The
Hindu: Mysuru: Wednesday, 11 February 2015.
Karnataka has
disposed of 96.84 per cent of more than 4.25 lakh applications received under
the Right to Information Act (RTI) last year.
Information
Commissioner Shekar D. Sajjan said here on Tuesday the maximum number of
applications for information under the RTI Act pertained to the Revenue
Department, which got 1,46,715 requests of which 1,32,358 were disposed of.
The
Department of Urban Development got 89,026 applications of which 83,550 were
cleared, while 74,001 applications were received by the Rural Development and
Panchayat Raj Department of which 70,839 applications have been disposed of so
far.
During 2013-14,
the government accrued a revenue of Rs. 59.95 lakh by way of fee collected from
applicants.
There is a
proposal to establish two regional offices in the State.
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