To make transparency regime more effective, the government should
prepare a list of documents which cannot be made public and open up
remaining records, new Chief Information Commissioner A N Tiwari said
today.
"My proposal to government is that they create a negative list of
documents which cannot be disclosed. The rest of the files should be
open which can be accessed by citizens without the use of RTI. RTI
works best when it is used the least," Tiwari told PTI in his first
interview after taking oath of office.
He said in such a regime, the use of RTI Act would be limited to
documents and records which have not been brought in the open category
thus making the use of transparency law even more effective.
Speaking on the success of transparency regime in the country, Tiwari
said mere dependence on the RTI Act will not promote openness in the
system which is trained to have an "intuitive reflex to secrecy.
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prepare a list of documents which cannot be made public and open up
remaining records, new Chief Information Commissioner A N Tiwari said
today.
"My proposal to government is that they create a negative list of
documents which cannot be disclosed. The rest of the files should be
open which can be accessed by citizens without the use of RTI. RTI
works best when it is used the least," Tiwari told PTI in his first
interview after taking oath of office.
He said in such a regime, the use of RTI Act would be limited to
documents and records which have not been brought in the open category
thus making the use of transparency law even more effective.
Speaking on the success of transparency regime in the country, Tiwari
said mere dependence on the RTI Act will not promote openness in the
system which is trained to have an "intuitive reflex to secrecy.
trackback:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/RTI-works-the-best-when-used-the-least--CIC/691171
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