Author: Himalaya Post

Myagdi – Chairperson of a local government unit in Myagdi has invested his earnings as a people’s representative in social works. Chair of Raghuganga rural municipality Bhawa Bahadur Bhandari has set up a fund to deposit his remuneration and allows, to be spent on the education of the poor, underprivileged and orphan children. The fund was established after a decision taken by the meeting of the village executive. Accordingly, Bhandari’s earning of the past 13 months has already been deposited in the fund. “I will not be using my earnings as a people’s representative during my term, and using it to help the poor and orphan children in all the eight wards of the rural municipality,” Bhandari said. The Gandaki provincial government has designated a monthly salary of Rs. 30,000 for the rural municipality Chair. So far, around 400,000 rupees has been deposited and the total deposit in five years is likely to be around Rs. 2.5...

Kathmandu – Anyone reaching at information section of Tulsipur sub metropolis of Dang district can see the digital notice board, which shares different types of information about the activities of the sub metropolis. Information officer at the sub metropolis, Jharendra Kumar Kharel said the digital notice board has facilitated the service seekers to get the quick information. Kharel who reached the work station after attending training on right to information (RTI) implemented the digital information sharing in order to make public the activities. It has gained huge popularity in the environs. “After I learnt the importance of transparency and openness and citizens’ access to information,” I took this decision, which has now eased the information seekers. Similarly, information officer at Lamahi municipality of the same district, Lalmani Subedi, shared similar mechanism of information sharing. The digital notice board promotes transparency, he argued. “When I knew the role and responsibility of the information officer in line with RTI Act during the training I attended, I became able to share information promptly,” said another Krishna Gopal Chaudhari, who is the information officer at District Public Health Office, Bardiya. These are some representative incidents how the RTI is being implemented and public agencies being transparent with the disclosure of public information. As recent as some years back, it was difficult to get information from the ministries inside Singha Durbar, but the local...