The Hans India: Ongole: Tuesday, July 17, 2018.
In the
republic democracy of India, the public should be knowledgeable and the
information should be transparent to help the democracy work perfectly, control
the corruption and bring responsibility in the government and its pillars, said
the Additional Joint Collector D Markandeyulu.
He
participated in the awareness programme on Right to Information Act and a
signature campaign to save RTI Act held by the Prakasam district unit of
Society for Fast Justice and Ambedkar People’s JAC at the district collectorate
on Monday.
Markandeyulu
said the Right to Information Act is aimed to bring transparency and
responsibility in the government system and provide information in the vaults
of officials to the public and give a power to the public to ask information
and other related issues. He appreciated the Society for Fast Justice and
Ambedkar People’s JAC for organizing such awareness programme on RTI Act.
M Kishore
Kumar, president of the Prakasam district unit of Society for Fast Justice said
that they are organizing numerous awareness camps on the RTI and other
important acts in the villages since 2016. He demanded that the government
extend its full support to the judiciary system to deliver fast justice. He
said that though the the RTI Act was introduced 13 years ago, the public and
officials lacks awareness on the act.
Ambedkar
People’s JAC secretary Benjamin said that nearly 70 percent of the Constitution
written by Dr Ambedkar is not being implemented in the country. He said that
the country is in 94th position in corruption by official system, 140th
position in restricting media, 2nd position in girls trafficking and in first
place in the hazardous countries list for women. He welcomed youth to fight
against corruption and advised them to use RTI Act as a weapon for it.
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