The Unrest News Magazine: November 1-15, 2022

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Arvind Kejriwal’s Mohalla Clinics are so sick that they need to be cured. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

Mohalla Clinics Fraud of Kejriwal Exposed in Punjab After Delhi

Now, it is being observed that the Mohalla Clinics concept is equally disastrous in Punjab also after its failure in Delhi.

While Delhi chief minister (CM) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal often praises the hyped performance of his Mohalla Clinics, people complain about the uselessness of such a flawed health care concept.

Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

The Mohalla Clinics are totally defunct in Delhi. But in order to cheat the Punjab voters, Kejriwal and his AAP spread lies about Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics to win the recent Punjab Assembly election.

With the aim to sensitize the voters, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) a rival party of AAP in Punjab – had released a video that exposed Kejriwal’s falsehood about Mohalla Clinics. “This is the reality of Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘Delhi model’. People will never trust the Aam Aadmi Party convener who is solely responsible for devastation in the

Arvind Kejriwal’s Mohalla Clinics are so sick that they need to be cured

Capital (New Delhi) and has now set his eyes on Punjab,” SAD had tweeted along with the video. But the gullible and illiterate voters of Punjab ignored Kejriwal’s falsehood and elected AAP which deceptively formed the government with an uneducated man Bhagwant Mann as the CM. Now, it is being observed that the Mohalla Clinics concept is equally disastrous in Punjab also after its failure in Delhi.

Pargat Singh, a former captain of the Indian hockey team and MLA from Punjab’s Jalandhar Cantt, said on October 16 that Mohalla Clinics in Punjab are surrounded by stray cattle while there are no doctors and no medicines in these so-called health centers.

Pargat Singh also shared a newspaper report of October 16, 2022 from a Punjabi newspaper to reveal the tragic conditions of Mohalla Clinics in Punjab. He tweeted in

people in Delhi told RMN News Service that mostly these so-called community health care centres are locked and when they open they fail to provide proper medical

The attendants at Kejriwal’s Mohalla Clinics rather advise the patients to consult a good doctor in a private or government hospital. “Then what is the purpose of these Mohalla Clinics?” people question.

the services at these clinics are not being provided in a transparent manner, it is largely believed that the so-called doctors at the clinics are not fully qualified.

Also, Mohalla Clinics failed to provide any service to people when Delhi was experiencing a deadly Covid-19 calamity in which a number of people caught infection and died.

Reports also suggest that these so-called Mohalla Clinics have been reduced to ruins and surrounded by stinking sites for dumping household waste. Worse, some of these Mohalla Clinic buildings are being used by local gamblers, drug addicts, and anti-social elements while Kejriwal and others in his cabal are still spreading false information about the clinics. [ Click here to watch a related video. ]

A few years ago, Kejriwal had promised to make 1,000 working Mohalla Clinics in the first year of his government, but he could make only about 160 clinic sites which are not providing any health care to patients.

This is another blatant lie of Kejriwal, as he has been telling lies about the quality of the school education system and the removal of corruption from Delhi. Moreover, Kejriwal’s government is so careless about health care that it has completely failed in controlling pollution in Delhi. Now, people are planning to leave the city because of increasing pollution.

It is reported that Kejriwal’s clinics are working in a totally perfunctory manner and – as an example – can handle on average one patient in less than 2 minutes. The opposition party BJP sarcastically remarked that only God can save patients from Kejriwal’s clinics.

Delhi’s former Lt. Governor’s (LG) Anil Baijal had also received multiple complaints and observed that vigilance findings about the alleged irregularities in Mohalla Clinics were not addressed by the Kejriwal’s government. The chattering classes in Delhi believe that it is a mere political stunt of Kejriwal and his clique as their AAP has been using Mohalla Clinics to woo the gullible voters. People also say there is no need for Kejriwal to paste his own life-size posters on Mohalla Clinics’ walls because Kejriwal is neither a doctor nor a compounder.

In fact, Kejriwal is misusing his authority and squandering huge public money to project his own image through the precincts of Mohalla Clinics. Obviously, Kejriwal’s manoeuvres are tantamount to deception and corruption.

As the Mohalla Clinics concept has completely failed, people suggest that instead of offering treatment to patients, Kejriwal should first cure the sickness of his Mohalla Clinics.

These days, Kejriwal is feeling more desperate because his status has been virtually reduced to the level of a personal assistant to Delhi’s LG. Despite Kejriwal’s regular complaints, LG is now calling the shots in Delhi while Kejriwal has been relegated to a mere figurehead role.

A recent law – the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act makes it clear that the term “government” in Delhi means the LG of Delhi and the elected government of Kejriwal cannot take any decision independently. In other words, the Kejriwal government will have to take LG’s consent before taking any executive action.

Global Report Warns of Ecological Disaster in Delhi

Delhi with a population of 32.3 million is facing a severe threat from increasing levels of air pollution along with other infrastructural hassles.

A new global report has warned of an imminent ecological disaster in India’s capital New Delhi (or Delhi), which is already the world’s most polluted city. Factors such as poor infrastructure, lethal air pollution, weak regulatory framework, and administrative failure are going to make Delhi unsustainable for its population of over 30 million.

The Ecological Threat Report 2022: Analysing Ecological Threats, Resilience & Peace

released on October 20 by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) has included Delhi in the list of cities which are facing the harshest challenges. These cities have

high projected population growth rates, poor sanitation, lack of infrastructure, high crime rates, and substantial ecological threats.

