Governance Now: New Delhi:
Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
Soon after
issuing a detailed guideline on the effective implementation of section 4 of
the RTI Act-2005, the department of personnel and training (DoPT) is setting up
a project monitoring unit (PMU) to monitor its compliance from all the central
ministries and departments.
“The PMU will
coordinate with all ministries and departments and ensure that section 4 for
RTI is implemented,” a DoPT official said.
The PMU would
be headed by the management consultant and supported by senior management
associates, management associates and programmers. A circular to this effect
was issued by the DoPT last week.
On April 15,
the DoPT had issued detailed guidelines on the suo motu implementation of
section 4 of the RTI Act, which mandates proactive disclosures from public
authorities. The guidelines talked about setting up a compliance mechanism
wherein every ministry/department would have to send action taken report on the
compliance to DoPT.
“The PMU will
ensure these ATRs are filed and the deadlines met,” the DoPT official said.
The PMU will
have the additional task of assisting in the running of the proposed RTI web
portal.
“The
personnel of the PMU will be expected to devise the capacity building
strategies for smooth implementation of web portal and other RTI related
projects,” the DoPT circular said. “They would also arrange for training
workshop of nodal officers, central public information officers and first
appellate authorities of the public authorities of main ministries/departments
located in New Delhi to apprise them about the portal.”
The proposed
portal, developed by NIC, would be a facility for Indian citizens to file RTI
applications online. The portal would also work as RTI management information
system (MIS). The details of RTI applications received through post would also
be entered into this system.
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