RTI Commission coping with 18,000 pending circumstances

As a part of its state-wide marketing campaign to reinforce transparency and public accountability, the Telangana State Right to Information (RTI) Commission began its district-level excursions with Medak as the primary cease on Tuesday (July 29, 2025).

State Chief Information Commissioner Chandrasekhar Reddy, together with Commissioners Boreddy Ayodhya Reddy, Desham Bhupal, P.V. Srinivas Rao, Mohisin Parveen, and Merla Vaishnavi, carried out a sequence of conferences and consciousness programmes on the Medak Integrated Collectorate Office.

An RTI consciousness convention held at Prajavani Hall aimed toward coaching Public Information Officers (PIOs) on the authorized provisions and obligations below the RTI Act. District Collector Rahul Raj was current.

Mr. Chandrasekhar Reddy highlighted the significance of the RTI Act and revealed that 18,000 circumstances are presently pending with the Commission, primarily because of the lack of response from departments over the previous decade. He careworn the necessity for presidency workplaces to determine citizen constitution boards and reply to data requests inside 30 days, as mandated by regulation.

He additionally introduced that the Commission has resolved to clear all pending circumstances by August and is engaged on reaching zero pendency in 30 departments throughout the subsequent two months. He added that consciousness initiatives have already coated 11 districts, and by March subsequent yr, the Commission goals to carry transparency to all 22 districts by guaranteeing that 17 departments present full options to pending functions.