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Hyderabad
The Telangana State Information Commission has submitted its yearly reports to the government, and an audit that remained connected the backburner since the enactment of the State, has present been completed, according to officials acquainted with the matter, marking a cardinal administrative milestone.
The yearly reports are an appraisal of the authorities of affairs connected to the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Mandated nether Section 25, which deals with “Monitoring and Reporting”, the reports see details specified arsenic the full fig of RTI requests made to nationalist authorities crossed departments, the charges collected by each nationalist authority, the fig of appeals referred to authorities accusation commissions, and instances of disciplinary enactment initiated against officers vis-a-vis the Act, if any, among different aspects.
According to officials, the reports person been forwarded to the authorities for being tabled successful the Telangana Legislative Assembly, enabling legislative scrutiny.
Speaking to The Hindu, State Chief Information Commissioner G Chandrashekhar Reddy said the yearly reports bespeak organization show and assistance bring greater transparency to the system. “We instituted awards to promote officers. We are the archetypal State to institute awards to motivate each nationalist authorities. We person besides been visiting districts and conducting hearings,” helium said, adjacent arsenic helium outlined the the Commission’s attack of bringing astir proactivness.
According to authoritative data, successful presumption of lawsuit pendency, the Commission has been performing amended than commissions successful galore different States. The TSIC is up to day successful 15 of the 30 departments successful the State, and successful 15 of the 33 districts, officials maintained.
The latest accusation indicates that 14,599 complaints and 2nd appeals are pending earlier the Commission. Data shows that astatine the opening of the existent panel’s term, determination were implicit 17,000 pending complaints and 2nd appeals. Between June 1, 2025 and January 1, 2026, the Commission disposed of 7,940 complaints and appeals importantly reducing backlog levels.
With applicants and activists pressing nationalist authorities to respond wrong the prescribed timelines nether the RTI Act, officials astatine the Commission said they were conscious of the contented and had initiated steps to code delays, and amended compliance.
