IMPLEMENTATION OF SUO MOTU DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 4 OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 -- GUIDELINES FOR THE COMPLIANCE MECHANISM, THEREOF

Right to Information working as a supreme power of citizens of the country in right to access information and have first appeal and the second appeal against wrong deal of cases and the misleading information by public authorities, list by way and virtue of which it has been considered an empowerment for the good governance and citizens charters mandatory for all Ministries and the departments as well as public authorities taking cognisance of promulgation of the Act, dealing with large amount of information relating to the functioning of the Government and is being put in public domain. However the quality and quantity of proactive disclosure is not upto the desired level and it was felt that the weak implementation of the section 4 of the RTI Act is partly due to the fact that certain provisions of this section have not been fully detailed and, in case of certain other provisions, there is need for laying down detailed guidelines. Further there is a need to set up a compliance mechanism to ensure that requirements under section 4 of the RTI Act are met with. In order to do so the Government of India constituted a task force on suo motu disclosure under the RTI Act, 2005 in May, 2011 , which included representatives of civil society organisations active in the field of right to information, for strengthening compliance with provisions for suo motu or proactive disclosure as given in the section 4 of the RTI act, 2005 . Based on the report of the task force the government have issued the guidelines for suo motu disclosure under section 4 of the RTI act, 2005 . Suo motu disclosure of more items under section 4,Guidelines for digital publication, dealing with detaining of section 4 (2) (b) (iii) etc etc along with compliance mechanism for suo motu disclosure (Proactive disclosure) under the RTI act, 2004 , however, it is necessary that disclosure should be done in the local language, so that it remains accessible to the public. It should be presented in a form that is easily understood and if technical/professional words are used, they should be carefully explained. As provided in section 4 disclosure should be made in as many mediums as feasible and it must be kept upto date. The disclosure of information may be made keeping in mind the provisions of Section 8to 11 of the RTI act, and the Ministries/Departments should undertake suo motu disclosure and ensure compliance based on these guidelines and the above guidelines may be brought to the notice of all for compliance, working in the field of Right to Information and the Right to public service guarantee Act, so that people may take benefits of the implementation of suo motu disclosure under section 4 of the RTI act, 2005 , as per the guidelines:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number, 9459334377