A pollution scene in India’s capital New Delhi which is the most polluted national capital in the world. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

According to the report, Delhi with a population of 32.3 million is facing a severe threat from increasing levels of air pollution along with other infrastructural hassles.

Last year, Delhi’s most significant ecological threat was air pollution, made worse by the dust that is a constant feature of the city. The report says that Delhi generates between a third and 56 percent of the harmful pollutants in its atmosphere, with the rest mainly originating from other parts of India.

Several interrelated factors explain Delhi’s poor air quality, some of which are beyond the city’s control. Firstly, the city cannot regulate the environment that surrounds it, which means it attracts pollutants from brick kilns and construction needed to accommodate this growing metropolis.

Additionally, according to the report, the size of the city and its weak infrastructure (including the regulatory and enforcement regimes) cannot address pollutant sources in the city.

This is most obvious with respect to the construction sector, which lies at the heart of Delhi’s growth. Cement contributes 10 percent of the coarse pollutants in Delhi’s air. The poor public transport system compels car usage, whereas poverty encourages the burning of wood and cow-dung cakes to keep warm.

The report adds that the unfavourable geographic location and regional meteorology results in low humidity and episodic dust events from the surrounding environment. Delhi is also affected by regional trends, such as stubble burning in the Punjab and Haryana states, which although banned continue.

These activities and other outside activities account for 30 to 40 percent of Delhi’s air pollution between October and November. The interconnectedness between geography, population growth, and ecological threats is visible when one considers how densely populated Delhi is and will continue to be, the report says.

More people, lack of efficient public transport, and poor road construction mean that the congested traffic conditions persist into the evening. The report also finds that the poor regulatory and enforcement regimes allow polluters to escape scrutiny.

It suggests that the ecological threats, societal resilience, and low levels of peacefulness will not be resolved without concerted international action. The Ecological Threat Report 2022 includes a number of policy recommendations which are generated by experts to support the local communities.

With its head office in Sydney, Australia, the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) is an independent think tank dedicated to shifting the world’s focus to peace as a positive, achievable, and tangible measure of human well-being and progress.

After FATF Certification, Pakistan to Become a Terror-Free Nation

Pakistan took some major steps to stop terrorism under the leadership of former prime minister (PM) Imran Khan.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - which monitors global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing cases has removed Pakistan from the “grey list” of increased monitoring.

Jurisdictions under increased monitoring work actively with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing.

When the FATF places a jurisdiction under increased monitoring, it means the country has committed to swiftly resolve the identified strategic deficiencies within agreed timeframes and is subject to increased monitoring. This list is often referred to as the “grey list”. The FATF made this announcement on October 21 during the first Plenary of the FATF under the Presidency of T. Raja Kumar of Singapore.

Imran Khan Photo: PTI (file photo)

Delegates from over 200 jurisdictions of the Global Network participated in these discussions at the FATF headquarters in Paris. As a result of this announcement, Pakistan can hope to become a terror-free state. The neighbouring country India often blamed Pakistan for terror activities, although there is hardly any evidence for the allegations.

Pakistan took some major steps to stop terrorism under the leadership of former prime minister (PM) Imran Khan. After a series of public protests led by opposition parties against Imran Khan’s failure to revive the economy, he was removed from the PM position in April 2022.

Meanwhile, the FATF members agreed to release, for public consultation, draft guidance on Recommendation 24 to help countries and the private sector

implement FATF’s strengthened requirements on beneficial ownership to prevent criminals from hiding illicit activity behind opaque corporate structures.

FATF also approved the release of a public consultation document on proposed revisions to Recommendation 25 on transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements. Delegations were updated on other ongoing work, including a project on countering the laundering of proceeds from ransomware attacks, and work to update the FATF best practices paper on combating the abuse of non-profit organizations.

Delegations were also updated on projects and activities to implement the March 2022 Strategic Vision for the Global Network of 206 jurisdictions that have jointly agreed to strengthen their regimes to tackle money laundering, terrorist and proliferation financing.

Mallikarjun Kharge Defeats Shashi Tharoor in Congress

Presidential Election

It is expected that soon Kharge will be relegated to a mere figurehead role while the family of Sonia Gandhi including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will call the shots.

As expected, a traditional Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge defeated his rival Congressman Shashi Tharoor in the Congress presidential election.

Outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi meeting newly elected president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence on October 19, 2022. Photo: Congress

In the election result declared on October 19, a total of 9385 votes were polled in the election that took place on October 17. Kharge received 7897 votes from Congress delegates and Tharoor could get only 1072 votes while 416 votes were invalid.

One of the main reasons for Tharoor’s defeat was his inexplicable infatuation with rival party leader and India’s prime minister Narendra Modi. While Modi is an illiterate politician who cannot speak even a few sentences in English or Hindi without the use of a teleprompter, as a sycophant Tharoor often praises Modi for his communication skills.

Under Modi’s misgovernance, the people of India are suffering under unprecedented inflation, corruption, unemployment, religious animosity, and civil

unrest. But Tharoor hardly raised these issues seriously to blame the Modi government.

Plus, Tharoor has a very feeble political and administrative record as he is mostly busy in his commercial projects of book writing or avoidable excursions without having any emotional connection with the masses.

Since Mallikarjun Kharge is also a weak, run-of-the-mill politician, he will never be able to save the dying Congress party which has been losing almost every election.

Meanwhile, the outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi met and congratulated newly elected president Kharge at his residence and extended her best wishes to him and his family.

In his investiture ceremony, Kharge said he will work with Congress workers to restore democracy in the country so that millions of people in India could be allowed to live freely without any fear of division.

