MINUTES OF ONLINE RTI MEETING (WHISTLE BLOWERS ACT, 2014 ) AND THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE MEMBERS ON THE CAPTIONED SUBJECT

It was an occasion today on 23-11-2025 when online RTI meeting was attended right from 10.00 am to 11-30 am which was attended by the members of the RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 and in addition to the new era entrants of the Chamba zone of activists Shri Sanjay Shukla senior key member and a guide of the Association and Shri Pyar Muhammed finance Secretary of the welfare group Shri Uttam Chand Vashishth BDC jadera and coordinator of the task force Shri Bhagat Ram Associate member of the welfare group and Shri Jasrotia remained present for the discussion on the captioned subject of Whistler blower protection Act, 2014 , while the Act was passed in 2014 , its full implementation has yet faced challenges and an amendment bill was proposed in 2015 to prohibit disclosures related to certain categories of information (e.g ; national security, cabinet proceedings) The amendment bill was passed by the loksabha, but lapsed in the Rajya Sabha, and the Act has not been fully operationalized , by the Central Government, which claims that the amendments are required first. The Act aims to establish a legal mechanism to receive complaints about corruption or misuse of authority and to protect the person making the complaint (the "whistle blower) from victimization or retaliation. It applies to disclosures concerning public servants and the public sector undertakings across the country but does not extend a robust framework for employees in the private unlisted sector(which is generally governed by the companies Act, 2013 or internal policies) . It also doesn't apply to personnel of the Special Protection Group (SPG) . The said law has been designed to safeguard individuals who report corruption or the willful misuse power by the public servants and its primary objective is to promote transparency and accountability in the administration, with in the government and the public sector undertakings:-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number 9459334377