Kathmandu, June 13: The National Information Commission (NIC) has been conducting the audit of the usage of the Right to Information (RTI) among all the 31 ministries of the government.
A total of 16 senior journalists in the country have been employed by the Commission to examine the usage of the RTI in the ministries in the fiscal year 2073/2074.
At an interaction organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) for the Information Officers working in all subordinate agencies, the authorities urged the officers to objectively monitor the RTI related activities in the ministries and present them with evidence.
Information Commissioner Yashoda Devi Timilsina stated that the provisions relating to the RTI would come into force completely if the Chief of the agencies as well as the Information Officers would be committed towards it.
Also speaking at the programme, Secretary at the MoIC, Mahendra Man Gurung shared that a directive to surf their respective websites at least thrice was issued in the fortnightly meeting of the Ministry with its subordinate agencies.
He reaffirmed the Ministry’s commitment towards implementation of the RTI.
Similarly, former President of the Federation of the Nepali Journalists (FNJ), Shiva Gaunle, said that the team of senior journalists would analyze the performance and the progress of the MoIC and its subordinate agencies and submit the report to the Commission within its deadline.
The Commission, for the first time, had conducted the audit of the usage of the RTI in ministries last fiscal year.
The auditing carrying 100 marks examines the performances based on professionalism, responsible, transparency among others indicators.
Last year, the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction and Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation had scored cent per cent in the auditing while the Urban Ministry’s RTI auditing resulted dismal. RSS
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