New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) The government today said all the 27 states, except Jammu and Kashmir, in the country have constituted their respective Information Commissions under the RTI Act.
"All the 27 states to which the Right to Information Act, 2005 applies, have constituted the Information Commissions. Union Territories are covered by the Central Information Commission," Minister of state for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Prithviraj Chavan told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
Government has initiated a centrally sponsored scheme on "Strengthening, Capacity Building and Awareness Generation for Effective Implementation of the RTI Act" by providing funds to State Information Commissions for IT work and propagation of right to information; imparting training to various stakeholders; and generating awareness through media etc, he said.