Kharge, 80, showered huge praise on Sonia Gandhi saying that Congress won two national elections under her leadership. He also admired another Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is currently leading a Bharat Jodo Yatra (or Unite India March) to end the atmosphere of religious animosity in the country.

Sonia Gandhi hoped that Kharge will make Congress stronger while the party is facing extinction and losing elections. The immediate responsibility of Kharge will be to win the upcoming elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh where Congress has very little chance of victory.

Subsequently, Kharge will have to revive the party for the Lok Sabha election scheduled to take place in 2024. But it is expected that soon Kharge will be relegated to a mere figurehead role while the family of Sonia Gandhi including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will call the shots. Today, Congress has no

leader and no political strategy to defeat Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha election and other state elections.

Forced Returns to Myanmar Must Stop: Volker Türk

Since the beginning of the military coup on 1 February 2021, at least 70,000 people have fled Myanmar.

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has called for a moratorium on any forced returns of refugees and migrants to Myanmar, given its dire human rights crisis.

Newly arrived Rohingya refugees travel by boat from Myanmar on the Bay of Bengal to Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar district, Chittagong Division in Bangladesh. Credit: UNICEF/Patrick Brown

This followed news that Malaysia deported two Myanmar nationals who had sought protection through the UN Refugee Agency, on 6 October. On the same day, more than 100 other Myanmar nationals, some of whom had serious protection concerns, were also deported without any adequate assessment of their situation as required by international law.

According to a statement released on 26 October, the UN Human Rights Office said that since the beginning of the military coup on 1 February 2021, at least 70,000

people have fled Myanmar, and more than one million remain internally displaced from their homes.

A further one million Muslim Rohingya refugees have found refuge in Bangladesh. This adds to the millions of Myanmar migrants who have sought economic opportunities in other countries of the region over past years, many with irregular status.

“With rising levels of violence and instability, and the collapse of the Myanmar economy and social protection systems, this is simply not the time to be returning anyone to Myanmar,” Türk said. “This is especially the case for anyone with specific protection concerns, such as political activists or military defectors, who are at grave risk upon return.”

Under international law, principles of non-refoulement prohibit returning people to a country where they are at real risk of serious harm upon return, including persecution, torture, ill treatment or other grave human rights violations.

“It is essential that in light of the prevailing situation in Myanmar, now more than ever, that States do not return people to suffering and danger, and provide them with a secure legal status while their country remains in crisis,” Türk said.

Corruption Is an Organized Trade in India: Research Report

Now, bureaucrats circumvent the law and misuse their discretionary powers to give undue benefits to those who bribe them.

As the corruption methods have always been evolving in India, the contemporary system of corruption has assumed the form of an organized trade in which corruption has become a non-issue in the country.

This is one of the findings of the new India Corruption Research Report 2022 (ICRR 2022) released in October 2022. The report says that bribery is the traditional form

of corruption, but now the acts of corruption are happening on a broader landscape.

For example, massive political corruption in connivance with private corporations is taking place under the garb of secret electoral bonds. Likewise, megalomaniac politicians such as the prime minister and the chief ministers in different Indian States splurge huge public funds to promote themselves through advertisements and publicity campaigns carried out in collusion with corrupt media outlets.

While governance is a collaborative exercise, these corrupt politicians get their own photographs published on all publicity material to hoodwink the voters and get undue political advantage in elections.

The political parties also sell election tickets in crores of rupees secretly to candidates who want to contest elections under their banners. The ill-gotten money is spent by politicians to bribe the voters, purchase crowds who attend politicians’ election rallies, and hire hoodlums who commit riots and spread violence before and during elections to help political parties win elections unscruplously.

Similarly, the bureaucratic corruption style is also evolving. Now, bureaucrats circumvent the law and misuse their discretionary powers to give undue benefits to those who bribe them.

Dereliction of duty, inefficiency, lack of skills to handle official work, ignorance, apathy toward citizens, reckless decisions to plunder public funds are also among the new forms of corruption by bureaucrats at all levels of government. Since government politicians are mostly illiterate or inexperienced, they are heavily

dependent on bureaucrats for all clerical work. While the unskilled bureaucrats are not able to complete their tasks effectively, on average almost 10 bureaucrats are paid for work that can be done by a single person.

Thus, salaries being given to bureaucrats with public money is a form of corruption to loot the government exchequer. It is estimated that a whopping 10% of India’s GDP is wasted on salaries of government employees while they do not deserve even a fraction of this money.

You can click here to read the full report and click here to watch a related video. You can also share the report with your friends and colleagues through email, WhatsApp, or other social media channels so that they could support this anti-corruption initiative.

Use of Force Against Protesters in Iran Must Stop: UN Human Rights Office

The UN Office said that the continued unnecessary and disproportionate use of force against protesters must stop.

A month after demonstrations erupted across Iran, the UN Human Rights Office says that unabated violent response by security forces against protesters, and reports of arbitrary arrests and the killing and detention of children are deeply worrying. Some sources suggest that as many as 23 children have been killed and many others injured in at least seven provinces by live ammunition, metal pellets at close range, and fatal beatings.

A BBC News report of 26 October reveals that the Iranian police reportedly fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab "improperly". The report quotes a rights group and witnesses who said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city. Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement released on 18 October that a number of schools

have also been raided, and children arrested by security forces. The statement adds that some principals have also reportedly been arrested for not cooperating with security forces. On 11 October, the Minister of Education confirmed that an unspecified number of children had been sent to “psychological centres” after they were arrested allegedly for participating in anti-State protests.

