[HumJanenge] Final recommendations of NAC to draft RTI Rules

Ms Aruna Roy Convener of the Working Group on Transparency,
Accountability and Governance informed the Council that the Working
Group formulated its recommendations after several rounds of
consultation with members of the civil society and the Dept of Personnel
and Training (DoPT). The DoPT and the NAC had worked out an
agreement on all issues except the one amendment proposed by the DoPT
restricting all RTI applications to  one subject matter . Areas of
agreement include, enhancement of word limit from 250 words to 500
words and also to drop the Rules relating to abatement of RTI application
upon death of applicant. With regard to restricting all RTI applications to
"one subject matter" NAC decided to recommend that the restriction to
"one subject matter" be dropped from the purview of the proposed
amendments to the RTI Rules. The final recommendation of the NAC in
this regard is as follows:

Provided that the request for information shall ordinarily not exceed 500
words, excluding annexures, the address of the Central PIO and the
address of the applicant. Provided further that no application shall be
rejected on the above ground.