{"id":974,"date":"2009-07-17T09:16:41","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T03:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nextindia.org\/?p=974"},"modified":"2009-07-17T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T03:55:00","slug":"right-to-information-usage-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextindia.org\/index.php\/2009\/07\/17\/right-to-information-usage-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Right to Information – Usage study"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RaaGIndian Express published an interesting excerpt on the usage of Right to Information. The base study has been done by RTI Assessment & Analysis Group, and their website<\/a> has much more detailed information. The presentation below captures some of it.<\/p>\n

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In my view, the relevance of this act will multiply several folds as more and more people know about it, and citizens start using this rather than just NGOs and activists. Also, from the presentation, it seems clear that the OD challenges earlier referred to on nextindia.org<\/a> for other governmental functions are equally relevant here – from PIOs not knowing about it, to not wanting to answer, to not having the requisite training. An integral part of this might be the incentive (or penalty) system that one can implement. It seems that the current penalty system in place lacks enforcement, partially due to the realization that the enablers for PIOs are not in place yet.<\/p>\n