This update details the ongoing efforts and achievements related to the Delivery Monitoring Unit (DMU) mechanism and significant developments concerning the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The quarterly DMU report is publicly accessible online, ensuring transparency in the review of flagship programs and projects. To enhance awareness of RTI, various initiatives were undertaken, including outreach programs in rural areas featuring songs and drama, and the broadcast of an RTI logo and song across national and regional media. Furthermore, a legal challenge to specific sections of the RTI Act, filed in the Supreme Court, is currently awaiting judgment. In a separate but related development, the Cabinet has decided not to proceed with proposed amendments to the RTI Act, 2005, which would have altered disclosure rules for file notings and examination/selection processes, based on the practical experience gained over seven years of the Act’s implementation.
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P. K. Misra
- सचिव
- Secretary
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भारत सरकार
कार्मिक और प्रशिक्षण विभाग
कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेशन मंत्रालय
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- नोर्थ ब्लाक, नई दिल्ली-110001
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL \& TRAINING
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES
AND PENSIONS
NORTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI-110001
website : http://persmin.gov.in
$7^{\text {th }}$ January, 2013
Dear Sir,
Please refer to your D.O. No.380/40/C/7/2009-ES.II dated $9^{\text {th }}$ December, 2009 and subsequent letter dated $26^{\text {th }}$ November, 2010 regarding quarterly progress on the flagship programmes, initiatives and iconic projects being reviewed under the Delivery Monitoring Unit (DMU) mechanism.
2. The quarterly DMU report has been displayed under the RTI Icon on this Department’s website www.persmin.nic.in and on the RTI Portal www.rti.gov.in. It is being updated every quarter.
3. During the quarter ending $31^{\text {st }}$ December, 2012, following activities have been undertaken:
(a) Awareness Generation Programme on RTI were launched in rural areas in the States of Uttar Pradesh and Assam through the Songs \& Drama Division, Ministry of Information \& Broadcasting. RTI Logo and RTI Song in Hindi and 10 Regional Languages were telecast on National Network (DD.I) and the Regional Channels and Doordarshan from $6^{\text {th }}$ to $12^{\text {th }}$ October, 2012. RTI song of 60 seconds duration in Hindi and 10 Regional Languages were broadcast on AIR Channels, Vividh Bharati and FM from $23^{\text {rd }}$ to $29^{\text {th }}$ October, 2012.
(b) A Review Petition No.2309/2012 has been filed in the Supreme Court on 11.10.2012 against its order dated 13.09.2012 in WP No.210/2012 filed by Shri Namit Sharma Vs. UOI in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of Sections 12(5), 12(6), 15(5) and 15(6) of the RTI Act, 2005. Judgment in the Review Petition is awaited.
(c) In July, 2006, the Cabinet had approved certain amendments to the RTI Act, 2005, which inter-alia included exclusion of file noting from disclosure and exemption of information relating to examination/ selection process adopted by the Public authorities. Based on the experience of the last seven years of implementation of the RTI Act, it was proposed not to pursue with the amendments. The proposal was approved by the Cabinet in its meeting held on $1^{\text {st }}$ November, 2012.
With Agenda,
Yours sincerely,
(P.K. Misra)
Shri Pulok Chatterji
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister
Prime Minister’s Office
South Block
New Delhi.