Public access to RTI start on 3 Feb

Feb 01, 2017

Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Mass Media B.K.S. Ravindra says that under the RTI Act, the general public have also been given the right to obtain information from all independent commissions including the State Services Commission.

He said that all the steps have been taken to launch the Right to information from February 03 onwards and that the relevant Gazette notification containing the fee structure and the application forms would by be published on February 03. Pointing out that at least one official has been appointed in all state institutions to act as information officers, the additional secretary said that if in case an information official has not been appointed the officers in charge of those institutions could act as information officers.

AshWaru Colombo