NEW DELHI: Union Minister Jitendra Singh urged the civil society on Friday to come forward in a big way to create awareness about the functioning of the RTI Act so that the Central Information Commission (CIC) is not overloaded with frivolous and non-essential queries, according to an official statement.
He suggested that the information authorities should ponder about not entertaining avoidable RTI applications and stressed that almost all information is available in the public domain today, the statement issued by the Personnel Ministry said.
Singh, the Union Minister of State for Personnel, said the Right to Information (RTI) Act is fully functional in Jammu and Kashmir and there is a pressing need to create public awareness about its functioning, according to the statement. (AGENCIES)