Haryana government issues guidelines on RTI

Haryana government has issued guidelines regarding importance of suo motu disclosure under RTI and also about duties and responsibilities to ensure proper upload of information on websites of different departments.
The nodal officer for a department or corporation's website would ensure that all information required to be placed in public domain as per section 4 of RTI Act is uploaded and updated on a regular basis, said a spokesperson of Administrative Reforms Department today.
In case this has not been done, it would be completed at the earliest and a certificate to this effect would be given by head of the department to this department within a week, he said adding, "This will decrease the number of applications."

He said information including name, designation and contact details of the State Public Information Officer (SPIO) and First Appellant Authority both at the headquarters and in the field must be prominently displayed on the website and on the notice board of SPIO office and Appellant Authority.
Head of the department and nodal officers would ensure the applications received under RTI are disposed off in time by providing information to the applicant, he said.
A written communication to this effect has been sent to all officials concerned including administrative secretaries, heads of departments, commissioners of all the four divisions to ensure immediate compliance of these instructions, he said.