Why Should RTI Cover All The NGO ?

In a country with more than 3.3 million ngo when you realise that more than 42% of India’s children below the age of three are malnourished, you are left with nothing but a sense of grief. This data is almost twice the statistics of sub-Saharan African region of 28%. Per the World Bank estimates this figure to be 60 million children out of a global estimated total of 146 million. Although India’s economy grew 50% from 2001–2006, the child-malnutrition rate only dropped 1%. Malnutrition retards the social and cognitive development of a child, reducing the educational attainment and income as an adult. These irreversible damages result in lower productivity. Year by year we outshine the previous records of food grain production. Millions of tons of food grain is allowed to waste in open sky stores. I could never understand why is this not distributed to needy ones at the block and village level despite the same has been suggested by noted economist Prof. Amartya Sen. We offer huge subsidies but still we are poor. The system has huge holes than the leaking pots. Everyone is talking about LOKPAL, but will this AAM JANTA of india be able to fight against malnutrition with the help of Lokpal. It is more of a tool of sophisticated, white collar, so called higher class, elite, first class citizen of this country. When someone is hungry he only knows one god and that is Bread. People who are advocating for Strong and Independent Lokpal are not willing to bring transparency in NGO sector. A sector with more than 33 Lakhs registered bodies(NGO), highest in any single country in the world. As per the estimates every year more than Rs 80000 crore is (mis)USED by them in PUBLIC INTEREST. As if now, only those NGO receiving government fund are under RTI. While to inculcate the seeds of transparency and corruption free social service sector, RTI should cover every organisation that accepts public money as donations. If it is public money, why not public has a right to do an audit to check the utilisation of funds. Penetration of corruption in private and social service sector is hazardous and RTI covering all the NGOs is need of the hour to cotrol it.                                                                          By Lav Vashishtha, for AAM AADMI Movement