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Centre's motive is to minimise RTI applications: Shah
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New Delhi, Oct 13 (TIWN) Appealing to the people not to misuse the Right to Information (RTI), Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asserted that the Centre was working to minimise the use of the Act which could be achieved by putting maximum information in public domains.
The Home Minister made the announcement at the 14th Annual Convention of Central Information Commission.
"Government''s motive is that there should be minimum RTI applications. And, it would be possible only when people get the information before they need it," Shah said.
He also said that the instances of RTI misuse has been very low, and that around 2.5 crore RTI applications have been dealt successfully since 2005.
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