Live Mint: Thiruvananthapuram: Thursday, June 23, 2016.
In a
significant development that may make government business more transparent, the
Kerala Information Commission has ordered that all decisions by the state
government, once finalised in the cabinet, come under the ambit of the RTI Act.
The
Commission also suggested that the government publish the cabinet decisions on
its official website.
“The details
of all cabinet decisions should be given once the procedures regarding those
decisions are completed. It also should be considered seriously to upload the
cabinet decisions on the government website,” the Commission observed.
State chief
information commissioner Vinson M Paul issued the order while disposing of a
complaint by RTI activist D B Binu against the decision of the state
government, which denied him copies of the cabinet decisions taken from 1
January to 12 March under the RTI Act.
The commission
also directed the government to make public within 10 days all cabinet
decisions taken during the last three months since 1 January.