No.

of RTI petitions handled in the year 2015 by different departments

Sl.No. Name of the Public Authority No. of

applications
handled in
2015
1. Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare 931
2. Agriculture 1,740
3. Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries 1,503
4. Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes & 2,176
Minorities Welfare
5. Commercial Taxes and Registration 16,441
6. Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection 7,560
7. Energy 9,697
8. Environment and Forests 3,060
9. Finance 4,767
10. Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi 1,083
11. Health and Family Welfare 7,008
12. Higher Education 18,569
13. Highways and Minor Ports 3,059
14. Home, Prohibition and Excise 69,030
15. Housing and Urban Development 7,491
16. Industries 2,642
17. Information Technology 444
18. Labour and Employment 5,948
19. Law 455
20. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 412
21. Municipal Administration and Water Supply 19,764
22. Personnel and Administrative Reforms 3,849
23. Planning, Development and Special Initiatives 126
24. Public 4,351
25. Public Works 4,761
26. Revenue 1,24,930
27. Rural Development and Panchayat Raj 20,009
 28. School Education 34,458
29. Social Reforms 5
30. Social Welfare and Nutritious Meal Programme 846
31. Special Programme Implementation 17
32. Tamil Development and Information 461
33. Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments 6,165
34. Transport 7,457
35. Welfare of Differently Abled Persons 395
36. Youth Welfare and Sports Development 112
37. Legislative Assembly Secretariat 180
38. Tamil Nadu Information Commission 812
Total 3,92,714

Number of R.T.I petitions handled in 2015 by various

HODs and Secretariat Departments
No of RTI petitions No. of
Departments
More than 1,00,000 1
50,001 up to 1,00,000 1
10,001 up to 50,000 4
5,001 up to 10,000 8
1,001 to 5,000 30
501 to 1,000 43
101 to 500 60
11 to 100 88
Less than 10 49
Heads of Departments / Secretariat Departments
that handled more than 2000 petitions in 2015