Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 73,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'catslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 73,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'catslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 74,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 74,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Code Context
            if (Configure::read('debug')) {

                trigger_error($message, E_USER_WARNING);

            } else {
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr68045ab445473-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr68045ab445473-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr68045ab445473-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 5160,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 4 January, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Bengal-RTI-record-abysmal/articleshow/7214146.cms&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 5252,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 5160,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Right to Information&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 5160,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 4 January, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Bengal-RTI-record-abysmal/articleshow/7214146.cms&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 5252,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 5160
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Right to Information&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <br /><div align="justify">After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. <br /><br />Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal's Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. <br /><br />The commission's laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People's Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal's performance is the worst.&quot; <br /><br />Here's how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. <br /><br />The state information commission website doesn't mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. <br /><br />In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. <br /><br />&quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya's compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&quot; read Kejriwal's report. <br /><br />Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&quot; Sarkar admitted files haven't moved much.</div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$maxBufferLength = (int) 8192
$file = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php'
$line = (int) 853
$message = 'Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853'
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Code Context
            $response->getStatusCode(),

            ($reasonPhrase ? ' ' . $reasonPhrase : '')

        ));
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr68045ab445473-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr68045ab445473-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr68045ab445473-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 5160,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 4 January, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Bengal-RTI-record-abysmal/articleshow/7214146.cms&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 5252,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 5160,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Right to Information&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 5160,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 4 January, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Bengal-RTI-record-abysmal/articleshow/7214146.cms&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 5252,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 5160
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Right to Information&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <br /><div align="justify">After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. <br /><br />Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal's Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. <br /><br />The commission's laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People's Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal's performance is the worst.&quot; <br /><br />Here's how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. <br /><br />The state information commission website doesn't mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. <br /><br />In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. <br /><br />&quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya's compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&quot; read Kejriwal's report. <br /><br />Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&quot; Sarkar admitted files haven't moved much.</div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$reasonPhrase = 'OK'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitStatusLine() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 54
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
Code Context
                    $value

                ), $first);

                $first = false;
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr68045ab445473-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68045ab445473-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr68045ab445473-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr68045ab445473-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 5160,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 4 January, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Bengal-RTI-record-abysmal/articleshow/7214146.cms&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 5252,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 5160,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Right to Information&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 5160,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 4 January, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Bengal-RTI-record-abysmal/articleshow/7214146.cms&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 5252,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 5160
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Right to Information&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &amp;quot;streamline&amp;quot; things, the panel&#039;s performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal&#039;s Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &amp;quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&amp;quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The commission&#039;s laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People&#039;s Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &amp;quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal&#039;s performance is the worst.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#039;s how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The state information commission website doesn&#039;t mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya&#039;s compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &amp;mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&amp;quot; read Kejriwal&#039;s report. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &amp;quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&amp;quot; Sarkar admitted files haven&#039;t moved much.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <br /><div align="justify">After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. <br /><br />Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal's Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. <br /><br />The commission's laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People's Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal's performance is the worst.&quot; <br /><br />Here's how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. <br /><br />The state information commission website doesn't mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. <br /><br />In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. <br /><br />&quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya's compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&quot; read Kejriwal's report. <br /><br />Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&quot; Sarkar admitted files haven't moved much.</div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$cookies = []
$values = [
	(int) 0 => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
]
$name = 'Content-Type'
$first = true
$value = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitHeaders() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 55
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

<head>

    <link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo Configure::read('SITE_URL'); ?><?php echo $urlPrefix;?><?php echo $article_current->category->slug; ?>/<?php echo $article_current->seo_url; ?>.html"/>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

$viewFile = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp'
$dataForView = [
	'article_current' => object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		'id' => (int) 5160,
		'title' => 'Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty',
		'subheading' => '',
		'description' => '<br />
<div align="justify">
After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. <br />
<br />
Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal's Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. <br />
<br />
The commission's laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People's Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal's performance is the worst.&quot; <br />
<br />
Here's how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. <br />
<br />
The state information commission website doesn't mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. <br />
<br />
In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. <br />
<br />
&quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya's compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&quot; read Kejriwal's report. <br />
<br />
Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&quot; Sarkar admitted files haven't moved much.
</div>',
		'credit_writer' => 'The Times of India, 4 January, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Bengal-RTI-record-abysmal/articleshow/7214146.cms',
		'article_img' => '',
		'article_img_thumb' => '',
		'status' => (int) 1,
		'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
		'lang' => 'EN',
		'category_id' => (int) 16,
		'tag_keyword' => '',
		'seo_url' => 'bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252',
		'meta_title' => null,
		'meta_keywords' => null,
		'meta_description' => null,
		'noindex' => (int) 0,
		'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		'most_visit_section_id' => null,
		'article_big_img' => null,
		'liveid' => (int) 5252,
		'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'edate' => '',
		'tags' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		'[new]' => false,
		'[accessible]' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[hasErrors]' => false,
		'[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[repository]' => 'Articles'
	
	},
	'articleid' => (int) 5160,
	'metaTitle' => 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty',
	'metaKeywords' => 'Right to Information',
	'metaDesc' => '

