New Delhi: Annual report of the Central Information Commission (CIC) was tabled in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on 12thand 27th December 2018 respectively. The trends of Annual Report are as follows:
- During the reporting year 2017-18, 12.33 lakh RTI applications were received by the registered Central Public Authorities (PAs). This is higher by 3,17,458 or 26% than what was reported during 2016-17.
- The Central PAs rejected 4% (63,206) of the RTI applications processed during 2017-18 showing a downward trend in rejections which have come down by 2.59% from the 6.59% reported in 2016-17.
- Highest percentage of RTI applications rejected was reported by High Court of Delhi (18%) and Ministry of Home Affairs (15.16%).
- Annual Report 2017-18 shows a Increase of 22% (30,868) in First Appeals received by the Central PA’s in comparison to the previous year.
- The CIC disposed of 29,005 Second Appeals and Complaints cases in 2017-18 which is the Second highest disposal by the Commission since inception. A total of 25,815 cases were registered during the same period. At the end of the year the Commission had 23,541 cases pending before it.
- The Commission imposed penalties to the tune of Rs. 33.62 lakhs during 2017-18 whereas a total of Rs. 16.39 lakhs was recovered from the PIOs.
- Total 2,079 PA’s have submitted Annual Returns which is 100% submission and highest since inception.
The soft copy of annual report is uploaded on the Commission website at http://www.cic.gov.in.
