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New Delhi : The President of India Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate the 13th Annual Convention of Central Information Commission (CIC) here on October 12, 2018. The Annual Convention on “Data privacy and Right to information, Amendment in the RTI Act and Implementation of the RTI Act” is aimed at recommending measures for improving the transparency and accountability with a view to improving governance.
The convention shall deliberate on three specific subjects viz. “Data privacy and Right to Information”, “Amendment in the RTI Act” and “Implementation of the RTI Act.”
Welcome speech will be delivered by Chief Information Commissioner RK Mathur. Prof. M S Acharyulu, Information Commissioner, CIC, Prof. Upendra Baxi, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi, Venkatesh Nayak, Bimal Julka, Information Commissioner, CIC, Suresh Chaudhary, State Chief Information Commissioner, Rajasthan, Nikhil Dey, Social Activist, Prashant Sadashiv Prabhu Tendolkar, State Chief Information Commissioner, Goa, Ms Anjali Bhardwaj, Social Activist, Subhash Chandra Agarwal, Social Activist, Anand Limaye, Director General, Yashda, and Rajendra Nimje, Director General, Centre for Good Governance, will be among those their presentations.
All the present and former Chief Information Commissioners and Information Commissioners of the Central Information Commission (CIC), State Information Commission, Central public information officers as well as the other government officers will participate., according to a PIB release