Under human rights treaties accepted by Iran, the Islamic Republic has an obligation to protect children’s right to life under any circumstances, and to respect and protect their right to freedom of expression and peaceful protest.

Along with the mass arrests of protesters, the UN Office has also received reports of the arrests of at least 90 members of civil society including human rights defenders, lawyers, artists, and journalists. On 12 October, three lawyers were arrested as they demonstrated outside the bar association in Tehran. A large number of human rights defenders, journalists, students, lawyers, opposition politicians and environmentalists are among those held at Evin prison in Tehran, where a fire broke out on 15 October.

OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani. Photo: UN

Details of the incident remain unclear, but there were also reports of explosions and gunfire, and officials say at least eight prisoners died and 61 were injured. A number of prisoners were reportedly beaten during the incident by the security forces and transferred to other detention centres.

“We repeat previously expressed concerns about patterns of ill-treatment, torture and medical neglect of prisoners. Violations of due process including keeping prisoners incommunicado in solitary confinement with no access to a lawyer are common,” the UN Human Rights Office said in its statement.

The UN Office said that the continued unnecessary and disproportionate use of force against protesters must stop while arresting people solely for exercising their rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of liberty.

It urged the authorities to address the underlying causes of the grievances of the population instead of using violence to suppress the protests.

RCS Office of Delhi Govt Violates RTI Act Blatantly

The RCS office is a unique case of RTI violations because along with information blockade, the concerned RCS officials also provide wrong information to the applicants.

I sent the following complaint to the authorities.

To October 21, 2022

The Chief Information Commissioner

Central Information Commission (CIC) of India

New Delhi Secretary Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG)

Government of India

Lieutenant Governor (LG)

Delhi Government, Delhi

Subject: Complaint against the officials of Registrar Cooperative Societies (RCS) office of Delhi Government for blatantly violating the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005.

Appeal: Since the current provision of penalties under Section 20 of the RTI Act is not sufficient for corrupt RCS officials, a jail term and termination of their services is recommended.

Dear Authorities,

I am a national award-winning journalist and founder of the humanitarian organization RMN Foundation (my detailed profile is given below). Please refer to a recent complaint by the Central Information Commission (CIC) office about the flagrant violations of the RTI Act by the bureaucrats of Delhi Government.

In response to the CIC complaint, the Lt. Governor (LG) of Delhi Mr. Vinai Saxena has directed the chief secretary to take action to ensure proper implementation of RTI Act in the state. A report in the Hindustan Times newspaper on October 11, 2022 quotes a CIC letter to Delhi LG which accuses the Delhi Government of failing to implement the RTI Act and reducing it to a “lame duck” legislation.

This observation of the CIC office is also correct in the case of the office of Registrar Cooperative Societies (RCS), which is one of the most corrupt departments of Delhi Government. The RCS office is a unique case of RTI violations because along with information blockade, the concerned RCS officials also provide wrong information to the applicants in order to deceive them.

I will explain the criminality of RCS officials with a recent case which is described below.

CRIMINALITY OF RCS OFFICIALS

I have been running a free online anti-corruption social service “Clean House” for the past 5 years to help the suffering residents of Delhi raise their voice against the growing corruption and injustice in cooperative group housing societies (CGHS).

Office of the Registrar Cooperative Societies (RCS) of Delhi Government, which is among the most corrupt departments of India. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

These housing societies regulated by the RCS office have become dangerous centres of crime and corruption. The crimes in these housing societies are being committed by the managing committee (MC) members or administrators in connivance with the corrupt RCS officials.

In order to check the criminal activities in housing societies, the RCS office has repeatedly issued orders for the societies to make their exclusive websites and keep them updated to ensure transparency and reduce corruption. But strangely the RCS office does not enforce its own directions and allows the societies to operate opaquely.

As a result, rampant corruption is happening in almost all housing societies of Delhi and the RCS office ignores the aggrieved residents’ complaints against crime and corruption because the criminal MC members of housing societies bribe the RCS officials. Since the society websites if operated transparently can reduce corruption to some extent, I filed the following RTI application on September 21, 2022 with the RCS office to seek information about the status of websites.

To September 21, 2022

The Public Information Officer (PIO)

Registrar Cooperative Societies (RCS), Delhi Government

Old Court Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi 110 001

Subject: RTI Application to Seek Information under the Right to Information Act 2005

Name of the Applicant: Rakesh Raman

Dear PIO, RCS Office, Delhi Government, Please provide me the following information:

1. How many cooperative group housing societies (CGHSs) are in Delhi?

2. How many flats are in cooperative group housing societies of Delhi?

3. How many notifications or directives has the RCS office issued during the years 2015 to 2022 to the managing committees (MCs) of cooperative group housing societies in Delhi to make their society website?

4. How many cooperative group housing societies of Delhi have a working website?

5. How many cooperative group housing societies of Delhi do not update their websites regularly and with relevant information?

6. What action has the RCS office taken against the MCs which have not made their

society website?

7. Which Section of the DCS Act is violated by the MCs which have not made their website or which are not updating it properly?

8. What is the reason that the RCS office does not take action against the MCs which defy the RCS directives about website creation?

If the information sought above is not available in your office, please forward my application to the concerned public information authority to seek information.

Thank You

Rakesh Raman

But instead of giving me the information, the RCS office kept informing me through multiple communications that it does not have the information. It also asked me to visit the RCS website, which is so crudely developed that it is almost impossible to find information from it. Many of the links on RCS website are defective, but the corrupt RCS bureaucrats never tried to make it a useful online facility for the citizens. Obviously, I could not find the information that I requested in my RTI application. A couple of RCS communications in response to my RTI application are given below as Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2.

