The document discusses the Right to Information Act and its implementation by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways in India. The objectives of the act are to promote transparency and accountability in government. Central and State Information Commissions have been established. The ministry has designated nodal officers, public information officers, and appellate authorities to handle information requests. A total of 10,614 Right to Information applications and 1,054 appeals were received by the ministry from January to March 2019 related to areas like motor vehicles, roads, highways, and toll collection.
The document discusses the Right to Information Act and its implementation by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways in India. The objectives of the act are to promote transparency and accountability in government. Central and State Information Commissions have been established. The ministry has designated nodal officers, public information officers, and appellate authorities to handle information requests. A total of 10,614 Right to Information applications and 1,054 appeals were received by the ministry from January to March 2019 related to areas like motor vehicles, roads, highways, and toll collection.
The document discusses the Right to Information Act and its implementation by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways in India. The objectives of the act are to promote transparency and accountability in government. Central and State Information Commissions have been established. The ministry has designated nodal officers, public information officers, and appellate authorities to handle information requests. A total of 10,614 Right to Information applications and 1,054 appeals were received by the ministry from January to March 2019 related to areas like motor vehicles, roads, highways, and toll collection.
The document discusses the Right to Information Act and its implementation by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways in India. The objectives of the act are to promote transparency and accountability in government. Central and State Information Commissions have been established. The ministry has designated nodal officers, public information officers, and appellate authorities to handle information requests. A total of 10,614 Right to Information applications and 1,054 appeals were received by the ministry from January to March 2019 related to areas like motor vehicles, roads, highways, and toll collection.
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(D) Right to Information Act-Implementation
8.14 The main objectives of the RTI Act are to promote transparency and accountability in the functioning of every Public authority and to set up a practical regime for giving citizens access to information that is under the control of public authorities. It is an attempt to move from opaqueness to transparency, ultimately leading to good governance. Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commission (SIC) have been set up to promote transparency and accountability in the working of public authority. As per the RTI Act, Nodal Ofcer, RTI Section, PIOs, Appellate Authorities are fully functional in this Ministry. Section 4(1) (b) of RTI Act, 2005 envisages disclosure of suo moto information to the public through various means of communication. The website of this Ministry under various headings gives a host of information on various matters concerning this Ministry. A counter has been opened in the ground oor of Transport Bhawan for receiving RTI applications along with prescribed fee as per RTI Act, 2005. A web portal enabling citizens to apply for information under the RTI Act online and also the Appeals has been introduced by Department of Personnel & Training and is fully functional in this Ministry. The online system also includes the facility of scanning and sending physical applications to different PIOs online for further processing and sending physical replies. Information to the applicant / public is being provided keeping in view and subject to the various provisions of the RTI Act, 2005 including the time limits and exemption clauses. Three organizations namely: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) an autonomous body set up under an Act of Parliament, National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) a Public Sector Undertaking under this Ministry and Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE) (formerly known as NITHE), a society under the administrative control of Ministry have also appointed their separate PIOs/APIOs/Appellate Authorities for providing information to public/applicants as directed in RTI Act. This Ministry has been receiving RTI applications relating to various subjects viz. Motor Vehicles Act, Road Transport, National Highways, Flyovers, Bridges, Toll Plaza, collection of users' fee, installation of petrol pumps, tenders etc. All efforts are made by the concerned PIOs to send timely and accurate replies to the applicants. A total of 10,614 RTI applications and 1,054 Appeals [including brought forward] have been received from 1st January, 2018 to 31st March, 2019 and forwarded to concerned PIOs/FAAs. The system also has the facility to system generated reminders/alerts to concerned PIOs/FAAs through their emails. By using the facility in the online system, monitoring of the disposal of RTI Applications/Appeals is also done from time to time.