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Information Commissions Under RTI Act Are In A Mess, Says Report

-Newsclick.in An assessment conducted by the Satark Nagrik Sangathan and the Centre for Equity Studies has flagged the problems of huge pendency of appeals and complaints as well as long waiting periods for disposal. The information commissions (ICs) set up under the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 are critical to citizens exercising the hard-won Right to Information, which can hold the government and public offices accountable. But a new report on the performance of the ICs, carried out by the Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS) and the Centre for Equity Studies (CES), has found that the commissions have not been doing their job properly. The report flags an alarming pendency of appeals and complaints as well as shockingly long waiting periods for disposal. The ICs were set up at the central level (Central Information Commission) as well as the state-level (state information commissions) are vested with wide-ranging powers. These powers include requiring public authorities to provide access to information, appointing Public Information Officers (PIOs), publishing certain categories of information and making changes to practices of information maintenance. The commissions also have the power to order an inquiry if needed, the power to require the public authority to compensate the complainant for any loss or other detriment suffered, as well as to impose penalties on erring officials. As the report says, estimates suggest that every year 40 to 60 lakh RTI applications are filed in India. The assessment by SNS and CES analysed the performance of 29 ICs across India (including the central information commission and excluding Jammu & Kashmir, as the national RTI law is not applicable in the state). A total of 2,76,405 appeals and complaints were registered while 2,14,809 were disposed by the 23 ICs that provided the information between 1 January 2016 and 31 October 2017. Uttar Pradesh registered the highest number of appeals and complaints (83,054) followed by the CIC (47,756) and Karnataka (32,403). Mizoram and Meghalaya registered the lowest number of appeals and complaints, 21 and 63, respectively. In terms of disposal, the CIC disposed the highest number of appeals and complaints (54,219), followed by UP (42,911) and Karnataka (28,648). Please click here to read more.