Saturday, July 11, 2026

CIC directs all governments departments to strictly implement RTI

 Metro India News: Vijayawada: Saturday, 11 July 2026.
Andhra Pradesh State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Vajja Srinivasa Rao has directed all government departments to strictly implement the provisions of Section 4(1)(b) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, warning that negligence in enforcing the law will not be tolerated. As part of a review of the implementation of the RTI Act, the Chief Information Commissioner conducted surprise inspections at several government offices in Vijayawada. 
Commissioner Srinivasa Rao reviewed the implementation of the RTI Act and pexpressed displeasure that several offices had failed to display mandatory name boards containing the details of Public Information Officers (PIOs), First Appellate Authorities (FAAs), job charts and citizen charters.