Nagaland Chief Information Commissioner IM Jamir meets State counterpart

GUWAHATI: Nagaland Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) IM Jamir on Thursday visited the Assam Information Commission here and held discussions with the State's Chief Information Commissioner, Dr AP Rout about various issues related to speedy disposal of RTI appeals. According to a press release, State Information Commissioners Kanak Chandra Sarma and Dr Samudra Gupta Kashyap were also present during the discussions.

Issues which came up during the discussions included disposal of RTI petitions by the public authorities within the time-frame laid down in the RTI Act, 2005 and suo moto disclosure.

Dr Rout also informed his Nagaland counterpart about orientation workshops which the Assam Information Commission conducted in order to ensure that SPIOs and PIOs dispose RTI applications within the laid down time-frame and citizens do not have to go for appeals to get the desired information. The Nagaland Chief Information Commissioner also visited the permanent building of the Assam Information Commission, which is nearing completion at Juripar here.

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