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RTI training for PIOs,APIOs of Fatehgarh Sahib concludes

RTI training for PIOs,APIOs of Fatehgarh Sahib concludes

Gurpreet Kaur/ royalpatiala.in/ Fatehgarh Sahib

Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA) Punjab organised a 2-day training programme for Public Information Officers (PIOs), Assistant Public Information Officers (APIOs) and Concerned Staff of different departments of District Fatehgarh Sahib under Right to Information Act, 2005 at Bachat Bhawan, Fatehgarh Sahib. About 30 participants took part in this programme involving huge public interest.

Charanjit Singh, Assistant Commissioner (General), Fatehgarh Sahib while presiding the valediction ceremony of the event said that the RTI Act is a significant pro-people instrument aiming to bring about transparency and accountability in administration, besides containing the tendency of corrupt practices. He said that this is also an important tool for empowerment of the common man and encouraged the officers to update their knowledge about this Act on the basis of knowledge imparted by the RTI experts in this 2-day programme.

RTI training for PIOs,APIOs of Fatehgarh Sahib concludes

Jarnail Singh, Course Director (RTI) MGSIPA, Chandigarh while highlighting the importance of RTI Act, 2005 said that these training programmes have been sponsored by Ministry of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Govt. of India which aims to sensitise the concerned officers about the Act and also to make them aware about the latest developments based on the Judgments of the Central/State Information Commissions.

Eminent RTI expert DC Gupta, IDAS (Retd.), Dr. Shiv Kumar Dogra, Coordinator of Law and Dr. Vaishali Thakur, Professor of Law, P.U. Regional Centre, Ludhiana, Yashpaul Manvi, Assistant Director (Retd.), Pb. School Education Dept. and Ekta Gupta, Research Associate, MGSIPA were delivered lecture on salient features, overall view of the RTI Act.

Amarjeet Singh Sodhi, Project Coordinator, MGSIPA Regional Centre, Patiala was introduced about training programme.

 

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