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Part B | RTI Act, 2005

By Narayan Varma Chartered Accountant
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Maharashtra Chief Information Commissioner Mr. Ratnakar Gaikwad has said:

Ten years after the Act was enacted, Gaikwad said the public authorities still do not think it necessary to put out all information, though section 4 of the RTI Act requires it. On the performance of information commissioners in Maharashtra, Gaikwad said there were two aspects:

Quantitative and qualitative. “In the last decade, around 44 lakh RTI queries were received across the state and 99% disposed of. Of the 1.54 lakh queries that have gone into appeal, 1.2 lakh have been disposed of. As on September 30, around 30,000 are pending,” he said.

The state information commissioner also wants a provision to be introduced in the Act to punish those who use it for blackmail. “Such persons must be blacklisted,” he said, adding that there must be a limit on the number of RTIs a person can file before the same PIO in a month.

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