RTI FelIowshi
The Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India, is the nodal Ministry for the Right to Information Act. It is also administering a Plan scheme titled ‘Improving Transparency and Accountability in Government through effective Implementation of the Right to Information Act’. The primary goal of the scheme is to contribute towards more accountable and transparent government and it has several components including programmes for awareness generation, training and e-governance initiatives for RTI for achieving the purpose.
Under this scheme, DOPT proposes to offer 5 (Five) short-term fellowships to researchers from the field of media / Civil Society professionals / RTI Trainers to conduct field based research on themes relating to RTI. It is hoped that the research output will enhance our understanding of the status of the implementation of the act, including its successes, constraints in its implementation and how those are being / could be overcome and what more needs to be done to help achieve the objectives of the Act.
Who can Apply/
The fellowship is open to professionals in the age group 25 to 40 from the field of journalism (newspaper! magazine! radio/ TV), Civil Society and research and training in the field of RTI. The applicant should have proven credentials in his / her professional area, have some prior experience of work relating to the Right to Information and should have an aptitude for research.
Suggested Areas of Study and Research Output
RTI fellowships would be granted for researching any theme relating to RTI with the objective of contributing towards better understanding of the successes of RTI and/ or constraints in its implementation and how implementation of the Act could be strengthened? Some examples of themes that could be selected are given below. These are only in the nature of examples and applicants may choose any theme relating to RTI as long as they are able to justify that it would meet the objective of the scheme.
(a) Issues relating to awareness generation and accessibility for seeking information.
(b) Role of civil society in strengthening RTI regime and how government may coordinate with the efforts of the CSOs.
(c) Successes of RTI in improving transparency and accountability.
(d) Issues in functioning of CIC /SICs.
(e) Implementation of provisions regarding pro-active disclosures.
(f) Best practices from the field.
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