Information Commission Under RTI Act, 2005 : An Appraisal (PPT)
- Kalpeshkumar L Gupta
- October 21, 2016
Abstract :
Right to Information Act (RTI) a powerful law enacted in year 2005 for better governance in
the country. RTI law is backed by Article 19(1) (a) of the Constitution of India which talks
about freedom of speech and expression. For proper usage of this right one should have
proper information about the Public Authority. Public Authority carries wider meaning than
only government. There are two objectives of RTI Act, 2005, one is to bring transparency and
accountability in governance and other one is to setting up of Central Information
Commission (CIC) and State Information Commission (SIC) to hear appeals and complaints.
There are lot of peculiarities in working of CIC and various SICs. Some state commissions
are performing exceptionally well whereas some are lagging behind. Most of the state
information commission offices are facing challenges in terms of vacancies which ultimately
leading to backlog of appeals and complaints. Second biggest challenge is appointment of
efficient Information Commissioners who can dispose cases in effective way and in timely
manner. There are Information Commissioners who have given landmarks orders and
disposed off large number of cases. Thus we can see the role of information commissioner is
crucial for successful implementation of RTI Act, 2005.
Present paper will critically analyze working of Information Commission at central and state
level alongwith some important orders delivered by CIC and SIC.
