Awareness of RTI
Awareness of RTI
The Government has taken steps for awareness and publicity campaign
about RTI amongst citizens on demand side and to build the capacity of
Government employees to provide more satisfactory reply to RTI applications on
supply side, through training, on-line certificate courses, and publication of
guides on the Right to Information Act. Awareness Generation/publicity campaign
has been undertaken through electronic media in Hindi and regional languages
and through regional and national workshops.
The awareness and publicity campaign has also been
carried out through centrally sponsored scheme namely ‘Improving Transparency
and Accountability in Government through Effective Implementation of Right to
Information’. RTI spots were broadcast during 2013-14 and 2014-15 through All
India Radio and private FM channels in Hindi and ten regional languages. RTI
spots were broadcast during 2015-16 through All India Radio in Hindi and ten
regional languages. Further, audio visual spots on RTI were telecast over
Doordarshan in Hindi and ten regional languages during 2013-14 and 2014-15.
The
Right to Information Act, 2005 already provides for imposition of penalty and
recommendation of disciplinary action by the Central Information
Commission/State Information Commission, as the case may be, against the Public
Information Officer who has knowingly given incorrect, incomplete or misleading
information under the RTI Act. The Central Information Commission/State
Information Commissions have been imposing such penalties and also recommending
disciplinary action against such Public Information Officers.
Department-wise details of the penalty are not
maintained centrally. However, during the last three years the details of
penalty imposed by the Central Information Commission are as under:
|
Year
|
Penalty imposed (numbers)
|
|
2012-13
|
87
|
|
2013-14
|
138
|
|
2014-15
|
17
|
|
01.04.2015 to 30.11.2015
|
39
|
This was stated by the Minister of
State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in
the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question
by Smt.
Sakuntala Laguri and Shri Prataprao Jadhav in the Lok Sabha today.
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Investigation of
Employees
The
Government is in the process of laying down the procedure for empanelment of
retired officers as the Inquiry Officers for conducting Departmental Inquiries
by the Cadre Controlling Authorities. The services of the Inquiry Officers
could be utilized by the Ministries/Departments and their subordinate
offices/organizations under the Government of India for conducting departmental
inquiries against the delinquent officials, as and when the procedure is
finalized.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Om Birla in the Lok Sabha today.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Om Birla in the Lok Sabha today.
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Maternity Benefits to
Surrogate Mothers
The
Government of India considers grant of Maternity Leave to surrogate mothers on
case to case basis keeping in view the totality of the circumstances of each
case. Recently Maternity Leave was granted in a few cases.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Smt Vasanthi M. in the Lok Sabha today.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Smt Vasanthi M. in the Lok Sabha today.
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