Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Orientation course on records management from November 28

The Hindu: Puducherry: Wednesday, November 28, 2018.
Three-day event will be held by the National Archives
An orientation programme on Record Management for Departmental Record Officers of various Ministries, Departments and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) will be held at the National Archives of India Record Centre in Lawspet from November 28-30.
The three-day programme will be organised by the National Archives of India Record Centre.
In a release, M. Murugesan, archivist, said with the mandate of the Public Records Act, 1993 and Public Records Rule, 1997, the National Archives of India has been entrusted with the responsibility of regulating management, administration and preservation of public records of all the records creating agencies of the Government of India and the Union Territories.
The course will acquaint the Departmental Record Officers with the life cycle of records creation of records, filing system, reviewing, management of reports and forms, retention schedule, preservation techniques, reprography and computers on record management.
Best practices
The course would also acquaint the officers with the best practices of record management, as guided by the Public Records Act, 1993, Information and Technology Act, 2000 and the RTI Act, 2005.