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing...',
	'disp' => '<br /><div align="justify">After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. <br /><br />Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal's Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. <br /><br />The commission's laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People's Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal's performance is the worst.&quot; <br /><br />Here's how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. <br /><br />The state information commission website doesn't mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. <br /><br />In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. <br /><br />&quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya's compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&quot; read Kejriwal's report. <br /><br />Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&quot; Sarkar admitted files haven't moved much.</div>',
	'lang' => 'English',
	'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/',
	'site_title' => 'im4change',
	'adminprix' => 'admin'
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	'id' => (int) 5160,
	'title' => 'Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty',
	'subheading' => '',
	'description' => '<br />
<div align="justify">
After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. <br />
<br />
Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal's Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. <br />
<br />
The commission's laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People's Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal's performance is the worst.&quot; <br />
<br />
Here's how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. <br />
<br />
The state information commission website doesn't mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. <br />
<br />
In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. <br />
<br />
&quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya's compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&quot; read Kejriwal's report. <br />
<br />
Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&quot; Sarkar admitted files haven't moved much.
</div>',
	'credit_writer' => 'The Times of India, 4 January, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Bengal-RTI-record-abysmal/articleshow/7214146.cms',
	'article_img' => '',
	'article_img_thumb' => '',
	'status' => (int) 1,
	'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
	'lang' => 'EN',
	'category_id' => (int) 16,
	'tag_keyword' => '',
	'seo_url' => 'bengal-rti-record-abysmal-by-ajanta-chakraborty-5252',
	'meta_title' => null,
	'meta_keywords' => null,
	'meta_description' => null,
	'noindex' => (int) 0,
	'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	'most_visit_section_id' => null,
	'article_big_img' => null,
	'liveid' => (int) 5252,
	'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'edate' => '',
	'tags' => [
		(int) 0 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	'[new]' => false,
	'[accessible]' => [
		'*' => true,
		'id' => false
	],
	'[dirty]' => [],
	'[original]' => [],
	'[virtual]' => [],
	'[hasErrors]' => false,
	'[errors]' => [],
	'[invalid]' => [],
	'[repository]' => 'Articles'

}
$articleid = (int) 5160
$metaTitle = 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty'
$metaKeywords = 'Right to Information'
$metaDesc = '

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing...'
$disp = '<br /><div align="justify">After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to &quot;streamline&quot; things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. <br /><br />Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal's Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that &quot;disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency&quot;. According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. <br /><br />The commission's laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People's Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, &quot;Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal's performance is the worst.&quot; <br /><br />Here's how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. <br /><br />The state information commission website doesn't mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. <br /><br />In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. <br /><br />&quot;Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya's compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure &mdash; without ensuring compliance thereof,&quot; read Kejriwal's report. <br /><br />Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, &quot;Please speak to the present CIC.&quot; Sarkar admitted files haven't moved much.</div>'
$lang = 'English'
$SITE_URL = 'https://im4change.in/'
$site_title = 'im4change'
$adminprix = 'admin'

include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51

Bengal RTI record abysmal by Ajanta Chakraborty

After a gap of five months, the West Bengal Information Commission held a meeting on Monday. But even as chief information commissioner (CIC) Sujit Sarkar promised to "streamline" things, the panel's performance since its inception in 2005 has been nothing to write home about. Among those who keenly studied implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Bengal is Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal. Findings by Kejriwal's Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) reveal that "disposal of cases by the West Bengal Information Commission is very low despite huge pendency". According to the RTI Act, failure to provide information within 30 days (in special cases 40) is deemed refusal. The commission's laxity has also been highlighted by Indian People's Right for Information and Democracy (IPRID) in its recent study. RTI activist and IPRID member Anindo Kishor said, "Instead of doing a comparative study with states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, we have restricted our study to six states in the eastern region. Among them, Bengal's performance is the worst." Here's how. Bengal takes six months between the date of filing and first hearing. Arunachal Pradesh takes only a month and Bihar two months. In 2010, Bengal had 1,357 cases pending against none in Arunachal, 42 in Assam and 75 in Manipur. The study has revealed that Bengal can dispose of nine cases every month, Assam 19, Bihar 175, Chhatisgarh 91, and Manipur 7. The state information commission website doesn't mention any penalty being imposed or disciplinary action taken against any public information officer for non-performance. In the PCRF study, Bengal ranks at the bottom on overall public satisfaction in terms of implementation of the RTI Act. Karnataka tops the list of performing states, with satisfaction rated at 55%. It is followed by Left-ruled Kerala at 52%, Punjab (47%), Orissa and Assam (37%) and West Bengal 6%. "Arun Bhattacharya (former CIC) directed disclosure of information in 76.5% cases, denying information in 23.5% cases. He did not remand back any case. Therefore, he stands at 63rd position amongst all commissioners on pro-disclosure. Compare this with the highest in the country. Three commissioners from different parts of India passed 100% orders in favour of disclosures and 34 commissioners passed more than 90% pro-disclosure orders. Bhattacharya's compliance seems to be low because he closes a case after passing orders in favour of disclosure — without ensuring compliance thereof," read Kejriwal's report. Bhattacharya, who retired in August 2010, told TOI, "Please speak to the present CIC." Sarkar admitted files haven't moved much.