Number of RTI applications decline Government

New Delhi, The number of RTI applications has come down to around 7.55 lakh in 2014-15 from over 8.34 lakh a year before as departments and ministries are putting more information in public domain on their own, government said today.
 
 
“As per the Annual Report of Central Information Commissioner (CIC) for 2014-15, a total of 7,55,247 RTI applications were received by reporting public authorities as against 8,34,183 applications in 2013-14, registering a decline of 78,936 RTI applications,” Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh said in Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour.(Also Read: 2.46 lakh patent  applications pending due to manpower shortage)

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