GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Ministry of Personnel, Public Greivences and Pensions
(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING)

 RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1322
TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 23, 2012
Comments of General Public on RTI

1322. SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR: 

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

(a)   whether it is a fact that on December 10, 2010, the Department of Personnel displayed on its website proposed amendments to the RTI Rules and invited comments of the general public in 17 days, but the folder containing these suggestions is missing from the website;

(b)   if so, the details thereof and the reasons for the missing folder; and

(c)    the action Government proposes to take in this regard?

ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
(SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)

(a): Comments of the stakeholders were invited on the proposed Right to Information Rules by putting an Office Memorandum (OM) on the official website of Department of Personnel & Training on 10th December 2010. Suggestions so received were not uploaded on the website.

(b): Comments received from stakeholders on the proposed Rules were misplaced.

(c): The folder has since been reconstructed.