I was shocked to know that the RCS office does not have the basic information such as the number of cooperative group housing societies (CGHSs) in Delhi while it is the only government department that regulates these housing societies. And when the RCS office is directing the societies to make their websites, it is the responsibility of the RCS bureaucrats to monitor compliance and it must compile the list of societies that defy its directions so that they could be penalized.

But the corrupt RCS officials provide impunity to criminal MC members of societies who regularly bribe them. Also, in order to harass the RTI applicants, the RCS office gives wrong contact details of its Public Information Officers (PIOs) and does not

follow the RTI "User Manual". I informed the RCS office about these lapses. But, as usual, the RCS office neither replied to my emails nor did it provide me with the information requested through the RTI application.

The RCS office deliberately gives wrong email addresses such as rcoop@gmail.com and ositdelhi@nic.in and faulty phone numbers to RTI applicants so that it could block the information requested by them.

Moreover, the RCS office flouts the rule for making additional payment, as it does not give an option to applicants to make payment online as described on page 20 of the RTI “User Manual”.

While the RCS office never replies to public emails sent to its official email rcoop@nic.in, the particulars of Public Information Officers (PIOs) under RTI Act mentioned in its Manual-16 are wrong and the RCS PIOs are so careless that they do not bother to take public calls.

You can click here to download and read my email sent to the RCS office on October 12, 2022 in which I have complained that the PIO contact and the email addresses given by the RCS office are wrong.

You can also click here to download and read my email sent to the RCS office on October 12, 2022 in which I have complained that there is no additional payment option given by the RCS office to make payment online as described on page 20 of the RTI "User Manual". But the RCS office did not reply.

Since massive corruption amounting to hundreds of crores of rupees is happening at the RCS office, the RCS bureaucrats are not willing to share information with the public under the RTI Act. They also openly violate the Delhi Cooperative Societies Act (DCS Act) to commit corruption crimes. A number of RCS bureaucrats have been jailed for corruption and some senior RCS bureaucrats (IAS officers) are under investigations for their corrupt practices.

These investigations have been ordered by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India to be carried out by the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. But corruption has not stopped and is only increasing at the RCS office.

NEED TO REVAMP RTI PROCESSES

The violation of RTI Act is a new form of corruption being committed by the RCS officials so that they could continue their corrupt acts secretly. In order to check corruption, the RTI processes need to be revamped. For example, the RTI officers / PIOs should never call the applicants for physical hearings and to visit their offices to search files. It is the responsibility of the RTI officers / PIOs to deliver information at the applicant’s address.

It will be better if the information requested by the RTI applicants is stored digitally on a cloud platform and just the hyperlink / weblink is shared with the applicants instead of sending the paper documents to them. This is essential to reduce cost, save paper, and protect the environment.

Moreover, if there is a need for hearings in appeals, etc., the RTI officers / PIOs should give the option to the applicants to join online / virtual meetings. And it should be registered as a cognizable offence of destroying the evidence against the RTI officers / PIOs if they say that the documents sought by the RTI applicant are not traceable.

The RTI Act is being grossly violated by the RTI officers / PIOs of the RCS office to neglect their official duties and suppress information for which they must face strict legal action.

Therefore, the penalties for RTI Act violations should be linked with the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act) and Indian Penal Code (IPC) so that the bureaucrats at RCS office and other offices could be punished with imprisonment.

REQUEST FOR ACTION

In view of the facts stated above, the authorities are requested to:

1. Identify the RCS officials who have violated the RTI Act and start prosecution against them so that they could be convicted and jailed at the earliest.

2. Since lack of transparency increases the chances of corruption, the culprit RCS officials must be prosecuted for their corrupt acts of blocking the information sought through the RTI applications and dereliction of official duty.

3. Prosecute the RCS officials under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act) and other provisions of IPC, as the penalties under the RTI Act are very weak to deter negligence and corruption.

4. Revamp the RTI processes completely by significantly using information and communications technology (ICT) and web-based systems in order to reduce the level of bureaucrats’ physical interaction with RTI applicants.

5. Make an online repository for each department to store the information delivered to different RTI applications in order to reduce the repetitiveness and make the process more efficient. The citizens can first search this repository and if the information is not available in it, they can file the RTI application.

You can click here to download and read the full complaint. You can click here to watch a related video on YouTube. You can click here to read this report in ebook format. | Rakesh Raman

Advice for Global Businesses

Global businesses should not invest and set up their operations in India because of lethal pollution and extreme corruption in all parts of the country. The Indian government including corrupt bureaucrats and politicians is causing serious environmental damage which is harmful for the entire planet. ~ Rakesh Raman

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Global Internet Freedom Declines: Freedom House Report

Governments are breaking apart the global internet to create more controllable online spaces.

Global internet freedom declined for a 12th consecutive year as more governments erected digital barriers designed to censor dissent and monitor users, according to a report released by Freedom House.

The study finds that more than three-quarters of the world’s internet users now live in countries where authorities punish people for exercising their right to free expression online.

The sharpest drop in internet freedom took place in Russia, as the Kremlin intensified its efforts to stifle domestic opposition and muzzle independent media in the wake of its illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

The new report, Freedom on the Net 2022: Countering an Authoritarian Overhaul of the Internet, finds that the internet is more fragmented than ever, with a record number of governments imposing restrictions on what billions of people can access and share online—whether by blocking foreign websites, hoarding personal data, or increasing control over their countries’ technical infrastructure.

