Government Brought Most Public Authorities Under RTI Act
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh stated here today that in the last four and half years, the government led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has brought most of the public authorities under the purview of the RTI act, which is in keeping with the commitment to ensure maximum transparency in the working of these institutions. The Department of Personnel and Training(DOP&T), which is the nodal department for the Right to Information and Central Information Commission, has so far successfully covered nearly 2000 public authorities under the RTI Act, he said.
Dr Jitendra Singh made these observations when the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), Shri R.K. Mathur called on him today.
Lauding the achievements of the last over four years, Dr Jitendra Singh said, when the government came in, there were very few public authorities under the purview of RTI Act, but a fast – track process was initiated to make the RTI more effective and more inclusive.
In addition, Dr Jitendra Singh noted that the filing of RTI has been made much more convenient and easy with the use of latest technology. There is now a portal and an App, as a result of which, any citizen can file an RTI from his mobile phone, at any time of the day or night, and from anywhere.
The disposal time of the RTI application received in the Central Information Commission has been drastically reduced, said, Dr Jitendra Singh, and added that the pendency has also considerably reduced in comparison to what it was before 2014.
In the DOP&T, Dr Jitendra Singh said, we have tried to sincerely live up to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s commitment of maximum governance with minimum government, maximum transparency and maximum citizen-participation. He said, there has also been a successful effort to compile inputs from the various RTIs received, in order to prepare research manuals for planning future strategies and improve upon the existing methodologies.
PIB
I am a retired Central Govt Defence Civilian Pensioner. I retired in 2003 in the scale of Rs 8000-275-13500 ( A Grade entry level ) My basic pay at the time of retirement was Rs 13225/= According to 7th CPC table ( 06/07/2017 ) no my new pension is fixed at Rs 38850 /= ( Rs 77700/2), Level 10). However , a person who is junior to me ( Level 9 , table 29 ) having same basic pay of mine gets Rs 38950 which is more than my existing pension . When I represented my case to my Dept, they mentioned that I should bring some concrete cases to justify my claims . How can I at the age of 76 can bring cases .
When I retired in the scale of Rs 8000-275-13500 ( Entry level for Gp A) , the basic pay was Rs 13225/- and as on 01/01/2016 it is RS 77700 and drawing the pension of Rs 38850/= ( Level 10 )
But when a person junior to me having the same basic pay ( table 29 , Level 9 ) gets a pension of Rs 38950. When I represented , my Dept rejected my case and wanted some anomaly cases. Iam 76 years old and how can get proof