Give precise replies to RTI queries: Collector

The Hindu: Coimbatore: Saturday, March 17, 2012.

Collector M. Mathivanan (left) at the
 Right to Information Act training
 programme in Tirupur on Thursday

Collector M. Mathivanan has instructed the government officials concerned to give precise replies to the queries sought by public through Right To Information (RTI) Act within the stipulated period so as to uphold the transparency envisaged by the Act.

He told this while inaugurating the two-day workshop sponsored by Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India, and conducted by Anna Institute of Management, Chennai, for government officials at Collectorate here, on Thursday.

Delivering special address, V. Vidhya Sagar, programme director, Anna Institute of Management, explained the areas of governance coming under the purview of the RTI Act.

Personal details;

“An applicant making a request for information should not be asked to give any reason for seeking the data or any of his personal details except those that might be necessary to contact him,” he said. Deputy Collector M.S. Kalaivani and officials from various departments attended.