Efforts of RTI activists materialise in providing Video-Conferencing facility to Uttar Pradesh info seekers

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Now-RTI-cases-to-be-settled-through-video-conferencing/articleshow/8283931.cms

Now, RTI cases to be settled through video conferencing
TNN | May 13, 2011, 04.10am IST

LUCKNOW: The UP State Information Commission ( UPSIC) will dispose of
its RTI cases through video-conferencing in days to come. The
commission has written to National Informatics Centre (NIC) in this
regard.

The appeals and complaints filed from all over the district will be
attended to through video conferencing. This will do away with the
physical presence of the Public Information Officers (PIOs) and RTI
seekers in the commission.

For a time being, the video-conferencing centre set-up at Yojna Bhawan
will be connected to video conferencing rooms in the districts on an
experimental basis, UP chief information commissioner Ranjit Singh
Pankaj said. If the experiment turns out to be successful, the video
conferencing centre will be set up at the commission. "Most of the
cases are from outside districts. Facility will offer respite to RTI
seekers from far-off districts," he said.
--
उर्वशी शर्मा
"सूचना का अधिकार " हेल्पलाइन: 8081898081
yaishwaryaj@gmail.com