RTI

Everyone in the training hall was surprised when an employee at Likhu Tamakoshi Rural Municipality of
Dolakha district, Mr Raju Prasad Neupane, shared that he was appointed as the Information Officer only
after NIC asked his office to appoint information officer in line with the Right to Information Act.

Moreover, another Information Officer from the neighboring district, Kavre, Ms Subita Dhungana,
stated, “In Panchkhal Municipality, people are making more verbal requests than the written
applications to seek information. We frequently update our information in our websites in order to be
transparent and open towards the public. Even the budget has been allocated for citizen charter so to
disclose the data and information about office activities.”

In the meantime, she expressed although she is an Information Officer, she is deprived of the every data
and information of the office, which can be the biggest challenge for RTI implementation.