Union Minister of State for
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office Shri V
Narayanasamy has said that rtionline web portal is another milestone in the
regime of RTI that will further promote participation of our citizens in the
process of governance and policy making decisions of the Government.Speaking at
the launch of the portal in New Delhi today he said though presently this
facility has been provided to Central Ministries, DoPT will consider extending
this facility to the subordinate and attached offices of Central Government
also. The Minister also appealed to the State Governments to consider
developing similar facility of filing online RTI applications. Referring to the
RTI Act as one of the biggest achievements of our democracy, Shri Narayansamy
said that it has empowered the citizenry in an unprecedented manner to
participate in nation building by promoting transparency and accountability in
the working of every public authority.
The rti online web portal has been developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) at the initiative of Department of Personnel and Training. The url of this portal is https://rtionline.gov.in.
This is a
facility for the Indian Citizens to file RTI applications online and first
appeals and also to make online payment of RTI fees. The prescribed fees can be
paid through Internet banking of State Bank of India and its associate banks as
well as by Credit/Debit cards of Visa/Master, through the payment gateway of
SBI linked to this site. This facility is available for all the
Ministries/Departments of Govt. of India.
This system provides for online reply of RTI applications/ first appeals, though reply could be sent by regular post also. This system works as RTI MIS also. The details of RTI applications received through post could also be entered into this system. The citizens can also check the real time status of their RTI applications/first appeals filed online.
