The Tribune: Ludhiana: Thursday, September 14, 2017.
The Mahatma
Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration Punjab (MGSIPA), Regional
Centre, Patiala, started a two-day RTI training programme for the Public
Information Officers (PIOs) and Assistant Public Information Officers (APIOs)
under the RTI Act, 2005 here today.
Around 35
officials from various departments of the district are taking part in it.
The
programme, which has been sponsored by the Department of Personnel and
Training, aims at sensitising the officers about the Act and also to make them
aware about the latest developments based on the judgments of the Central /
State Information Commission and courts. Iqbal Singh Sandhu, Additional DC
(General), Ludhiana, said the RTI Act was an important tool to empower the
people in a democracy, besides bringing about transparency and accountability
in administration at all levels.
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