Saturday, March 25, 2017

Make suo-moto disclosure of information under RTI Act: CIC to Public Authorities

Brighter Kashmir: Srinagar: Saturday, March 25, 2017.
State Information Commission (SIC) has asked all the Public Authorities of the State to make suo-moto disclosure of information in terms of section 4 of the J&K RTI Act 2009.
Chief Information Commissioner Khursheed Ahmad Ganai issued the notification after it had come to the notice of the Commission that a large number of Public Authorities in the state have not made suo-moto disclosure of information in terms of Section 4 of the RTI Act 2009.
CIC asked the Public Authorities to take necessary steps so as to conform to all the provisions of section 4 of the Act. He also recommended that action in this regard be taken and completed by or before30th June 2017 to achieve such conformity.