Make transfer, posting info public: Govt to departments

 The information related to employees' transfer and posting should be put in public domain promptly to reduce the number of RTI applications, the Centre said on Wednesday. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has written to all central government ministries asking them to comply with Section 4 of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and <g data-gr-id="10">suo</g> <g data-gr-id="11">motu</g> disclose all governance related information in public domain.

"Access to information should be made user-friendly for which appropriate information technology infrastructure should be suitable designed, developed and operationalised," it said. The DoPT has also asked the public authorities with high public dealings to put in place an effective system to redress grievances of affected persons, in order to minimise the burden of servicing RTI applications. "In order to reduce the number of RTI applications relating to service matters, the information relating to recruitment, promotion and transfers should be brought into public domain promptly," it said.