JAMMU : In an endeavour to strengthen transparency initiative of government in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, the Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo on Saturday has directed the authorities for dedicating online RTI portal to public by 10th of December.
This significant move was announced by the Chief Secretary Dulloo while assessing plans of the NIC for development of online service for convenience of public to asses information pertaining to government functioning through RTI through digital gateway.
While reviewing the progress on RTI Portal, the CS urged IT department and NIC to create an end to end digital solution for the same along with gateway for payment of fees and sending email and SMS alerts to the applicants.
Further he enjoined upon the General Administration Department to make provisions for on-boarding all the public authorities and nodal officers from each department. He stressed on monitoring its progress on daily basis till its launch in the next month.
Emphasising the need for security audit of the RTI Portal prior to its launching, the CS passed necessary instructions for imparting necessary training to Public Information Officers (PIOs) and Appellate Authorities of each departments so as to update them about the use of portal for swift disposal of RTI applications as per the spirit of RTI Act.