Rally on Right To Information Act at Kancheepuram

[Dr. Pathak]

Rally on Right To Information Act
Saturday November 18 2006 00:08 IST KANCHEEPURAM: District Collector Pradeep Yadav today flagged off the Right To Information (RTI) Act Awareness rally, organised by the Federation of Consumer Organisations of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (FEDCOT), at the Collectorate on Friday.

The Collector also released handbills on Right To Information Act, which were received by the District Supplies Officer N Kuzandhai Velu.

The handbills contained details of special features of the Right to Information Act 2005, types of information that could be sought from the government agencies, the departments and agencies from which information could be had, how to apply for information, fees to be paid for various information, names of public information officers, time frame for getting information, appeal methods and fine, in case of delay in issue of information to the concerned departments.

The awareness campaign participants included Vandalur Consumer Rights Protection Organisation, Ayappan Thangal Paranipudur Consumer Rights Protection Organisation, Utiramerur Taluk Consumer Rights Protection Organisation, Madurandagam Taluk Consumer Rights Protection Organisation, Tsunami Law Consulting Committee, Chennai, Manitha Urimaikana Kudimakkal Iyakkam, Kancheepuram, and Kancheepuram District Consumer Protection Organisation.

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[maneesh]

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RTI act is finally reaching to citizens

[brijeshbhatt]

Now we can expect rally at all India level too.

[Putti]

does the each state is having their own RTI acts 2005 , dealing with their own state problems or it is the only one-in-one RTI Act 2005 for whole India?

[ganpat1956]

There is only one RTI Act for the entire country. This Act provides that every state shall have one state information commission to deal with implementation of RTI, appeals and complaints with regard to the Public Authorities in their respective states. For full details of their powers and functions, please read Chapter IV & V of the online RTI Act available in our portal.