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Rs 6 Crore allocated for propagation of Right to Information (RTI) Act for the ongoing Fiscal

Author : NewsGram Desk

New Delhi, Dec 1, 2016: The Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday that a sum of Rs six crore has been allocated for the propagation of Right to Information (RTI) Act for the ongoing fiscal.

For 2016-17, the budget allocation is marginally high from the last fiscal's Rs 5.27 crore but very low from Rs 21 crore earmarked for the year 2014-15, according to a written reply by the Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh in the lower House, mentioned PTI.

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Up to November 26, the government has spent an amount of Rs 3.94 crore out of the total allocation for this fiscal, it said.

The then UPA government brought the RTI Act that empowers the citizens to seek time-bound reply on governance-related information, failing to which actions are taken.

– prepared by NewsGram with PTI inputs

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