The moves by repressive leaders, both within their borders and on the international stage, seek to divide the open internet into a patchwork of repressive enclaves where they can advance their narrow interests and cement their hold on power.

“Authoritarian regimes are building digital walls that hamper the free exchange of information and make it easier to silence dissent, promote dangerous disinformation, and access personal data,” said Michael J. Abramowitz, president of Freedom House. “As more aspects of our lives move online, strengthening internet freedom takes on greater importance for the protection of freedom in general.

Digital repression is driving a broader democratic decline around the world, and countering it is vital to the global struggle against authoritarian rule.”

Despite an overall global decline, the report documented some significant improvements in internet freedom, made possible by the tireless work of civil society activists, media groups, and human rights defenders.

A record 26 countries registered net gains in internet freedom for the year. In response to authoritarian governments making inroads at international institutions, a cohort of democracies have come together to shape global cyber standards and advance a positive vision for the internet.

However, the report also finds that many democracies have yet to significantly improve respect for online rights at home, often adopting flawed domestic policies that risk undermining the values they seek to defend abroad.

“The United States and many democracies are making progress, but the gains could be short-lived if more is not done to protect digital rights at home,” said report coauthor Allie Funk, Freedom House’s research director for technology and democracy. “Democratic leaders should recommit to preserving the benefits of a free and open internet, including by adopting new regulations that strengthen domestic protections, increasing multilateral coordination to address challenges like disinformation and cybercrime, and investing in civil society networks that continue to serve as a first line of defense in resisting digital repression.”

The sharpest downgrades were documented in Russia, Myanmar, Sudan, and Libya. Following the Russian military’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin dramatically intensified its ongoing efforts to suppress domestic dissent and accelerated the closure or exile of the country’s remaining independent media outlets. In at least 53 countries, users faced legal repercussions for expressing themselves online, often leading to draconian prison terms. The report adds that governments are breaking apart the global internet to create more controllable

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Pollution in Delhi ∝ Corruption in Delhi

Instead of spending public money to stop pollution in the city-state, the Kejriwal government is splurging huge money on false advertisements to promote Kejriwal and AAP in other states where elections are taking place.

The air quality in New Delhi (Delhi) has reached cataclysmic levels while the city continues to be the most polluted national capital in the world. IQAir a Swiss-based air quality technology company - shows that the current level of air quality in Delhi is very unhealthy.

Delhi Air Pollution: The Real time Air Quality Index (AQI) on November 5, 2021 shows hazardous air quality level in Delhi. (file photo)

The IQAir data of October 25, 2022 reveals that the PM2.5 concentration in Delhi is 31 times the World Health Organization (WHO) annual air quality guideline value.

PM2.5 is particulate matter pollution measuring 2.5 microns or less. These microscopic particles are considered a major threat to human health. PM2.5 can be inhaled and absorbed into the bloodstream, impacting both the respiratory and cardiovascular system.

Similarly, the Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) on October 25, 2022 shows “Very Unhealthy” or hazardous air quality level in Delhi. Also, an interactive tool on the

Breathe Life 2030 website indicates a particulate matter (PM 2.5) level of 105 micrograms per cubic metre (annual mean) in Delhi. This is 21 times more than the WHO safe level of 5 µg/m3.

Simply put, the people of Delhi are inhaling atmospheric poison from the air. The air quality will worsen in the coming weeks and months.

POLLUTION ∝ CORRUPTION IN DELHI

Many factors such as vehicular traffic, stubble burning, construction, firecrackers are ascribed to the increasing levels of air pollution in Delhi. However, bureaucratic and political corruption is the main reason for this persisting calamity. Now, pollution in Delhi is directly proportional (∝) to corruption in Delhi.

Delhi chief minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal is running one of the most corrupt governments in India. A number of politicians who belong to Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are either in jail for committing financial crimes or facing serious corruption charges.

Instead of spending public money to stop pollution in the city-state, the Kejriwal government is splurging huge money on false advertisements to promote Kejriwal and AAP in other states where elections are taking place.

While Kejriwal keeps roaming like a stray dog in other states such as Punjab, Gujarat, and Himachal Pradesh to hold unruly election rallies, he does not have any time or interest in saving the people of Delhi from deadly pollution. Rather, he shamelessly downplays the threat from pollution.

Although a Vinai Kumar Saxena was handpicked by the government of prime minister (PM) Narendra Modi in May 2022 to work as the Lt. Governor (LG) of Delhi, he is so naive and unqualified that he cannot handle the problems of Delhi. As a result, the people of Delhi are suffering under unprecedented corruption, lethal pollution, widespread filth, water scarcity, and other infrastructural hassles.

While the people are dying with pollution and related diseases, the crumbling healthcare system including the fraudulently run Mohalla Clinics of Delhi cannot provide proper treatment to them.

CORRUPT POLLUTION AGENCIES

Similarly, the officials of Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) who are supposed to control pollution are so incompetent and corrupt that they have failed and are now facing corruption investigations. [ You can click here to read the latest “India Corruption Research Report 2022”. ]

Among the officials who are facing these investigations are Tanmay Kumar, IAS [ Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi ] and Sanjeev Khirwar, IAS [ the then Chairman, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Government of NCT of Delhi, Delhi ].

