CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2017 · Q14Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 250 words
English
You are a Public Information Officer (PIO) in a government department. You are aware that the RTI Act, 2005 envisages transparency and accountability in administration. The act has functioned as a check on the supposedly arbitrarily administrative behaviour and actions. However, as a PIO you have observed that there are citizens who filed RTI applications not for themselves but on behalf of such stakeholders who purportedly want to have access to information to further their own interests. At the same time there are those RTI activists who routinely file RTI applications and attempt to extort money from the decision makers. This type of RTI activism has affected the functioning of the administration adversely and also possibly jeopardizes the genuineness of the applications which are essentially aimed at getting justice. What measures would you suggest to separate genuine and non-genuine applications? Give merits and demerits of your suggestions.
हिन्दी
आप एक सरकारी विभाग में सार्वजनिक जनसूचना अधिकारी (पी.आई.ओ.) हैं। आप जानते हैं कि 2005 का आर.टी.आई. अधिनियम प्रशासनिक पारदर्शिता एवं जवाबदेही की परिकल्पना करता है। अधिनियम आमतौर पर कदाचित मनमाना प्रशासनिक व्यवहार एवं कार्यों पर रोक लगाने में कार्यरत है। किन्तु एक पी.आई.ओ. के स्वरूप में आपने देखा है कि कुछ ऐसे नागरिक हैं जो अपने लिए याचिका फाइल करने के बजाय दूसरे हितधारकों के लिए याचिका फाइल करते हैं और इसके द्वारा अपने स्वार्थ को आगे करते हैं। साथ-साथ ऐसे आर.टी.आई. भरने वाले कुछ लोग भी हैं जो नियमित रूप से आर.टी.आई. याचिकाएँ भरते रहते हैं और निर्णयकर्ताओं से पैसा निकलवाने का प्रयास करते हैं। इस प्रकार की आर.टी.आई. गतिविधियों ने प्रशासन के कार्यकलापों पर प्रतिकूल प्रभाव डाला है और सम्भवतः विशुद्ध याचिकाओं को जोखिम में डाल दिया है जिनका लक्ष्य न्याय प्राप्त करना है। वास्तविक और अवास्तविक याचिकाओं को अलग करने के लिए आप क्या उपाय सुझाएँगे? अपने सुझावों के गुणों और दोषों का वर्णन कीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2017 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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