The
Hindu: Bikaner: Tuesday, September 17, 2019.
At
a time when aggressive efforts are being made to reduce the iconic Right to
Information (RTI) Act to sheer insignificance, the Rajasthan government’s
launching of ‘Jan Soochna Portal’ is laudable. Simultaneously, it is an honour
to the citizens of Rajasthan, which occupies the pride of place as one of the
first in the country to witness the beginning of the epic movement for RTI in
the 1990s. The current move will undoubtedly lead to greater transparency in
government schemes, and thus set Rajasthan on the path to becoming a
corruption-free State. This will, above all, go to win the people’s faith in
the working of the State government. The Centre and other State governments
must take a leaf out of Rajasthan’s book. They must understand that it is transparency
that ultimately wins the common people’s hearts (Editorial, “Effort worth
emulation”, Sept. 16).
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