Friends,
DELTA was called in a meeting held under aegis of Central Information Commission on 03/07/2011.
Our General Secretary Madan Mohan Tiwari and Vice President Nawab Singh atttended the meeting.
DELTA convey its heartiest gratitude to CIC for recognising and inviting us as a leading group working in the field of Education and RTI.
You all are requested to monitor all the decisions given by CIC in Education sector and write complaint to us or directly to the CIC if any violation of Section -4 of RTI is noticed.
The invitation letter :-
Dear Friend,
The Central Information Commission has been trying to usher in transparency in the functioning of Government authorities. It is our endeavor to put information which concerns the public at large in the public domain by directing public authorities to put such information on their websites. The Right to Information Act held out a great hope in the form of suo moto disclosures mandated by Section 4. This would increase the transparency and accountability, and is a requirement of Section 4 of the RTI Act. Even though the Commission has issued various orders for putting specific information which concern the public at large, however monitoring compliance of such orders is a big challenge and the Commission is unlikely to have adequate resources to do full justice to this job.
I am hopeful that civil society groups and individuals can assist the Commission in this endeavor by suggesting what kind of information should be disclosed by public authorities on a priority basis and also suggest the format in which the information would be most useful to the citizens.
The information already available on the websites has been possible through input and co-operations of the civil society. I would be happy to meet you to get inputs on how to increase transparency and publication of specific categories of information on government websites for the general public as well as monitoring the actual implementation of these orders. Kindly come with your suggestions and formats of the information you believe should be displayed suo moto by different Delhi Govt. depts.
In this regard I extend an invitation to you to attend a meeting on 3rd July, 2011 at the venue given below.
Regards,
(Shailesh Gandhi)
Information Commissioner
Time: 10.30- 12.30
Venue: Rajendra Prasad Auditorium,
Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM), Administrative Block,
Old JNU Campus, Olof Palme Marg,
Delhi-110067.
Please confirm your presence through a message or call on 9213155390 or email on rtimonitoring@gmail.com prior to 1st July, 2011.
Office of Information Commissioner Mr. Shailesh Gandhi
कार्यालय सूचना आयुक्त श्री शैलेश गाँधी,
Central Information Commission
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