Make penalties under RTI Act mandatory
This refers to study by Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) revealing that there was a loss of about 86 crore rupees because of rare imposition of penalties by information commissioners.
THIS REFERS to study by Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) revealing that there was a loss of about 86 crore rupees because of rare imposition of penalties by information commissioners which as per study-report is just more than three per cent of what should have been imposed.With Right To Information Act now in force for more than five years, no further relaxation should be there for Public Information Officers (PIOs). Information commissioners should compulsorily endorse dates of RTI petitions, replies by PIOs, first appeals and appeal-orders at start of orders mentioning also computation of imposable penalties. It should be mandatory for information commissioners to give reasons for waiver or relaxation in penalty-amounts.
Even it is time that PIOs may be made to bear copying charges in case they have to provide documents free-of-cost under section 7(6) of RTI Act for being late after 30 days’ stipulated time-period. Such stricter penal-provisions will make PIOs much more responsive and careful in dealing with RTI petitions.
It is only after these measures are taken that RTI Act would be taken seriously by the government officials and proper results would be delivered.
It is only after these measures are taken that RTI Act would be taken seriously by the government officials and proper results would be delivered.
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