RTI Central Monitoring Mechanism for I & PR Department of Govt. of Odisha

The Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Orissa is the Nodal Department in implementing RTI in Orissa. The nodal Department was facing high challenges in implementing the RTI Act 2005, which is a Statutory Act. Luminous Infoways, as the implementation partner for RTI, has developed this innovative mechanism to ease out the difficulties of the nodal Department. RTI Central Monitoring Mechanism is developed with an aim to keep an eye on the implementation of the RTI throughout the State of Orissa. It is a complete Central Monitoring mechanism where there was a robust monitoring mechanism in place to track the implementation. It is a Search-based Complete Management Information System to keep track of all the disclosures, online case records, and E-filing reports. This initiative is implemented in Orissa since last June 2009 and has covered about 3,000 Public authorities so far. RTI Central Monitoring Mechanism is noticed by many circles and it has won awards and recognition including high acclaims from the World Bank.