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Part 2 of my conversation with Mr. Venkatesh Nayak about his journey as an RTI activist and the challenges he faces along the way…
Around the same time, the National Advisory Council had submitted a draft RTI Bill to the UPA Government and having been a member of the civil society drafting committee that participated in the drafting process, CHRI was frequently approached by the Department of Personnel and Training for examples of good practice on RTI in other countries to be incorporated in the Bill. So doing that additional research to resource the Department helped me gain a deeper understanding of RTI.
Similarly, the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Law and Justice which was vetting the RTI Bill also called us to make submissions on various aspects of the Bill on two occasions. I was again involved in doing the national and international level research to respond to such invites. Finally, when the law was enacted, we organised a national level conference inviting representatives from Governments civil society organisations and the media to discuss how best to plan for the implementation of the law.
During the next 12-16 months I was travelling from State to State across the country conducting sensitisation workshops for both Governments and NGOs and media about the salient features and procedures of this law.
To be continued…