Where should the buck stop? Is RTI Act limited to Grievance redressal like getting passport, voter ID, EPF?

[Dr. Pathak]

Where should the buck stop? Is RTI Act limited to Grievance redressal like getting passport, voter ID, EPF?

How do we use it constructively, say to help Government in formulating newer policy, or doing gap analysis on ongoing projects e.t.c.

What are your view points?

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[colnrkurup]

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In Utopia the RTI Act can do miracles. The cityzen can become the eyes and ears of government. The cityzen can obtain information on anything they find not functioning fairly. Give feed back to government and do miracles in both ways. But we are now in Kansiram's Paltan or in Cucumber city. So, Ke..Zara..Zara

[mahekovoor]

dear kurup sir,

will you please go through "RTI Redirection" thread posted by me and offer your comments as the incident is in kerala?

[Dr. Pathak]

s.s.mahendrakumar,
Would you mind asking the other user via PM/Visitor Remarks than in the middle of conversational thread?
Thanks!

The cityzen can obtain information on anything they find not functioning fairly.

Has Innumerable number of queries regarding obtaining of Passport ever revealed what wrong with the system? If the "system as a whole" was not wrong, how has the pressure tactics of RTI Application reaped benefits to applicant and not others. Theoretically, RTI Application is just for getting information, and it is not a court order, then how it works selectively.

In my view there is potential operational flaw in the process and procedure, which allow few to get the passport and others to slog.

Is it not RTI we must use to study those flaws, interpret it at the cutting edge level, and then do gap analysis and suggest the Government to improve. Isn't now we have the wherewithal to start from the scratch: the power to dig for information?

[sngupta]

If more and more people facing hardship in getting passport, driving license or EPF. This may also good feed back to Govt. The Government may try to improve the system. Every time I am hearing that RTI may no be used for personal purpose but whoever will use it for society as a whole. The Govt must thoroughly evaliuate the RTI applications and where feels so much lacks must be improved immediately.