Habibullah takes RTI to World Bank job

Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah,whose term ends in September,has informed the government about his new assignment as member of the Independent Access to Information Appeal Board recently set up by the World Bank. Rashtrapati Bhavan officials said Habibullahs request for taking up the assignment has been forwarded to the Department of Personnel and Training. […]

Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah,whose term ends in September,has informed the government about his new assignment as member of the Independent Access to Information Appeal Board recently set up by the World Bank.

Rashtrapati Bhavan officials said Habibullahs request for taking up the assignment has been forwarded to the Department of Personnel and Training.

The Banks new information disclosure policy borrows heavily from Indias Right to Information Act whose implementation Habibullah has been monitoring and the US Freedom Of Information Act.

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The fact that the World Bank modeled its disclosure policy also on aspects and features of the Indian law is a compliment to us, Habibullah told The Indian Express.

The assignment is part-time requiring a few days work every month since the panel is expected to examine appeals only periodically,and will occasionally meet in Washington.

The panel began work on July 1. Other members are Daniel J Metcalfe of Washington College of Law and Oliver Schrameck,a magistrate of the French Administrative Court.

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