Subject: RTI HAS DRAWN TREMENDOUS RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE - A Venkatratnam Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:59:42 +0530
*RTI HAS DRAWN TREMENDOUS RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE* ----- A. VENKATRATNAM* Panaji: Oct. 11, 208 The Right to Information Act which came into existence in 2005 has drawn tremendous response from people. The intension and purpose of Act has become more successful compared to any other Act in the Country. This Act tends to hold the Government accountable for the deeds and misdeeds and has also helped to arrest corruption to some extent said Shri A. Venkatratnam, State Information Commissioner. Shri Venkatratnam was speaking after inaugurating a one day workshop on Right to Information Act organised by Department of Information and Publicity at Panaji, today. Secretary, Information and Publicity Shri Narendra Kumar graced the function. Speaking further Shri A. Venkatratnam complimented the Department of Information and Publicity for organizing this workshop. He said the periodic review of implementation of Act is also essential. The Government of India has already appointed a committee to review the Implementation of Act which will submit its report shortly. Shri Venkatratnam also cited many cases wherein people got justice by using RTI as an instrument. He called upon PIO's and APIO's who attended the workshop to upload information on their websites for the benefit of people. Secretary, Shri Narendra Kumar said the Right to Information Act has potential to transform the whole society in the Country. He said accountability, responsibility, equality, and rule of law are some of the ingredients of good governance which should reflect in the RTI Act. Director of Information and Publicity Shri Nikhil Desai welcomed the guests. Shri Roland Martins of Goacans, Shri J. J. Anand, State Informatics Officer, NIC, Prof. Shabbir Ali, Lecturer of V. M. Salgaonkar College of Law, Prof. Naguesh Colvalkar, Lecturer, Salgaonkar College of Law were the resource persons for the workshop. Information Officer Shri V. V. Sawant, proposed vote of thanks. Shri Shyam Gaonkar, Information Assistant compered the programme. DI/NB/NUD/SM/KM/08/1668 -- DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY. THIRD FLOOR,UDYOG BHAVAN, NEAR AZAD MAIDAN, PANAJI GOA PHONE-0832-2422675 0832-2226047 0832-2426168 FAX 0832-2224211