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A total of 19,233 complaints and appeals were pending with the Central Intelligence Committee (CIC) as of April 1 this year, the government said Wednesday.
According to a written response from Lok Sabah's federal personnel minister Jitendra Singh, the Transparency Guard had four vacancies out of the 10 authorized intelligence commissioners.
He said there were 29,213 dependencies in 2021-22, 38,116 in 2020-21, 35,178 in 2019-20, and 29,655 in 2018-19.
Under section 12(3) of the Freedom of Information (RTI) Act 2005, the Central Information Board shall consist of the Chief Information Commissioner and not more than ten Information Commissioners as may be deemed necessary.
"Currently, the CIC has four intelligence commissioners in addition to the chief intelligence commissioner," Singh said. According to Section 15 of the FTI Act, filling vacancies for intelligence officers on state intelligence boards is up to state governments, he said.
The government has taken several steps, including "building capacity through training and issuing guidelines" to ensure that spokespersons and primary appeals authorities are informed and able to effectively process primary appeals As a result, the number of appeals to the Information Commission has decreased. said, Shin.
Regarding secondary appeals, he said the CIC has taken several initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the RTI Act, including electronic courts and video conferencing for expedited hearing of secondary appeals/complaints.
The commission has also completed the digitization of records, electronic litigation receipts, and registrations, as well as a one-click information window and mobile app for RTI applicants, Singh added. (Agency)