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`RTI Act is revolutionary'

Staff Correspondent

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Social activist Anna Hazare with UNICEF representative Hameed Bashir during a workshop on RTI Act in Bhopal on Monday.

BHOPAL: Noted social worker Anna Hazare on Monday described the Right to Information (RTI) Act as a revolutionary step and said that for the sake of true democracy it should have been enacted on January 26, 1950, when the country became a Republic.

Mr. Hazare, who turned Ralegaon Siddhi in Maharashtra into a development model, was speaking as chief guest at the opening session of a workshop on Right to Information here. He also released "The Right to Information Act in Madhya Pradesh — Status Report" by NGO Samarthan Centre for Development Support.

Setting the tone for the workshop, Mr. Hazare said that people in Madhya Pradesh seemed to lack the right kind of awareness about the RTI Act. Whereas over 16,000 appeals were presently pending before the State Information Commissioner in Maharashtra, there were only about 500 pending in Madhya Pradesh, he pointed out. Mr. Hazare said such workshops should be organised in all districts so that people could become aware of the law that protects their right to information.

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