Hello! friends, our right to information has gone online and can be of immense use to us. read on for details
: Filing queries under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has become a matter of minutes with the Central Information Commission (CIC) launching an online system for submission of appeals. "The new system was started last week. Now all Internet and tech savvy RTI users can file their complaints and appeals online,. The RTI Act was passed by parliament in 2005 for promoting transparency and accountability in the functioning of government departments. Every department has a public information officer (PIO) to whom RTI applications can be submitted. However, if the user does not get the information or receives incomplete information, he can file first an appeal with the appellate authority within the same department. In case the applicant still remains unsatisfied, he can file a second appeal to their respective information commission. Now, the applicants will just have to log on to the website of CIC (www.cic.gov.in) and click on the 'RTI complaints and appeal' link, which will provide them with an application form. "Filling of the form is very easy. The user has to just fill mandatory fields like name, address, citizenship status, ministry, department or public authority that the appeal is against and whether the complainant is below the poverty line,". "The applicants can even upload documents related to their complaint. i don't know how accessible this site would be, since i have not visited it. all the best. arvind bhartiya Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