Tanmay Kumar and Sanjeev Khirwar completely failed in their responsibility to stop the citywide environmental crime and to control deadly pollution in Delhi which has reached a genocidal level.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India, has urged the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, to investigate the corruption cases of Tanmay Kumar and Sanjeev Khirwar among other IAS officers through the Group of Secretaries constituted in terms of DOP&T OM No. 104/100/2009-AVD-I dated 14.01.2010. These bureaucrats are operating as part of a citywide crime and corruption racket termed as Widehouse Corruption Scandal which is being run in Delhi by local criminals in connivance with crooked politicians, corrupt bureaucrats, complicit

police officials, dishonest members of judiciary, and builders’ mafia. [ You can click here to read a comprehensive report on the Widehouse Corruption Scandal. ]

Meanwhile, a new global report (Ecological Threat Report 2022: Analysing Ecological Threats, Resilience & Peace) has warned of an imminent ecological disaster in Delhi. The report says factors such as poor infrastructure, lethal air pollution, weak regulatory framework, and administrative failure are going to make Delhi unsustainable for its population of over 30 million.

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Must Fall Rapidly: UNEP Report

To meet the Paris Agreement goals, the world needs to reduce greenhouse gases by unprecedented levels over the next eight years.

As intensifying climate impacts across the globe hammer home the message that greenhouse gas emissions must fall rapidly, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds that the international community is still falling far short of the Paris goals, with no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place.

However, the Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window – Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies finds that urgent sector and system-wide transformations in the electricity supply, industry, transport and buildings sectors, and the food and financial systems – would help to avoid climate disaster.

“This report tells us in cold scientific terms what nature has been telling us, all year, through deadly floods, storms and raging fires: we have to stop filling our atmosphere with greenhouse gases, and stop doing it fast,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP. “We had our chance to make incremental changes, but

Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme

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that time is over. Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster.”

The report finds that, despite a decision by all countries at the 2021 climate summit in Glasgow, UK (COP26) to strengthen Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and some updates from nations, progress has been woefully inadequate. NDCs submitted this year take only 0.5 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent, less than one percent, of projected global emissions in 2030.

This lack of progress leaves the world hurtling towards a temperature rise far above the Paris Agreement goal of well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C. Unconditional NDCs are estimated to give a 66 percent chance of limiting global warming to about 2.6°C over the century. For conditional NDCs, those that are dependent on external support, this figure is reduced to 2.4°C. Current policies alone would lead to a 2.8°C hike, highlighting the temperature implications of the gap between promises and action.

In the best-case scenario, full implementation of unconditional NDCs and additional net-zero emissions commitments point to only a 1.8°C increase, so there is hope. However, according to UNEP, this scenario is not currently credible based on the discrepancy between current emissions, short-term NDC targets and long-term net-zero targets. To meet the Paris Agreement goals, the world needs to reduce greenhouse gases by unprecedented levels over the next eight years.

CBI Allows Liquor Scam Accused Manish Sisodia to Tell Blatant Lies

It is CBI’s weakness that Sisodia is spreading falsehood in the liquor scam case to mislead the public and gullible journalists. The trouble with the politicians of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is that they tell lies even for those issues in which truth can work. They keep saying that their leader Arvind Kejriwal is facing death threats, but there is no threat to him.

The AAP liars recently said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of prime minister Narendra Modi is trying to buy AAP Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in Delhi and Punjab, but they could never give any evidence for this allegation.

Kejriwal and his dishonest colleagues in AAP keep telling lies about AAP Mohalla Clinics in Delhi and Punjab, jobs for people, and particularly the school education in Delhi which has gone from bad to worse under the Kejriwal government.

Now, true to his party traits, an AAP politician Manish Sisodia is telling flagrant lies to hide his involvement in an ongoing liquor scam case.

After attending a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) hearing on October 17 in the liquor scandal, Sisodia claimed without any evidence that CBI asked him to quit AAP and join BJP which will make him Delhi CM. Among his lies, Sisodia also said that CBI has admitted that there is no case against him but he is being harassed like his

A signature campaign was launched on September 6, 2022 in Delhi to get tainted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) politician and Delhi Government minister Manish Sisodia removed from his position. Photo: BJP

colleague Satyendar Jain, who is in jail for the past five months in a money laundering case.

But in a statement released on October 17, CBI refuted all the claims of Sisodia and said that Sisodia was questioned strictly on the allegations in the FIR (first information report) and the evidence collected so far during the course of investigation. CBI added that Sisodia’s statement will be verified in due course and further action will be taken as per requirements of investigation.

In fact, it is CBI’s weakness that Sisodia is spreading falsehood in the liquor scam case to mislead the public and gullible journalists. In order to prove fairness of its investigation, CBI should publicly release the transcript of the hearing with Sisodia.

And in future, CBI and other investigative agencies should live-stream the hearings so that Sisodia and his ilk are not able to present a wrong narrative of their interrogation in crime and corruption cases.

LIQUOR SCAM CASE

After the August 19 raids by the CBI at Sisodia’s residence, he and his AAP accomplices are telling blatant lies or half-truths with the aim to protect him in the liquor mafia collusion case.

Sisodia who is a deputy chief minister (CM) under Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is facing serious allegations of corruption, criminal conspiracy, and falsification of government accounts, while the CBI has filed an FIR in which Sisodia’s name is at the top of a list of 15 accused in this case.

The opposition party in Delhi BJP has been running aggressive campaigns to get Sisodia removed from his position in the government. But Kejriwal is not removing him presumably for the fear that he might divulge the names of other AAP politicians who may be involved in liquor scam and other scandals. In July, the Lt. Governor (LG) Vinai Saxena who is the administrative head of Delhi had asked

the CBI to probe Sisodia’s surreptitious links with the liquor mafia that led to massive corruption in the sale of liquor shop licences in the city.

