Sikkim need to get' Right to Information' working.
With the Right To Information Act "not working to its full potential across the country", the Central Information Commission (CIC) will hold a meet of all State Information Commissioners in October. This coincides with the second anniversary of the enforcement of the RTI Act, 2005.
While states like Assam and Karnataka have "performed well", others like Tamil Nadu and West Bengal "needed much improvement", Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah told The Indian Express. He said this would be an "interactive session" of all State Information Commissioners (SIC) to discuss problems and issues. The CIC said some commissioners had expressed concern about the penalties they had imposed not being enforced.
States like Delhi and Maharashtra which had enacted their own RTI Acts before the Central Act, had greater awareness among the public and thereby "performed better". Later entrants like West Bengal and Tamil Nadu had lesser awareness and fewer cases before their SICs. Most northeastern states, except Assam, Sikkim, needed to get the RTI working, he added.
While states like Assam and Karnataka have "performed well", others like Tamil Nadu and West Bengal "needed much improvement", Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah told The Indian Express. He said this would be an "interactive session" of all State Information Commissioners (SIC) to discuss problems and issues. The CIC said some commissioners had expressed concern about the penalties they had imposed not being enforced.
States like Delhi and Maharashtra which had enacted their own RTI Acts before the Central Act, had greater awareness among the public and thereby "performed better". Later entrants like West Bengal and Tamil Nadu had lesser awareness and fewer cases before their SICs. Most northeastern states, except Assam, Sikkim, needed to get the RTI working, he added.
