<span style="color: #222222;">Newly appointed Chief Information Commissioner of India, Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha today called on Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh. During the half an hour meeting with the Minister, the Chief Information Commissioner gave a brief about the progressively improving disposal rate of the RTI applications. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that in the month of June, in spite of COVID pandemic, the monthly disposal rate of RTI applications was higher than the rate in the corresponding month of June last year. He said, this was possible because the Central Information Commission had carried on its working uninterrupted even during the COVID times by using modern technology of online, virtual and video conferences.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">During the meeting, Dr Jitendra Singh referred to a number of new initiatives taken under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve the functioning of the Central Information Commission and to ensure prompt disposal of RTI appeals. He said, as for Jammu and  Kashmir, the difference now is that non-Domicile or non-State subjects of Jammu and Kashmir are also entitled to file RTIs related to UT issues or agencies. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Union Minister also noted that it was during the Narendra Modi government that 24 hours' portal service was introduced for e-filing of the RTI applications during any part of the day or night and from any part of the country or abroad. Dr Jitendra Singh reiterated that the role of the Central Information Commission is important to live upto to Prime Minister Modi's vision of transparency and citizen – participation in the functioning of the government.</span><br />