Press Trust of India: New Delhi: Thursday, August 03, 2017.
The data
regarding the number of RTI applications pending department-wise is not
centrally maintained, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said
today.
The Right to
Information (RTI) Act allows citizens to seek a time-bound response on
governance-related matters from government departments.
"The
data regarding number of RTI applications pending department-wise and the
number of departments having facilitation centres, is not centrally
maintained," he said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
Singh said
the government has accepted recommendations of an expert committee on Suo motu
disclosure of information by government departments.
"All the
details of the public authority may be uploaded on its website. Access to
information should be made user- friendly for which appropriate information
technology infrastructure should be suitably designed, developed and
operationalised," one of the recommendations accepted by the government
said.
In order to
reduce the number of RTI applications relating to service matters, information
relating to recruitments, promotion and transfers should be brought into public
domain promptly, another recommendation said.