Government News Portal: Sri Lanka: Friday,
April 21, 2017.
An awareness
program was held the Ministry of Defense to educate the staff on the Right To
Information (RTI) act, today (20th April).
The program
was conducted by the Director General of Government Information Department Dr.
Ranga Kalansooriya and Director of the National Media Centre Mr. Jagath Liyana
Arachchi.
The
participants were educated on the contents of the Act including the access to
information by the general public, responsibility of state institutions to
publish information, and responsibility to release information. The RTI Act No
12 of 2016 (certified on 04th August 2016) came into effect in February this
year.
The program
was attended by senior Ministry officials and senior tri forces officers.
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