Aavin ‘restricts’ supply of information too

By G Saravanan
Published in The New Indian Express, on May 8, 2010:

CHENNAI: Information seekers in the State are up in arms against the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited’s (Aavin) usage of term ‘For Right to Information Act purpose only’ on every page of details supplied by them.

R Natarajan, a city-based RTI activist, had sought information from Aavin on customer data and milk distribution in the city.

When he received the set of information recently, he was perplexed to see stamping on every page saying as ‘For Right to Information Act purpose only.’

Irked over the illogical usage by Aavin, Natarajan said, “Is the information sent by them is secretive or the department orders the applicant that the information should not be used for any other purpose such as moving a petition.”

It is ridiculous on the part of the Aavin to stamp like this and it should be stopped forth with, Natarajan lamented.Besides, he also claimed that the details supplied by Aavin were mostly dilly dallying.

Natarajan said, “I asked details on milk supply in the city, but Aavin replied that there was no short supply but failed to disclose the demand and supply details. And everybody in the city knew that the supply was not enough.”