Deccan
Herald: New Delhi: Friday, October 12, 2012.
State
information commissions need to work together to strengthen the Right to
Information Act, as passing resolutions will not help, said Wajahat Habibullah
chairperson of the National Commission on Minorities and former Chief
Information Commissioner.
Addressing a
public hearing on implementation and issues on RTI on Thursday, Habibullah
said: “Unless Section 4 of the Act is implemented effectively, which will
obligate the government to educate the public about their rights and
entitlements, the number of pendency cases will not decrease.”
The National
Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) had organised the hearing on
the 7th anniversary of Right to Information Act.
As many as
400 RTI users from 16 states and officials from state and central information
commissions were present.
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