Andhra: 200 officials penalised for improper RTI responses

Vijayawada: Ever since the inception of the Right To Information (RTI) Act, 200 Andhra Pradesh government officers have been penalised for giving improper responses to RTI applicants, RTI Commissioner L Tantiya Kumari said in Vijayawada. [caption id=“attachment_1228113” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] AFP[/caption] Most of the cases pending in the state under RTI are from the departments of higher education and social welfare, she told reporters. She revealed that 1200 cases are pending in higher education and another 400 cases are pending in the social welfare department. She said that government officials should abide by the Act and be responsible to the public. Earlier, she conducted an enquiry on 52 pending cases from Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam districts. PTI