RTI replies to be available online now

New Delhi .  Prime Minister Narendra Modi might have surprised Congress President Sonia Gandhi by taking UPA scheme to another level. While critics were claiming that Modi government might dilute Right to Information (RTI) Act, it has done just the reverse. Right to Information (RTI) Act, which was launched by UPA government, has been  strengthened by Modi government at the centre. According to sources, all replies by ministries, given under RTI Act, will be posted online. All information will be available for access to all and not just to persons who file the RTIs seeking information. All information related to a query under RTI will be posted online from Nov 2014. Earlier it was only the person,  who filed RTI application seeking replies from a ministry or a government department, got the reply and that too mostly via post. According to an official statement issued by 

 

Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), replies to queries will be put up on ministries' website and the process is most likely to begin from Oct 31, 2014.   According to an official statement issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), replies to queries will be put up on ministries' website and the process is most likely to  begin from Oct 31, 2014.."News.oneindia.in/