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The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India
(GoI) has launched an 'Online Certificate Course on RTI' for
various stakeholders on, both, the demand and supply sides of
the RTI implementation regime.
This Online Certificate Course on RTI is launched in
association with the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad.
This Online Certificate Course is aimed at:
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Public Information Officers (PIOs)
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Assistant Public Information Officers (APIOs)
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Appellate Authorities
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Officials assisting the above designated officers or other
public officials
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Citizens
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Representative of Civil Society Organisations (including
Media Organisations)
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Any other person(s) who could be a direct / indirect
stakeholder
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this Online Certificate Course on RTI
are:
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Reaching out to those who have not had an opportunity to
participate in any training / sensitisation initiatives on
RTI Act, 2005
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Bringing greater clarity on RTI among designated
implementing officials (i.e. APIOs / PIOs / FAOs)
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Ensuring appreciation for RTI Act, 2005 and its mandate
among the officials designated under it and also among the
citizens
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Facilitating timely delivery of information by PIOs
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Having better informed citizens, civil society and other
stakeholders
PROPOSED OUTCOMES
The outcomes proposed for this initiative are:
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A sound knowledge of the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005
among the people taking this course
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Good understanding of the roles and responsibilities of
organisations / persons concerned with implementing the law
and with enforcing the rights under this law
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Proper appreciation of rights / obligations – as applicable
– for effective use of this right
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Reliable guidance on following the right process / procedure
to implement the provisions of this Act and to benefit from
this Act
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Good understanding of remedies available when an
implementing organisation fails to comply with this Act
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Testing the understanding of 'Information Providers' and
'Information Seekers' using this tool for implementing this
Act or exercising their right under it
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A certificate for learners of this course on its successful
completion - as an incentive
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Please ensure that you have Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or above as your browser to access the course.
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You will also require Acrobat Reader to be able to view the content. You could also use FoxIt to view the content.
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If you don't have Acrobat Reader or Foxit installed on your computer system, you can download FoxIt by clicking on the appropriate link appearing at the bottom of this page or at the bottom of the window where the content is to appear.
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Please do not share your "User ID" and "Password" with anybody. More than one person accessing the application with the same "User ID" and "Password" can adversely affect the functioning of the application.
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Hence, in the event of multiple users logging in from the same "User ID" or "Password", we may have to block access to the Course of all such users - in order to avoid inconvenience to other candidates of a batch(es) using taking the Online Course.
Best viewed in Mozilla Firefox 2.x. and above
The system should have Acrobat reader or Foxit (PDF reader) to take the online course.
If you don`t have Acrobat reader
Click here to Download Foxit Reader
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