Andhra Pradesh - Guntur   

‘RTI Act implementation dismal in State’

GUNTUR: Andhra Pradesh is ranked second from the bottom in the list of State Commissionerates of Right To Information based on their performance.

A study conducted on the performance of these commissions vis-À-vis implementation of the Right To Information (RTI) Act showed that if someone filed an appeal with a commission, there was a 27 per cent chance that he/she would get the information. If there was a favourable order from the commission, there was still only a 39 per cent chance that one would get the information.

These were some of the interesting findings of the largest ever study conducted by the Public Cause Research Foundation to assess the performance of the Information Commissions across the country.

Out of the 100 people who approached Information Commissions, only 27 finally received information, which showed the level of implementation of an Act that was in vogue for the past four years. For the purpose of analysis, this unit of performance parameter related to RTI was christened Overall Public Satisfaction (OPS).

Based on the data received from all the State Commissions and Commissioners, the PCRF ranked on this parameter, said Guntur District United Forum On RTI Campaign chairman P.C. Sai Babu.

It was found that Karnataka toped the list with 55 per cent OPS and West Bengal was at the bottom with 6 per cent OPS. Andhra Pradesh, with 10 per cent compliance rate, was a bit better, which meant out of 100 people only 10 finally got information compared to the national average of 27 persons going satisfied.

The top five commissions were (ranked on OPS): Karnataka (55 p.c.); Kerala (52); Punjab (47); Orissa (37); and Assam (37). The five from the last were: West Bengal (6 p.c.); Andhra Pradesh (10); Uttarakhand (13); Maharashtra (14); Chief Information Commissioner (19).

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