An August 22 article in The New Indian Express details different aspects of the case along with the names of the accused who allegedly colluded with Sisodia to run the criminal liquor network involved in an estimated corruption of hundreds of crores of rupees.

Now, instead of answering the media questions related to Delhi liquor scam in which Sisodia is allegedly involved, the AAP members are unsuccessfully trying to divert the case to unrelated issues such as Delhi school education that Sisodia handles.

In their media interactions on Sisodia’s liquor scam case, the AAP spokespersons had been unnecessarily flaunting a New York Times (NYT) school education article which looks like an advertorial (advertisement or paid article) arranged by AAP’s publicity department. The article without any research falsely praises Sisodia and Delhi school education.

FALSE PUBLICITY

It is being increasingly observed that Kejriwal is splurging huge public money on media advertisements to gain false publicity for himself and his party. The Right to Information (RTI) replies by the Directorate of Information and Publicity reveal that the Delhi Government’s spending on advertisements increased by a whopping 4,273% over 10 financial years ending with 2021-2022, particularly under Kejriwal’s government.

As a result, most corrupt media outlets do not question AAP’s wrongdoings and the TV anchors particularly do not interject when AAP leaders divert the issues or tell flagrant lies in TV shows to evade crucial questions. While the Kejriwal government is controlling the traditional media companies with the power of public money, it is

being observed that there are attempts to suppress or remove information related to AAP’s corruption cases from new-media sites such as Wikipedia which is a free online encyclopedia.

Now AAP politicians are trying to build a false school education narrative to cover up Sisodia’s alleged involvement in liquor corruption scandal. Similarly, they are using the Mohalla Clinics story to skirt questions related to the financial crimes of Satyendar Jain, another minister in the Kejriwal government.

Jain – who is a minister without portfolio in the Kejriwal government – was sent to jail on June 13, as India’s financial crimes investigation agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) is questioning him in a massive money laundering case.

With the help of corrupt journalists, Kejriwal and other AAP leaders are spreading falsehood about Delhi school education which has gone from bad to worse and defunct Mohalla Clinics which are not providing healthcare to people.

Since Sisodia and his accomplices in AAP are not answering the questions and confusing the whole liquor scam case with their false rhetoric, the CBI should immediately arrest and interrogate Sisodia and others so that people could know the truth.

NATO to Promote Ethical Use of Technology in Defence

Titled 'Technology in Focus', the NATO Edge conference centers on four major topics.

NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană emphasized how taking innovative, non-traditional approaches to problem solving is key to NATO’s approach to current and emerging security challenges. Addressing over 1,000 experts from industry, academia, government and not-for-profit organizations on 25 October 2022 at the NATO Edge conference in Mons, Belgium, Mr Geoană said, “We want the disruptors from all areas of life: public, private and academic. The people who think and act

differently. In NATO, we’re now in the business of uniting disruptors to shape a peaceful future. Because security is everyone’s job.”

The Deputy Secretary General explained how NATO initiatives like the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) or the one billion Euro NATO Innovation Fund – which will both go live in 2023 – are already gearing up to further technological innovation, in order to develop “real-world solutions for today’s real-world problems.”

Titled 'Technology in Focus', the NATO Edge conference centers on four major topics: digital transformation, innovative partnerships, technological resilience, and agile acquisition.

Hosted by the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency), NATO Edge is the flagship event of 2022 for the most innovative technologies and ideas in support of the Alliance's digital transformation.

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NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană. Photo: NATO (file photo)

About the Editor

The editor of The Unrest news magazine Rakesh Raman is a national award-winning journalist and founder of the humanitarian organization RMN Foundation. Besides working at senior editorial positions with leading media companies, he was writing an exclusive edit-page column regularly for The Financial Express (a daily business newspaper of The Indian Express Group).

Nowadays, for the past 12 years, he has been running his own global news services on multiple news sites. He runs various environment protection, education awareness, and anti-corruption campaigns, and publishes digital magazines and research reports on different subjects.

Earlier, he had been associated with the United Nations (UN) through the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a digital media expert to help businesses use technology for brand marketing and business development.

At present, Rakesh is associated with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project as a Country Expert for India to provide expert research inputs on multiple topics pertaining to democracy and governance. The V-Dem Project is managed by V-Dem Institute under the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Currently, he is also working as an editor for Wikipedia, which is a free online global encyclopedia.

In order to inform the Indian citizens and the global community about the extent of corruption in India, he compiled and released in October 2022 a comprehensive report on corruption in the country. Under the title “India Corruption Research Report 2022 (ICRR 2022),” the research report covers diverse aspects of corruption in India. He has launched a nationwide campaign to introduce social democracy in India in order to build an egalitarian society in which all citizens could enjoy equal rights, opportunities, freedoms, and access to justice. He is running an editorial section / microsite “Power Play: Lok Sabha Election 2024 in India” to cover the

election news, events, and political campaigns. In his anti-corruption activities, he participated in a global petition led by Germany-based international organization Transparency International to call for the UN General Assembly Special Session against Corruption, UNGASS 2021, to direct all countries to set up central, public registers of beneficial ownership. He runs a community-driven anti-corruption social service “Clean House” to help the residents of Delhi raise their voice against the growing corruption and injustice in housing societies where millions of people suffer because of rampant corruption and lawlessness. He has also formed an environment protection group called Green Group in New Delhi, which is the most polluted national capital in the world.

As Rakesh has been facing constant threats including death threats for his editorial and anti-corruption work, the Paris-based international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) that defends freedom of journalists has urged the Indian government to save him from threats and persecution. You can click here to download and read his full profile.

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