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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | RTI: state fines officers over Rs 26 lakh for delaying replies

RTI: state fines officers over Rs 26 lakh for delaying replies

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published Published on Oct 12, 2010   modified Modified on Oct 12, 2010

The Maharashtra Government has imposed fines of over Rs 26 lakh collectively on primary information officers for ignoring and delaying answers to queries received under the Right to Information Act.

On completion of five years of implementation of RTI, as per the figures revealed by state’s Chief Information Commissioner Suresh Joshi on Monday, in 2009, 347 officers were fined Rs 26,57,691 for ignoring the queries and delaying information. The fine has gone up since 2006, he said. “The fine was charged in proportion to the number of applications received which is increasing every year,” Joshi said. The Government can even conduct divisional inquiry of the officers for delay in implementation of the Act, he added.

Claiming better implementation of the Act in the state, Joshi said Maharashtra received 4.4 lakh applications last year while six lakh queries were received in entire America. Even the disposal rate is as high as 102 per cent, he said. Most queries were regarding Urban Development and Revenue Departments, 1,25,418 and 72,393 respectively.


The Indian Express, 12 October, 2010, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/RTI--state-fines-officers-over-Rs-26-lakh-for-delaying-replies/696115/


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