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RTI Act turns one, activists slam govt bid to blunt law New Delhi: Social activists, NGOs and retired government and judicial officials came out in support of the Right to Information Act (RTI) on Saturday but were unanimous that it needed more publicity and support of the government for the sake of good governance. At a conference to mark one year of the RTI Act, former Maharashtra governor P C Alexander called the government's move to amend the Act to prevent access to file notings as "shocking''. Noted activist Anna Hazare linked it to Indian freedom fighters' dream of "Purna Swaraj'. The proposed amendment to RTI Act to remove file notings from its ambit was a "shocking development'', Hazare said. "If this amendment (to deny access to file notings) takes place, then this would mark the beginning of the end of the Central Information Commission,'' he said at the conference organised by the CIC. Hazare said, "In a representative democracy like India, governments are run with the money people pay in taxes. People have the right to know how the money is being used.'' According to him, martyrs like Bhagat Singh dreamed of "Purna Swaraj" and RTI was a step in the direction of realising that dream. Karnataka state chief information commissioner K K Mishra said the RTI Act should be used as a tool for grievance redressal and the period allowed for disposal of applications should be brought down from the present 30 days. He said the 30-day period was justified only if the information was not readily available. In all other cases, it should be only one day, he added. Replying to a question on the CIC's power of enforcement, Mishra said so far, only Public Information Officers (PIO) of various departments and organisations were subject to the CIC's authority. V M Bansal, principal commissioner and secretary of Delhi Development Authority, said in the last one year, the DDA received 5,740 applications under the Act, out of which 5,192 were disposed of and only five remained pending for over 30 days. URL : http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDA2LzEwLzE1I0F yMDA3MDA=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom |
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