CAG has not fulfilled Constitutional expectations: Moily

Moily said, "The RTI should not become the casualty of corrupt bureaucrats and others. It is quite disturbing to hear the threat administered to RTI activists."

"There are instances of attacks on RTI activists. Some of them are Amti Jethwa, an environmentalist from Gujarat and Satish Shetty, an activist from Maharashtra have been killed. These attacks and killings have to be taken seriously, dealt with iron hands," the Law Minister said.

 Later speaking to PTI on the sideline of the function, he said, "If any law is necessary, we will definitely use but law administering authorities in the respective states will have to deal with this strictly and severely."

 He said in his address that the Whistle blowers' Bill giving protection to civil servants and raising issues of corruption has been finalised and will become a law during coming Winter Session of Parliament.

 Moily said the proactive disclosure of records will help in reducing number of RTI applications filed before the public authorities but such disclosures despite mandated in the RTI Act are "often perfunctory and lack substance".

 "This underscores need for devising protocols and effective monitoring of suo-motu disclosures," he said.

 The Minister expressed dissatisfaction over the record keeping in the country especially the land records calling them "weakest link in our information system".