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Moily to inaugurate two-day RTI convention in Delhi | | Union Minister of Law and Justice, Veerappa Moily will inaugurate the two-day fifth Convention on the
Right To Information (RTI) here today. The theme of the convention is "RTI: Challenges
and Opportunities". The Central Information Commission has been organizing this
annnual convention every year since 2006. Minsiter of State for Communication
and Information Technology, Sachin Pilot, will address the valedictory session.
The keynote address will be delivered by former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna
Gandhi. The two day convention will have five technical sessions covering major
aspects of Right to Information (RTI). The various sessions will deliberate on
issues such as: RTI and Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects, Responsibility
of Political Leadership in promoting RTI, RTI and Judiciary, Challenges and Opportunities
in RTI - Role and Responsibility of Media/Civil Society Organisations, RTI and
Unique Identification Project- Possibilities. The convention will be attended
by representatives of civil society and media both from within the country and
from SAARC countries. The deliberations are expected to produce documents of contemporary
as well as long term relevance to South Asia. Technical sessions will be chaired
by A N Tiwari, IC, CIC, Jaswant Singh, MP, Lok Sabha, Wajahat Habibullah, Chief
IC, CIC and Mrinal Pandey, Chairperson, Prasar Bharti. On the occasion, a monograph
will also be released. This monograph sets out the experiences of stakeholders
from all sections in regard to the implementation of the Right to Information
legislation in the last five years. The "Resonance of Information" was first of
its kind brought on the occasion of National Convention on RTI in 2006 and the
present monograph the second in series. The monograph documents the report and
recommendations of two of the conventions of this Commission. Five years of implementation
of RTI Act brought forth many issues both of challenges and opportunities. The
Commission desired to discuss those opportunities and challenges at great length.
The theme has thus been so decided. The deliberations of each of the technical
sessions are aimed at bringing about the insight on the current issues of the
Act and its mapping to the theory and practices of the Right to information in
regard to two emerging aspects of public governance, the Public Private Partnership
and the UIDIA. The Central Information Commission has strength of 9 Information
Commissioners including the Chief Information Commissioner. In recent times the
Commission has made a significant impact regarding disclosure of information in
various areas of governance.
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