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Saurav Das

Mar 5 • 8 tweets • 3 min read

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Yogi Adityanath's govt choked development work in areas with substantial Muslim & other minorities population. A scheme called the PM Jan Vikas Karyakram seeks to better d socio-economic conditions of minorities in India. Read more...

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PMJVK seeks to do this by bettering infrastructure in education, health, & skill development sectors in areas with more than 25% minority population.

UP has 43 out of 75 districts with such areas. Muslims with 19% population stand to benefit the most.

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PMJVK is a centrally-sponsored scheme and the centre usually funds 50-100% of a project's expense.

RTI reveals that year by year, the funds utilised by the state, dropped— until it hit an unprecedented zero in 2021-22. Zero funds were used to develop these areas that year.

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Importantly, d RTI reveals that out of d 9159 projects sanctioned by the Centre since 2015, only 5% (467 projects) have been completed—even though unused funds skyrocketed to over 1000 crores by 2021 end. So, d Centre has refused to sanction any further development projects

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Sector-wise if we see since 2015:

Education- Out of 3865 projects, only 4.7% (187 projects) have been completed.
Health- Only 27 were sanctioned, even then only 7 were completed.
Skill Development- Only 5.4% projects were completed till March 2019.

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There's more info on the social issues faced by Muslims in India & how the community is backward in several imp indicators of well-being.

Do read and share the story. Many thanks to the @thakurfdn that supported the research!

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Mar 3

All about yday's hearing before the CIC- apex body responsible to "uphold transparency"

Commissioners at d Central Info Commission r so fearful/subservient to d Modi govt that they dare not pass an order for disclosure of information agnst it, forget Prime Minister's Office.

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I had to say this, out of pain, to the Commissioner during the hearing y'day.

I asked him why Commissioners like him & the Chief Info Commissioner too, r passing factually incorrect orders and noting wrong facts in their orders.

All he had to say is "Mr. Das pls don't...

"... make unnecessary comments". I told Mr. Heeralal Samariya, the IC, that he very well knows what's going on in the Commission.

Such is the anti-people sentiment at this supposedly pro-transparency commission that instead of questioning the Officers from PMO & MHA...

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Saurav Das

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Feb 19

Today, the first step in a series of litigation in d next few weeks. I've sent a legal representation to MoHFW, MHA, Dr. VK Paul (NITI Aayog), & DPIIT seeking their action on suo-motu disclosure of records relatin to Empowered Groups & Committees for Covid-19 management. Thread🧵

1. RTI Act requires all public authorities to "suo-motu" disclose information, & especially disclose *reasons* for its administrative or quasi-judicial decisions to affected persons.

2. No doubt, serious curbs on people's fundamental rights were placed since the pandemic.

3. It is my argument that such disclosure of "reasoning" for decisions taken, undisputedly requires the public to have access to the records of the workings of Empowered Groups and Committees, like NEGVAC (currently a top-secret bcoz "national security").

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Saurav Das

@OfficialSauravD

Sep 17, 2021

#BREAKING: Almost 2 years since the 2019 Pegasus hacking scandal, IT Ministry which was tasked to “look into” the entire issue is itself unaware of the final outcome in its *own inquiry*.

Further,

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The now sacked IT Minister @rsprasad said in Parliament that his Ministry is “looking into” the issue and that it is a matter of concern.

This was raised recently in SC hearings by @KapilSibal

RTIs reveal that towards the end, this inquiry into the whole scandal vanished.

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Ministry officials are clueless about the final outcome in the matter.

RTI further reveals-
The “Notice” issued to WhatsApp was more of a routine email- mere 2 lines saying “we are keen to have your response” (I can draft a better “notice”).

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Saurav Das

@OfficialSauravD

Aug 6, 2021

I am releasing CRS Mortality data for Rajasthan, Nagaland, Lakshadweep, Arunachal, & A&N Islands. This'll aid research.

Except for Rajasthan, no significant amount of excess deaths were recorded in the other states, at least as per this data provided under RTI.

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First, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 👇

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Second, Arunachal Pradesh 👇

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Saurav Das

@OfficialSauravD

Jul 31, 2021

#BREAKING

Central Information Commission in my case has directed the Centre’s Empowered Group Sub-Committee on Oxygen to reveal records of its discussions and all other records relating to medical oxygen management within 10 days.

This order has more implications👇🏻

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Centre has been denying information on its COVID preparation, policy, material based on which decisions are taken etc. due to “national interests”.
As a result, public scrutiny is obstructed. All records of empowered groups were being kept secret. Until now.

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The Order notes- “the information sought being denied in a blanket manner was not at all justified”.
Blanket denial of info is something MoHFW is also doing.

This as a result would impact other cases like disclosure of records of NEGVAC- the top national COVID task force.

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Saurav Das

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Jun 21, 2021

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24 districts in Uttar Pradesh, registered 1,97,000 excess deaths than normal bw July 2020-March 2021. UP Govt’s official COVID death toll though, was 43 times less than excess deaths- only 4537 by 31 March.

My piece for @Article14live

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For instance-

In Amethi, 13,000 more people had died than normal- a 1700% increase, official death toll was a mere 39, or 335 times less.

Lucknow- over 30,200 excess deaths, 524% more than 2019-20 and 25 times more than the official death toll of 1,211.

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Remember Ghazipur? Where during second wave, numerous dead bodies were found floating in its Ganga river?

This district near PM Modi's Varanasi saw 18,000 excess deaths after 1st wave, but official death toll reported by Yogi Adityanath's govt was a mere 92- 197 times less

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