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NGOs brought under RTI Act

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NGOs have to designate a public information officer, appellate authority

BHUBANESWAR : The Orissa Government has made a formal announcement making the non-government organisations working in the State accountable to the people under the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005.

A decision in this regard was taken by the Planning and Coordination Department of the State Government on Friday.

According to an official release, Section 2 (h) (d) (ii) of the Right to Information Act defined an NGO as `public authority' if it was substantially financed directly or indirectly by Central or State Government. As a public authority an NGO was required to disclose its own the information pertaining to the organisation for information of the general public, as required under Section 4 of the Act, the release said.

The government said that as per the rules frame by it under the provisions of the RTI Act, an NGO as public authority has to designate a public information officer, Assistant information officer and an appellate authority.

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