JAN SOOCHNA PORTAL-2019

Sept. 15, 2019

In a pioneering step, the first-ever public information portal was launched in Rajasthan.

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  • The new web portal, named the Jan Soochna Portal-2019, would ensure compliance with Section 4(2) of the RTI Act mandating the public authorities to disclose information in the public domain, so that the people need not file applications under the law to obtain information.

  • The portal promises to provide information about government authorities and departments suo motu to the public in the true spirit of the Right To Information Act. It will initially give information pertaining to 13 departments.

  • The Rajasthan State government collaborated with the civil society groups to develop the portal.

  • The portal has brought yet another distinction to Rajasthan, where the RTI movement had started in 1990s.

Source : The Hindu

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