MINUTES OF RTI MEETING HELD ON 26-5-2025, IN KHABRI DEVI MATA TEMPLE COMPLEX TEHSIL JHANDUTTA DISTRICT BILASPUR HIMACHAL PRADESH, AND IN CONNECTION WITH THE AWARENESS DRIVE OF RTI PROMOTION.

A RTI meeting was conducted in Mata Khabri Devi ji temple complex village Kolka Tehsil Jhandutta District Bilaspur Himachal pradesh in connection with the awareness drive of RTI act, 2005 , with the objective of making the governance more transparent and accountable. In the last twenty years an elaborate institutional mechanism has been set up. A web portal, RTI online has also been launched by the Government of India and the state Governments to facilitate online filing of RTI applications however very few people are taking cognisance of the system maintained by the Government. Under the eleventh five year plan, awareness generation and capacity building through effective implementation of the said programme has been sanctioned, but the Government taking no obligatory measures to create awareness about the provisions of the Act, even it is assured that financial assistance under this component will be provided to supplant these efforts of state Governments. So the RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD 3552 Bilaspur Himachal pradesh doing needful under their own resources to follow awareness drive in the required movement and organise workshop/seminars arranged for the RTI themes, related to the best practices and success stories of the RTI Act 2005 , suo motu disclosure, etc on the basis of proposals and the workshop may include media persons and the civil society organisations etc, where in meeting held today on 26-5-2025 has been attended by Shri Uttam Chand Vashishth, Chamba Zone, BDC jadera and a civil society member and RTI activist and Press correspondent, Shri Dharni Dhar from Chamba, Shri Tarsem Single Chandel from Balhseena, Shri Surjeet Singh from Balhseena, Shri Sukdev Sharma from Kolka, Shri Surendra Kumar from village Kolka, Shri Amar Nath Dhiman, member Executive RTI welfare Association and Shri Prem parkash in addition to others remain present on the occasion right from 11am to 1-30 pm. All the members expressed their view points about the awareness drive movement and assured for the further helpline in collaboration with each other working in the field of RTI and other civil societies and NGOs working for the welfare of general public and doing needful under provision of the innovation awareness generation programmes for which Chamba Zone has already taken said work of workshops and training seminars in hand and doing needful, after obtaining the sanctions of the state government of Himachal pradesh and the Director technical education SunderNagar District Mandi Himachal pradesh:- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD 3552 Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number 9459334377