Oct 22 2014 : The Times of India (Chennai)
E-GOVERNANCE - RTI replies to go online from Oct 31
New Delhi:
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
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Taking transparency to another level, the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday directed all its ministries and departments to suo motu display Right to Information (RTI) applications and responses thereof, on their respective websites from October 31.However, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) instructions in this re gard do leave scope for withholding RTI re plies that contain personal in formation relating to an individual. “It may be noted that RTI applications and ap peals received and their re sponses relating to the per sonal information of an individual may not be dis closed if they do not serve any public interest,“ said the DoPT note, which was circu lated to all Union ministries and departments on Tuesday .
To facilitate uploading of RTI applications and appeals received and their responses on the website, a new feature has been added to the CPIO FAA module on the `RTI On line' portal on pilot basis for DoPT. Through this feature, an option is given to the cen tral public information offi cers (CPIO) and first appellate authority (FAA) to upload the reply to RTI query and the first appeal respectively on to the department's website.
This particular feature will now be extended to other min istries and departments as well. To display the RTI appli cations received in the minis try or department and the re ply given using this feature, web services will be provided through a URL to each ministry or depart ment by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) or DoPT.
“The concerned ministry or department needs to consume this web service (by writing a program) to display the desired contest on its respective website,“ the DoPT note said while asking the ministries and departments to take the help of NIC or DoPT experts in this regard.
“An immediate action is requested so that the facility to upload the reply to RTI application and first appeal respectively on the website of the respective ministry or department may be started with effect from October 31, 2014,“ the DoPT directed.
To facilitate uploading of RTI applications and appeals received and their responses on the website, a new feature has been added to the CPIO FAA module on the `RTI On line' portal on pilot basis for DoPT. Through this feature, an option is given to the cen tral public information offi cers (CPIO) and first appellate authority (FAA) to upload the reply to RTI query and the first appeal respectively on to the department's website.
This particular feature will now be extended to other min istries and departments as well. To display the RTI appli cations received in the minis try or department and the re ply given using this feature, web services will be provided through a URL to each ministry or depart ment by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) or DoPT.
“The concerned ministry or department needs to consume this web service (by writing a program) to display the desired contest on its respective website,“ the DoPT note said while asking the ministries and departments to take the help of NIC or DoPT experts in this regard.
“An immediate action is requested so that the facility to upload the reply to RTI application and first appeal respectively on the website of the respective ministry or department may be started with effect from October 31, 2014,“ the DoPT directed.
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