‘Functioning of state info panels takes a hit’

NEW DELHI: The working of the state information commissions (SICS) dropped from 80% in June to 44% in July, a survey by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has found.

The CHRI is an organisation working towards greater transparency in governance.

The survey was conducted contacting each of 28 SICS.

The first survey (in April) had found that none of the SICS were working, but during the second survey (in May) 12 SICS had opened their offices, but only eight were conducting hearings. According to its third rapid telephonic survey, the organisation found that the commissions that had previously started attending to litigants June had stopped by July.