New Delhi: To improve the implementation
of the Right to Information Act, a high-powered Committee on
Government Performance headed by the Prime Minister has asked
all Central ministries and departments to prepare a strategy
plan for the next few years.
As part of its preparation, the Department of
Personnel and Training has sought replies from stakeholders to
a questionnaire on the performance and implementation of the
RTI Act by April 15.
"A High Powered Committee on Government Performance
headed by the Prime Minister has decided that all Ministries
and Departments in the Government of India are to prepare a
strategy plan for the next few years under the Performance
Monitoring and Evaluation System (PMES)," a DoPT circular
said.
"The Department of Personnel and Training is the nodal
department in the Government of India for the Right to
Information Act, 2005. In its efforts to frame its
strategy the Department is consulting all its stakeholders. A
questionnaire has been prepared to that end. Responses to the
questionnaire may kindly be submitted by April 15," it said.
PTI
