Implementation of suo motu disclosure under Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005: Action Taken Report sought by DoPT

No 11/18/2013-IR 

Government of India 

Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions 

Department of Personnel Training 

North Block, New Delhi-110001 

Dated 10th December, 2013 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM 

Sub: Implementation of suo motu disclosure under Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005 — Compliance of Section 4 of the RTI Act, 2005. 

Attention is invited to this Department's O.M. of even no. dated 15.4.2013 on the subject mentioned above.

2. In that O.M., it was mentioned that each Ministry/Public Authority shall ensure that the guidelines for suo motu disclosure under RTI are fully operationalised within a period of 6 months from the date of their issuance i.e. 15.04.2013. It was also requested that the Action Taken Report on the compliance of guidelines should be sent, alongwith the URL link, to the DoPT and the Central Information Commission soon after the expiry of the initial period of the 6 months. It has been noticed that most of the Ministries/Departments/Public Authorities have not sent the compliance report/Action Taken Report to this Department and Central Information Commission.

3. It is once again requested that the guidelines mentioned in O.M. dated 15.4.2013 be complied with at the earliest and compliance report sent to this Department and Central Information Commission, immediately.

sd/-

(Sandeep Jain) 

Director (IR) 

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