Folk Lyrics to Spread Information: Centre’s guideline enlists innovative RTI disclosure practices

Road Ahead: Proactive Disclosure at local level

THE use of folk lyrics as a medium of disseminating information and allowing Gram Sabha proceedings to be reported in local newspapers are some of the innovative practices enlisted in the latest Central government Guideline for states to facilitate proactive disclosure at district and Panchayat levels. DoPT secretary SK Sarkar in a letter dated November 21, 2013 to all…