India Right To Information

The Right to Information (RTI) Act was enacted in 2005 by the government of India after it was introduced in December 2004. But even to this day, the effectiveness of the Act in Nagaland is still a long way from being satisfactory. Is the reason behind this ineffectiveness due to the ignorance of the people about the Act or is it due to the fact that the departments of the government are ignoring applications of people seeking information and not responding positively and within the stipulated time? On its part, the state government has reiterated proper implementation of the RTI Act 2005 while taking note that many departments were ignoring the Act and information sought are not replied positively and within the stipulated date. An office memorandum issued by commissioner & secretary, department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms, reiterated that the RTI, 2005 adopted by state
government needs to be adhered to and implemented by all departments. It stated that Section 5 and 9 has directed all government departments/corporations to designate offices as Appellate Authority/Public Information Officer (PIO) and Assistant Public Information Officer (APIO). Whenever any appointed/nominated appellate authorities, PIOs and APIOs are transferred/retired from their respective departments, the responsible departments are to re-appoint or nominate other appellate authorities, PIOs and APIOs respectively, according to the memorandum.

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