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Right to Information to go down to grassroots: Commissioners

Staff Reporter

State Information Commissioners to review implementation

KARIMNAGAR: State Information Commissioners R Dileep Reddy and A Subba Rao had said that they will conduct review meetings in selected revenue divisions in the next three to four months about the implementation of Right to Information Act.

Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the Information Commissioners have said that they had already reviewed the implementation of Right to information Act in all the 23 districts and observed that there was awareness among the urban public about the Act. Stressing on the need to spread the message of the Act to grassroot level, they said that they will play a proactive role for the implementation of the Right to Information Act.

The Commission was taking all necessary steps to compile petitions received from the people and submit an annual report to the State Assembly by November this year. The Commission was constituted in the month of November, 2005 but the Right to Information Act has been implemented in the State from October 12 onwards.

The Commissioners urged the people to pressurize officials to extract the necessary information required under the Act. If the officials failed to provide information, the people could approach the Commission for redressal of grievance.

Earlier, at a review meeting with the district officials they had instructed the authorities to prepare manuals, in Telugu also, under the Right to information Act by August 15. .

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