RTI - A Virtual dissimination

 Dissimination of RTI for Good Governance :

Wide spread awareness about RTI brings about a dramatic change in Governance. It leads to transperancy, corruption free and accountability in government.

There is a wide gap between intention and interpretation of the act with various authorities, as well differing between authority to authority. To abridge the miscommunication, there needs a dynamic medium and that we are at forefront to resource them.

Lack of proper knowledge among stake holders, leading to misinterpretation of the act, leading to either rejection of the information sought after by the applicant, or Public Information Officer(PIO) being penalized for such rejection. It is also to be noted, that the PIO is additionally burdened with the task of information disclosure as public authority. At times, the act is being misused by certain vested elements to their advantage, more often threatening/ black mailing of public authority. This leads to improper functioning of the government.

For an average individual, seeking information under RTI is a cumbersome process, which dissuades from filing an application.

We stress on making RTI a success among stake holders i.e. public and the government by emphasising the need of proactive disclosure of information available, under the ambit of law.

To dissiminate knowledge of RTI, and create awareness at grassroot level, a phased program using various tools of propagation via social media, journalism,  conducting seminars, interactive sessions by experts are to be undertaken exhaustively.

Conducting workshops on RTI, involving general public, especially students who are the future of this country, in conjunction with public authorities, who are also part of this country's populace fills in the big gap between general public and bureaucracy.

To bring about a better perception about RTI among the general public and government authorities, who implement the act, we shall focus on working in unison.