Srinagar, Mar 4: Only 17.50 percent of public authorities in Jammu & Kashmir have submitted all the four quarterly returns to the Central Information Commission (CIC) during 2020-21.
According to the 2020-21 annual report released by the CIC, out of 40 public authorities in Jammu & Kashmir, only seven have submitted their quarterly returns to the CIC during 2020-21.
Those who have submitted all four quarterly returns include Animal and Sheep Husbandry department, Civil Aviation department, Horticulture department, Industries & Commerce department, Law department, Rural Development department and Social Welfare department.
As per section 25 of the RTI Act, there is a legal requirement for the public authorities to submit quarterly returns to the Commission.
Every public authority is required to submit four quarterly returns for assessment of their performance during a year. PA, which fails to submit their return even for a single quarter, is treated as defaulter for this purpose.
The Central RTI Act-2005 became applicable to Jammu & Kashmir after October 31, 2019.
Before the 2019 constitutional changes, Jammu & Kashmir had its own RTI law. The state’s RTI Act was enacted in 2004 by the People’s Democratic Party and Congress party-led state government. In 2009, Omar Abdullah-led National Conference government introduced a much stronger RTI legislation. —(KNO)
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