Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 17: A one-day awareness-cum-training workshop on Right to Information Act was organized by S R College of Competitions, Gandhi Nagar Jammu.
Exclusively organized for the KAS aspirants, the workshop was attended by more than 50 candidates, including pass out of KAS Preliminary 2013 exam and those who are preparing for the 2014 competitive exams.
The program started with an introductory note by Parveen Sharma, director of the college, who asked the students to understand this Act as being citizen and also in advance so that after being in Government service they can provide information to others without any hurdle.
RTI activist, Raman Sharma who was the special invitee on the occasion, gave section wise detail of the act and informed the participants that Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act 2009 is applicable even to the Central Government Departments situated in the territorial jurisdiction of the Jammu and Kashmir State. He also underlined the importance of section 4 (Pro-active disclosure) of the Act, which is also termed as soul of the RTI Act.
During interactive session, Raman also replied various queries of the participant with regard to state RTI Act and Central RTI law.
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