RTI website to me made people-friendly by February
New Delhi: The Centre is likely to update its website on Right To Information (RTI) by next month to provide on-line links to ministries and government offices, which shall inform citizens on where to file their pleas under the transparency law.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) conveyed this to the Central Information Commission (CIC), after questions were raised in the form of an RTI plea on the lack of proper updation of its official portal.
The DoPT Officer on Special Duty (RTI) Anuradha S Chagti has concurred with CIC's recommendation to update the department's website by creating hyperlinks to enable citizens to get easier access to details on public offices brought under the purview of the transparency law.
The OSD further said before the Commission that the exercise of updating its website would be completed by this February.
Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah passed the recommendations to DoPT, government's nodal agency on administration of the RTI Act, in respect to an application of one Hari Kumar, who raised the issues before the CIC.
In his application, Kumar had asked for list of Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) of all ministries and government offices from the PMO. The matter that was referred to the DoPT took a plea that the information sought was not "centrally available." Among other recommendations that were issued to the DoPT to ensure a "homogeneous implementation" of the provisions of the RTI law over payment by citizens of fees in respect of their information pleas.
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The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) conveyed this to the Central Information Commission (CIC), after questions were raised in the form of an RTI plea on the lack of proper updation of its official portal.
The DoPT Officer on Special Duty (RTI) Anuradha S Chagti has concurred with CIC's recommendation to update the department's website by creating hyperlinks to enable citizens to get easier access to details on public offices brought under the purview of the transparency law.
The OSD further said before the Commission that the exercise of updating its website would be completed by this February.
Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah passed the recommendations to DoPT, government's nodal agency on administration of the RTI Act, in respect to an application of one Hari Kumar, who raised the issues before the CIC.
In his application, Kumar had asked for list of Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) of all ministries and government offices from the PMO. The matter that was referred to the DoPT took a plea that the information sought was not "centrally available." Among other recommendations that were issued to the DoPT to ensure a "homogeneous implementation" of the provisions of the RTI law over payment by citizens of fees in respect of their information pleas.
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