PRISM IN BRIEF
(As on June, 2017)
- Name: Peoples Right to Information and Development Implementing Society of Mizoram (PRISM)
- Address: A – 16, Upper Republic, Aizawl, Mizoram – 796 001 Ph. 0389-2324372
- Contact Person: Vanlalruata, President Ph.: 0389-2324372, 8730978085 Email: ruataprism@gmail.com / prisminfo2016@gmail.com
- Motto: Together we can make a change
- Establishment: 1st August, 2006
- Registration: Under Mizoram Societies Registration Act on 19th November, 2007 bearing Registration No. 96 of 2007-08
- Offices and regional units:
- a) General Headquarters, Aizawl
- b) Southern Headquarters, Lunglei
- c) District Headquarters: Champhai, Kolasib, Lawngtlai, Mamit, Saiha, Serchhip
- d) Sub-Headquarters: 59 towns and villages
- e) Branches: 347 villages
- Members: 1,00,000 plus
- Strength of General Headquarters Governing Body: 1 President, 2 Vice Presidents, 1 Treasurer, 10 General Secretaries, 4 Asst. General Secretaries, 12 Secretaries, 48 Advisory Board Members, 38 Executive Committee Members and 54 Organisers
- Working Committees and Cells in General Headquarters: Beihpui Committee, Documentation Cell, Establishment Cell, Finance Committee, Investigation Cell, Legal Cell, Organisation (External), Organisation (Internal), Political Affairs Committee, Programme Management Cell, Publication Cell, Research and Education Cell, Ram Zirtu Committee and Khaw Inawp Dan Zirtu Committee.
- Mission (area of operation): Anti Corruption, Development, Election Watch, Mizoram Watch, Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Education and RTI Implementation.
- Cooperation with 20 Organisations within Mizoram, 30 Organisations in NE Indian States, joined National Election Watch.
- Publication: 4 books, 24 booklets, 5 handbooks and 7 leaflets
- Major activities:
1) Collected 1,000 plus information by RTI
2) Conducted Social Audits in 21 villages (only Gen. Hqrs. activity)
3) Visited 100 plus government infrastructure projects to monitor and evaluate the works (only Gen. Hqrs. activity)
4) Submitted 53 suggestions regarding development to the authorities
5) Filed 2 PILs in Supreme Court and 11 PILs in Gauhati High Court
6) Lodged 67 FIRs to ACB and CBI
7) Submitted 43 complaints regarding development works to the authorities.
8) Conducted Election Watch in 2008 and 2013 MLA General Elections; 2009 and 2014 MLA Bye Elections and 2009 and 2014 MP Elections
9) Conducted 231 different awareness programme in different towns and villages
10) Published Mipui Manifesto (Peoples Manifesto) before 2013 MLA General Election
- Major Achievements:
1) Government Agencies’ investigations revealed 300 officials as corrupt
2) 293 false claims of compensation revealed and cancelled
3) 107 villagers (farmers) got their benefits (development shares) which are taken away by some officials
4) 57 unfair recruitment are cancelled
5) Government and its agencies seized / recovered more than 500 crores from corrupt officials
* We calculated that government saved more than 1,800 crores of public money from corruption because of our activitiesv
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