Economic
Times: New Delhi: Thursday, 06 August 2015.
People can
now file RTI applications online with 431 public authorities, the government
said today.
A RTI web
portal has been started for easy filing of applications by Indian citizens,
including those who are living abroad.
An Indian
citizen can file RTI application online. The prescribed fee for RTI application
can also be paid online through a payment gateway of State Bank of India by way
of internet banking of State Bank of India and its associate banks and by using
Rupay card, debit or credit cards of Master and Visa.
"This
facility at present is available for 431 public authorities of Government of
India," Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written
reply in Lok Sabha.
All the
states have also been requested to explore the feasibility of implementing
online RTI in their respective states.
"National
Informatics Centre has been requested to provide technical support such as
software and source code to the state governments who desire to replicate the
web portal for online filing of RTI applications at state level," the
Minister said.
Singh said
the government is committed to bring the benefits of the government's pro-poor
schemes and development plans to the doorstep of each and every citizen of this
country and to offer them the right of demanding accountability.
The Right to
Information Act, which was enacted in 2005, mandates timely response to citizens'
request for government information. One has to pay a fee of Rs 10 for seeking
information.
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