Duplicity requests on RTI – DoPT advised to upload most often requests on the websites of all Departments.

F.No.1/1/2013-IR

government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel & Training)

North Block,

New Delhi, dated the 9th July, 2015.

Subject: 76th Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Recommendation regarding suo-motu disclosure under Section 4 of justify to Information Act, 2005.

Reference is invited to this Department’s Office Memorandum No.1/6/2011-IR, dated the 15th April,2013 wherein all Ministries / Departments were advised to appoint a senior officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary and not below the rank of Additional HoD in case of attached offices for ensuring compliance with the proactive disclosure guidelines. Subsequently, vide O.M.No.1/1/20-13~IR dated 21st October,2014, all Ministries / Departments were requested to take action to upload the replies to RTI applications and first appeals on their respective websites. in this context, the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice has, in Para 4.40 of its 76th Report, inter-alia made the following observation / recommendations:

“The direction given by DoPT in their guidelines for implementation of Section 4 of the RTI Act which required appointment of a Joint Secretary rank officer as the Nodal Officer should be followed in letter and spirit. The Committee feels that all Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations themselves must encourage suo-motu disclosure of relevant information. The Committee suggests the publishing of RTI requests and their replies on the websites of the Departments so that duplicity of requests is avoided. All Departments must make an analysis of information which is sought most often from applicants and provide it on their website as suo-motu disclosure.”

The above mentioned recommendations of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice are hereby brought to the notice of all Ministries / Departments and Public Authorities for strict compliance.

The contents of this O.M. may also be brought to the notice of Attached Subordinate Offices and Public Sector Undertakings for necessary compliance.

Source:http://www.persmin.nic.in/

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Guidelines on implementation of suemotu disclosure under Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005 -Compliance of.

NO 1/6/2011-IR 

Government of lndia 

Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions 

Department of Personnel Training 

North Block, New Delhi-110001 

Dated 22nd September, 2014 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM 

Sub: Guidelines on implementation of suemotu disclosure under Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005 -Compliance of. 

Attention is invited to this Department's O.M. of even no. dated 15.4.2013 and  subsequent reminder dated 10.12.2013 on the subject mentioned above. 

2. In that O.M., it was mentioned that each Ministry/Public Authority shall ensure that the guidelines for suo motu disclosure under RTI are fully operationalised within a period of 6 months from the date of their issuance i.e. 15.04.2013. It was also mentioned that the Action Taken Report on the compliance of guidelines should be sent, alongwith the URL link, to the DoPT and the Central lnformation Commission soon after the expiry of the initial period of the 6 months. It has been noticed that most of the Ministries/Departments/Public Authorities have not sent the compliance report/Action Taken Report to this Department and Central lnformation Commission. 

3. It was required that each Ministry/Public Authority should get its proactive disclosure package audited by third party every year and such audit should be communicated to the CIC through publication on their own website. It has been noticed that most of the Ministries/Public Authorities have not yet got their proactive disclosure package audited by a third party. 

4. It is once again requested that the guidelines mentioned in O.M. dated 15.4.2013 be complied with and the proactive disclosure package be got audited by a third party. The compliance report may be sent to this Department and the Central Information Commission, at the earliest. 

Sd/-

(Mamta Kundra)

Joint Secretary

Source:http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02rti/1_6_2011-IR_22092014.pdf

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Guidelines on implementation of suo-motu disclosure under Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005 — Compliance of.

No 1/6/2011-IR
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
Department of Personnel Training

North Block, New Delhi-110001
Dated 10th December, 2013

 
OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Guidelines on implementation of suo-motu disclosure under Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005 — Compliance of.

   Attention is invited to this Department's O.M. of even no. dated 15.4.2013 on the subject mentioned above.

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