Learn about RTI, officials advised.

Deccan Chronicle; Tuesday, August 09, 2011.

The state spe­cial chief sec­re­ta­ry, Ms Minni Mathew, direc­ted the offi­cials to make efforts for prop­er imple­men­ta­tion of Right to Information Act (RTI).

The state spe­cial chief sec­re­ta­ry, Ms Minni Mathew, direc­ted the offi­cials to make efforts for prop­er imple­men­ta­tion of Right to Information Act (RTI).

Taking part in a review meet on RTI with the offi­cials here on Monday, the spe­cial chief sec­re­ta­ry asked the offi­cials to make them­selves aware of sev­er­al pro­vi­sions and guide­lines in order to imple­ment the Act in its true spi­rit.

She said that though the Act was intro­duced six years ago, it was unfor­tu­nate that still a sec­tion of the offi­cials were not hav­ing prop­er knowl­edge on its imple­men­ta­tion.

She asked the offi­cials to pro­vide infor­ma­tion to the citi­zens per­tain­ing to var­i­ous schemes, sub­si­dies, and guide­lines to avail the schemes, budg­et allo­ca­tion, duties of the staff and their wages and oth­er details required by them.

She said that the infor­ma­tion should be giv­en with­in 30 days of receiv­ing a requi­si­tion for it and add­ed that she was tour­ing the state only to clar­i­fy the doubts and sort out any dif­fi­cul­ties com­ing in the way in the imple­men­ta­tion of the RTI.

She asked the ITDA proj­ect offi­cers to play vital role in imple­men­ta­tion of the Act for the ben­e­fit of the trib­als in the Agency areas.

The col­lec­tor, Dr G. Vani Mohan, said that they were hold­ing reg­u­lar review meet with the offi­cials to ensure prop­er imple­men­ta­tion of the Act.