President of India Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam has said that the objective of the Right To Information Act could be achieved only if the ambitious National E-Governance Grid Programme (NEGP) was completed at the earliest. He asked the government to expedite the Rs 23,000 crore National E-Governance Grid Programme to make the revolutionary people friendly Right To Information Act a real success.
The President further added that once completed, the programme which aims at integrating information network at the district, states and national level to a common e-information grid would help faster and transparent dissemination of information to the citizens . “The people should know which official to approach for their problem,” the President added.
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