At a time when aggressive efforts are being made to reduce the iconic Right to Information (RTI) Act to sheer insignificance, the Rajasthan government’s launching of ‘Jan Soochna Portal’ is laudable. Simultaneously, it is an honour to the citizens of Rajasthan, which occupies the pride of place as one of the first in the country to witness the beginning of the epic movement for RTI in the 1990s. The current move will undoubtedly lead to greater transparency in government schemes, and thus set Rajasthan on the path to becoming a corruption-free State. This will, above all, go to win the people’s faith in the working of the State government. The Centre and other State governments must take a leaf out of Rajasthan’s book. They must understand that it is transparency that ultimately wins the common people’s hearts (Editorial, “Effort worth emulation”, Sept. 16).
Samiul Hassan Quadri,
Bikaner, Rajasthan
