Since Inception UPSIC collected just 1% of RTI fine , Any data available about CIC & other SICs

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTC8yMDExLzA2LzA1I0FyMDAzMDI=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom   Publication: The Times Of India Lucknow; Date: Jun 5, 2011; Section: Times City; Page: 3 In over four years, UPSIC collects just 1% of RTI fine TIMES NEWS NETWORK Lucknow: Action speaks louder than words but not for UP State Information Commission (UPSIC) which believes in pronouncing hard-hitting orders and acting little on them. The fact that UPSIC so far has recovered only 1% of the total fine imposed on government departments for not keeping up with the RTI Act lends strength to the claim.     The cases where PIO either refuses to accept the application for information or knowingly gives misleading, incorrect or incomplete information or does not provide information within the given 30 days, the commission slaps a fine of Rs 250 per day for the days till the application is received and information is given. The maximum penalty is Rs 25,000.     The UPSIC has slapped a total fine of Rs 53,63,500 since October 2006 (the time it started functioning) till February 2011 but the recovery is as low as 1%. Rs 62,500 recovered as fine from the erring government departments is a pittance compared to the total amount. Penalising government departments is a last possible action taken by the central and state information commissions to make the public information officers (PIOs) act promptly on RTI applications. However, leniency exhibited by the UPSIC for government departments does not augur well for RTI implementation in the state where it is already marred by official apathy.     An RTI applicant, Salim Baig, had asked the administrative reforms department (ARD), the nodal department for implementation of RTI in UP, about the amount of fine imposed on and recovered from the government departments for acting sluggish on RTI front by the UPSIC. The commission has penalised 30 departments in 231 pending cases till February 2011. The fine, hence collected, goes to the state treasury. -- Urvashi Sharma RTI Helpmail( Web Based ) aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com Mobile Rti Helpline 8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )