The Central Information Commission (CIC) today launched its new disabled-friendly dedicated website for lodging complaints and appeals.
The new website—www.rti.india.gov.in has been designed in such a way by National Informatics Centre (NIC) that even the visually challenged can hear the instructions and details on the portal through speakers in their computers.
"With the help of screen reader, any visually challenged person can go through the entire website. The system will prompt them to file the details and read out the instructions to them. It has been designed keeping the latest international guidelines for such web portals," Neeta Verma, Senior Technical Director with NIC said.
The new website was the need of hour as it was difficult to find relevant information on the present website of Central Information Commission. The new web page will help any applicant to file the complaint and second appeals online along with all the attachments in digital form.
The system will work in tandem with the manual one where RTI applicants send their complaints and appeal through postal mails. "This is a small but significant step to make the system paperless, efficient and ensure seamless flow of information," Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah said.
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