ Budget related details

Account
Head
Allocation Money
Received
Date of
Receipt
Date of
Disbursal
Money
Spent

This information will need to be contextualised based on State.
Both aggregate budgetary information and for individual blocks and panchayats and schools to be provided in Hard Copy

14. Child Population Details

Total Block 1 Block 2 Block 3
6-
14
Total Population Total
Boys
Girls
Dalits
SC
ST
Minority
CWSN
Out of School Total
Boys
Girls
Dalits
SC
ST
Minority
CWSN
Other groups defined as marginalized group in State Rules
  1. Teacher training Institutes- DIET, Private B.Ed College, BRC, etc.- Number, Courses Run, Number of Seats, Free/Paid, Institution has been granted recognition by what body.
  2. Inspection reports: for both government and private schools to be made available. The data to include, name of inspector, number of schools under him/her, dates of the visits made to the schools allocated to him/her, and details of inspection undertaken. (To be compiled and made available on a monthly basis)17. Information of all private schools in the district:
$\begin{aligned} & \hline \mathrm{S} \ & \mathrm{~N} \ & \mathrm{o} \end{aligned}$ Na me Addr ess Recogn ition Status Affilia tion to which Board Name of societ y/ mana ging body Total No of seats (inco ming class) No.
sea
ts
und
er
25
$\%$
No. of applicant ions receive d No of se ats fille d Cont act pers on in the scho ol Period of admis sion (starti ng \& closin g) Status of RTE compli ance