After the removal of Article 370, any person in Jammu and Kashmir can apply for the right to information and ask for information about government work. Now under the Right to Information (RTI), it is not necessary for a person seeking information to be a local resident of Jammu Kashmir or Ladakh, that is, every citizen of the country has the right to get information about the government functioning in Jammu and Kashmir.

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This important information was informed by Dr. Jitendra, Minister of Independent Charge of the Department of Personnel and Training and Minister of State of the Prime Minister's Office, who is responsible for the Central Information Commission. He was holding discussions with Chief Information Commissioner Sudhir Bhargava in Delhi on Thursday on the issue of empowering the RTI Act in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh. He explained in detail the steps being taken to make it fully effective. He also informed about the settlement of pending RTI cases.

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The original citizens of the state could have filed RTI before the implementation of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act in August 2019 and before becoming the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, only the original citizens of the state filed RTI. Could do. But now with the formation of Union Territory and the implementation of the central law, the RTI Act has also become effective in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. In such a situation, any citizen of the country can ask for information about government work in Jammu and Kashmir through RTI.

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