The Arunachal Times: Arunachal: Wednesday, May 23, 2018.
Taking
serious note of misuse of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Chief Information
Commissioner (CIC) Joram Begi said RTI is a cherished right and it should not
be misused.
“RTI should
be used to curtail corruption and enforce accountability in all the activities
under the purview of the Act,” Begi said during an awareness meeting on RTI
Act, 2005, organised here on Tuesday by the Arunachal Pradesh Information
Commission in collaboration with the Lower Subansiri district administration.
“RTI is a
tool for participative democracy. This Act arms a common man with information
that was erstwhile elusive. A well-informed citizen will contribute
tremendously to the development of the society and enforce transparency in the
entire developmental process,” Begi said.
State
Information Commissioners Matheim Linggi, Abraham Techi, and Nanom Jamoh were
the resource persons of the awareness programme.
While Linggi
spoke on the roles and responsibilities of public information officers, Techi
explained Section 8 and Section 11 of the RTI Act through a PowerPoint
presentation. Jamoh presented a brief on the National Food Security Act, 2013.
The meeting
also featured an interactive session during which the resource persons cleared
doubts raised by the participating panchayat members, goan buras, goan buris,
and NGO representatives. (DIPRO)