The
Shillong Times: New Delhi: Thursday, 02 July 2015.
The
information related to employees’ transfer and posting should be put in public
domain promptly to reduce the number of RTI applications, the Centre said on
Wednesday.
The
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has written to all central
government ministries asking them to comply with Section 4 of the Right to
Information (RTI) Act and suo motu disclose all governance related information
in public domain. “Access to information should be made user-friendly for which
appropriate information technology infrastructure should be suitable designed,
developed and operationalised,” it said.
The DoPT has
also asked the public authorities with high public dealings to put in place an
effective system to redress grievances of affected persons, in order to
minimise the burden of servicing RTI applications. “In order to reduce the
number of RTI applications relating to service matters, the information
relating to recruitment, promotion and transfers should be brought into public
domain promptly,” it said.
The direction
comes following a recommendation of a committee of experts to further
strengthen implementation of suo motu disclosure of information under the
transparency law by central government departments. The departments have been
also asked to incorporate matters relating to the virtues of transparency, open
government and RTI law in their training modules for professional upgradation
of employees.
“The
retention and maintenance of specified documents for specified duration should
be clearly spelt by each public authority in respect of its documents,” the
communique said. (PTI)