The Hindu: Shrikakulam: Monday, May
09, 2016.
‘Chief
Information Commissioner and Commissioners are planning to use the facility
very soon’.
Central
Information Commissioner Madabhushi Sridhar on Sunday said that appeals with
regard to Right to Information Act could be handled through video conference
facility. He said that a lot of time and money could be saved if appeals were
handled through technology. He said that Chief Information Commissioner and
Commissioners concerned were planning to use the facility very soon. Mr.
Sridhar attended the awareness programme on RTI Act at Srikakulam Zilla
Parishad Hall as chief guest. Public Information Officers, Assistant Public
Information Officers and heads of various departments attended the meeting.
Public
interest
Speaking on
the occasion, Mr. Sridhar said that the people should use the RTI Act only for
public interest and not to harass officials. He said that misuse of government
funds and machinery could be stopped to a great extent with the implementation
of the RTI Act. Mr. Sridhar said every employee should treat himself or herself
as Public Information Officer (PIO).
Srikakulam
Joint Collector P. Vivek Yadav said Panchayat Secretaries of the villages
concerned would have to act as PIOs for the respective villages. He asked
Mandal Parishad Development Officers to inform Panchayat Secretaries about the
norms of the RTI Act so that they would provide necessary information to the
applicants at village-level.
Srikakulam
District Revenue Officer Krishna Bharati, Srikakulam Zilla Parishad Chief
Executive Officer B.Nagesh, Coordinator of the RTI Act Nuka Sanyasi Rao and
others participated in the meeting.
‘Chief
Information Commissioner and Commissioners are planning to use the facility
very soon’
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