Jammu, 13/Feb/2016: JK Against Corruption, a Non-Governmental Organization today organized a One Day RTI Awareness workshop here in the organization office at Kacchi Chawani, Jammu to train its members and other members of civil society to know the functioning of RTI {Right To Information} and its benefits in bringing transparency.
The key speaker RTI Activist Raman Sharma elaborated various sections and provisions of the Right to Information Act and asked the participants to exercise their right to know to unearth corruption related activities in the system. Raman Sharma also shared many successful stories of this Transparency in brining accountability in Jammu and Kashmir.
He also replied various queries raised by the participants and assured fullest assistance to them in future also whenever required.
Vikram Singh Bhadwal Chairman of JKAC presented vote of thanks and reiterated the commitment of their organization to take on corrupt and dishonest bureaucrats, he urged the civil society to come forward and strengthen this people friendly act in the State. The JKAC Chairman also highlighted the urgent need of Whistle Blowers Protection act in the state for safety and security of the activists. Copies of the RTI Act, Indian Postal Orders and Sample RTI Applications were also provided to the participants. On spot applications for different departments were also drafted on the occasion.
Prominent amongst those who were present on the occasion include Rajan Gupta, Bipan Singh Bakshi, Amit Magotra, Hardeep Singh, Sanjeev Sharma, Jasmeet Singh, Kuldeep Gupta, Neelam Sambyal & Vikrant Singh.
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