RTI facility for NRIs soon

Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs asks government to devise a mechanism for this

danish

Danish Raza | February 15, 2010



NRIs will soon be able to file RTI applications online by depositing a fee of Rs 10 in the nearest Indian mission.

The ministry of overseas Indian affairs (MOIA) has asked the government to make appropriate arrangements for the same.

“In the absence of appropriate arrangement, the NRIs are finding it difficult to deposit the fees for seeking information from various ministries/ departments,” the MOIA said in a letter to the ministry of external affairs and department of personnel and training - RTI's parent body.

MOIA has created a link on its website to receive RTI applications. On receipt, the application will be  transferred to the government office it concerns, located anywhere in India.

Delhi based RTI activist Commodore (Rtd) Lokesh Batra had filed a complaint with the CIC regarding the problems faced by the NRIs in filing RTI applications.

“There is no mechanism of paying fee. They have to ask someone living in India, to file the application on their behalf,” said Batra.

Comments

 

Other News

Taking Gandhi’s notion of Swaraj as a ‘living concept’

Debating Swaraj Edited by Dhananjay Rai Orient BlackSwan, 227 pages, Rs 1155 For ‘freedom’, Gandhi&rs

Delhi Metro to have three new corridors

The union cabinet chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi has approved three new corridors, as part of Delhi Metro’s Phase – V(A) project consisting of 16.076 kms which will further enhance connectivity within the national capital. Total project cost of Delhi Metro’s Phase – V(A)

Food that heals: Regenerative agriculture for a healthier India

Hidden hunger affects not only India’s poorest but also its middle class. Over 70% of Indians consume less than half the recommended daily intake of key micronutrients such as iron and vitamins, weakening growth, immunity, and long-term health. But the problem begins well before food reaches the plat

DoT`s cyber-fraud prevention platform gets strengthened

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday said that the significant achievements of the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) are driven by active support of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), leading to large-scale onboarding of banks, financia

Winter session of parliament concludes

The winter session of the parliament, which commenced on December 1, concluded on Friday, as the two houses were adjourned sine die. During this sixth session of the 18th Lok Sabha, the lower house held 15 sittings with a total of 92 hours and 25 minutes. Lok sabha Speaker Shri Birla noted t

Getting along with AI in the classroom

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has impacted all sectors, including the education sector, and humans to a varying degree. We thought of writing this article pointing towards the possibility of getting along with AI in the education space, i.e., not to reduce or eliminate AI’s use but accept it as a real


Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter