Factly had earlier reported that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is not willing to accept RTI applications filed through the RTI Online portal. Data made available by DoPT to a RTI applicant reveals that 1951 RTI applications, addressed to the ECI were filed through the RTI Online portal as of 30th September 2017. And expectedly, not a single one of them has been responded to by the ECI.
Documents reveal that ECI officials were trained on RTI Online
Documents obtained under the RTI act by one Mr. Neeraj Sharma indicate that the ECI had actively communicated with the DoPT regarding training of officials on RTI Online and including ECI in the list of public authorities available on the portal.
In March 2016, Mr. S K Mishra from the ECI sent an email to RTI-PMU regarding linking of ECI with RTI Online portal. He also informed that Mr. Tapas Kumar from the ECI had been nominated as the nodal officer for RTI.
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