The
Hindu: Palakkad: Monday, 26 January 2015.
A seminar on
Right to Information (RTI) Act held here under the joint aegis of New
Delhi-based Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and Thalassery-based National
Constitution Club has appealed to the State Information Commission to update
its official website by showing status of all pending appeals and complaints.
It would help
ensure more transparency in the dealings of the commission, said the seminar.
It also urged
authorities to help RTI users by permitting to pay the prescribed application
fees and additional fees through convenient modes such as postage stamps, money
orders and postal orders. An online payment gateway also must be created.
Addressing
the seminar, former State Chief Information Commissioner Palat Mohandas said
the enactment of the RTI Act was akin to the second freedom struggle in India
as it empowered people.
He wanted
bringing corporate companies also under the ambit of the act.
.JPG)
.JPG)
