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.