Firstpost: New Delhi: Thursday, August 02, 2018.
Nearly 24,000
complaints and second appeals are pending with transparency watchdog Central
Information Commission (CIC), the government said on Wednesday. Systems at
2,200 public authorities or central government departments have been aligned to
receive, process and reply to online RTIs from applicants, it said.
"The
Cental Information COmmission has informed that 23,978 complaints and second
appeals are pending as of 26 July, 2018," Minister of State for Personnel
Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. No such data is
maintained in respect to state information commissions, he said.
"State
governments have been advised to explore the feasibility of implementing online
RTI portal in their states. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has been
advised to provide technical support to the states desirous of replicating the
web portal of the department of personnel and training for online filing of RTI
applications," the minister said.
The Right to
Information (RTI) Act allows citizens to seek a time-bound response to their
plea seeking information on governance matters from the government departments.
They can file a second appeal and complaint under the law in case they are
aggrieved over the response by government departments concerned.
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