PROGRAM OF IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT THROUGH EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF RTI ACT, SPREADING AWARENESS IN THE MINJAR MELA (RTI WEEK CELEBRATION) ORGANIZED BY RTI WELFARE SOCIETY REGISTERED NUMBER HPCD -3552 FOR 27-7-2025TO 3-8-2025 , IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC.

The right to information Act was enacted in, 2005,with the objectives of making the governance more transparent and accountable. In the last fifteen years an elaborate institutional mechanism has been set up, including set up of public authorities designations and laying down of detailed guidelines and instructions for dealing with the RTI requests, inline with the mandate of the Act. RTI online has also been launched to facilitate online filing of the RTI applications with facility for online payment of RTI fees along with the issued guidelines for implementation of suo motu disclosure under Section 4 of the RTI Act, 2005 by the Government of India and has also urged for state Governments to issue for the similar guidelines required for the state public authorities. Under the Xl five years plan, a centrally sponsored scheme titled " Improving transparency and accountability in Government through effective implementation of Right to Information Act " has also been launched since, 2010 . Guidelines for sanction and release of funds to SICs and ATIs for two components of the scheme, namely "awareness generation and capacity building" were issued vide number 1/6/2010 -IR, dated 16-8-2010 and the guidelines further revised of even number, dated 18-7-2013 and 22-8-2014 . As such the RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Working on the captioned subject has recently arranged a programme of awareness generation for the RTI and celebrated a week long programme in Minjar mela Chamba for the period of 27-7-2025 to 3-8-2025 which was obligated to create awareness about the provisions of the Act and a suitable plot and site for working was given to the Group identity furnished by Shri Pyar Muhammed finance Secretary of the Group Coordination Committee headed by the Chairperson of the Group coordination Committee and Shri Uttam Chand Vashishth, Volunteer and a BDC from Jadera along with Shri Yog Raj Mahajan and other members and working dignities of the RTI welfare association where in various activities including press meets, workshops and training programmes highlighted for the related work on the captioned subject, although expensive publicity could not be made by use of the displaying hoardings/electronic media generation programmes etc due to shortage of funds not supported by the SIC and the State Government as well as the Chamba administration, doing needful for the improving transparency and accountability in Government functioning through effective implementation of the Right to Information Act and helping to the possible extent of their capabilities, wherein the Chamba zone of RTI activists and volunteers also played an important role in colleges, Polytechnics and the ITIs during the past activities of awareness drive programmes in their local proposal for the organization of workshops/seminars and the competition for helpline answering queries of the general public and the new era entrants, taking interest in the RTI and the RTS act adjudication:-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, Director, RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number, 9459334377