MOIAB/R/2018/50278

Online RTI 9/07/2018

Public Authority:- Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Re:- Information in terms of citizen’s access {Right to Information Act,2005}

The applicant listened on all India Radio and also read the attached news of
dated 7/07/2018 {browsing the website of all india radio}, about our Govt taking
action against fake news.

Please note that applicant is himself affected byf Fake News since last one decade
therefore he is entitled in terms of RTI Act to get full and complete information :-

1. definition of Fake news as per Ministry’s information

2. In the attached news of 7/07/2018 it is stated that Fake news is a new
phenomena however the applicant is affected by deliberate fake news on
behalf of a state agency {PSU insurance company} since last one decade.
The applicant seeks information of measures if any to curb fake news spread by state or its agencies
{e.g. PSU insurance company, that are public authorities in terms of RTI act,2005 and also come within
definition of state in terms of Article 12 Of The Constitution And Public Sector
Undertakings Government Companies as State Under Article 12

3. Information of Citizen’s Protection if any, in the event of a citizen of India

affected by Fake News against him or her,spread on behalf of state or its
agencies complaints.
Central Vigilance Commission have already replied to applicant RTI
29.8.2015 that they have no system of protection. Reply dated 10.09.2015
CVC/RTI/15863/294201 Regards,

Shrigopal Soni
C231,Panchsheel Nagar,Ajmer-305004 Cell No. 91-9414982395
The applicant is proud of being a habitual RTI applicant as corruption remains a problem,
Date/ event Brief details
Month
February Applicant is as Hindi translator
1988 appointed
2006-07 Applicant’s
article on
Right to
Information
is published
by NIACL

February Applicant Nature of so called grave charge:- “The acts of Mr.

2008 with no Shri Gopal Soni leaving headquarters repeatedly without
record of permission of competent authority amounts to his
grave violation of company rules which is not expected
vigilance/
from a public servant (company personnel)." "It is clear
audit from the aforesaid that Mr. Soni did not observe honesty
irregularity and integrity to his duties & he acted against the image of
is issued a a public servant & under prejudice to the interests of the
so called Company and thus violated rules 3(i)(ii)(iii)(iv) &
memo committed misconduct under Rules 4(1), (5),(6),(7),
8), (9), (16),(17),(20) & Rule 18(1) & Rule 19of General
Insurance Conduct Discipline & Appeal
Rules,1975,as amended.”
Hearing of CIC/AT/A/2008/00097
5.06.2008 applicant to Appellant :-Shri gopal Soni Respondents:- 2 Managers of Head
provide office Mumbai The New India Assurance Co. Ltd {visited by
Decision information flight} applicant not permitted to leave from Ajmer
12.06.2008 before Central
The commission records {ex-parte}:-{extract}
information
Commission{CIC}
At the outset the respondents pointed out that appellant had
filed 26 applications…is an employee of the New India
Assurance Co. Ltd at Jaipur and placed under suspension for
insubordination and misconduct.

Turns out Act of Poisoning Applicant’s suspension order merely states an enquiry is proposed
fake news the mindset of against him b. Applicant’s “misconduct” was taken for granted even
authority before formality of an enquiry while corrupt insurance officials
remain without suspension.
 0815 HRS
Morning News 07.07.2018

In a democracy, media plays asignificant role in moulding public opinion by giving

credible and accurateinformation related to any event and happening. Authenticity,
accuracy andbalancing are the part and parcel of any news item. But in the recent past,
anew phenomena, called fake news, has emerged in the news world which is posinga
greater challenge to the media to maintain its credibility. Basically, fakenews is a
deliberate presentation of false or misleading claims as news. It isaimed at manipulating
the audience’s cognitive processes. We have a report:

"Different parts of theworld including India, this phenomena is being witnessed,

particularly onsocial media. Recently, the government has directed Whats App to
immediately contain theproliferation of fake, motivated and sensational messages in
the wake of recentinstances of lynching of innocent people. Cyber Expert Pawan
Duggal has pointedfingers on lacking responsibility of social media platforms in this
regard andalso emphasized the need to sensitize the people about penal provisions of
cyber laws against disseminating provocative and false informations.
" यह दा य व हमपर वयं है क हम ख ु द को रॉबरे ट करगे । इं ड ीपडट सोसज से , इं ट रने ट से , सच
इं ज न से क या जो लखा जा रहा है वह स य है या नह ं तो कह ं न कह ं डिजटल सा रता को
लाने क आव यकता है और यह ओवर नाइट होने वाल आपको कू ल म पहल क ा से साइबर लॉ
संब ं धत आपको एज ू के शन दे ने पड़ेग ी।"
Senior Journalist Pradeep Singh said, media houses should be morecareful about the
authenticity of any news items and cross check theinformation before publishing and
broadcasting them.
" आप खबर न छाप यह अ छा है बजाए इसके क गलत खबर छाप। मान ल िजए आपक
असावधानी से गलती से गलत खबर चल गई है तो आपक िज मे द ार है क आप उसका खं ड न
छाप।" WITH DIWAKAR, ANAND KUMAR,AIR NEWS, DELHI."
Meanwhile, Information andBroadcasting Minister Col Rajyavardhan Rathore has noticed
such a misleadingnews item being run by a private TV channel on their website, where an
old and unrelated picture was being used for astory related to child lifting hoax in Dhule
district of Maharashtra. In atweet, he described it as a misleading news and propaganda.
He said, as custodians of free speech, thegovernment expects better from Indian media.

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