A seminar on Right to Information (RTI) Act held here under the joint aegis of New Delhi-based Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and Thalassery-based National Constitution Club has appealed to the State Information Commission to update its official website by showing status of all pending appeals and complaints.
It would help ensure more transparency in the dealings of the commission, said the seminar.
It also urged authorities to help RTI users by permitting to pay the prescribed application fees and additional fees through convenient modes such as postage stamps, money orders and postal orders. An online payment gateway also must be created.
Addressing the seminar, former State Chief Information Commissioner Palat Mohandas said the enactment of the RTI Act was akin to the second freedom struggle in India as it empowered people.
He wanted bringing corporate companies also under the ambit of the act.
– Special Correspondent
