The
Sentinel Assam: Shillong: Saturday, October 05, 2019.
Meghalaya
Chief Secretary PS Thangkhiew launched the online RTI portal at the Main
Secretariat Building here recently.
Chief
Secretary PS Thangkhiew urged the Deputy Commissioners to make use of this
facility in order to serve the people of the State better and to improve the
delivery mechanisms, so that there will be transparency and accountability in
providing services to the citizens of the State.
The
portal will facilitate applicants seeking information under the Right to
Information Act.
The
Portal can be accessed by the general public on the Hone Page http://megrti.gov.in
by clicking in “Online RTI”.
In
the first phase, the portal will be enabled for filing of RTI to all the PIOs
in the Deputy Commissioners’ Offices and subsequently for all the POIs in the
State. There is an online payment gateway for making payment of requisite fees
under the RTI Act. The portal facilitates online reply to application and also
for making first appeal and reply thereto.
The
citizens can also check the real time status of their RTI applications/ first
appeals filed online.