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Workshop on Participatory Democracy & Good Governance organised 7/27/2015 10:50:08 PM Srinagar, July 27 : A one day workshop on "Participatory democracy and Good Governance , the Role of Youth " was organized at Institute of Management Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPA) Srinagar on Sunday. According to press release, in his inaugural address State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) G R Sufi gave a historical perspective of participatory democracy and good governance. He said that in the present time Right to Information Act (RTI) is the best tool for ensuring good governance. He said RTI is a revolutionary law which has helped many people in J&K to get justice from administration. He further said that J&K RTI Act needs some changes which include a provision of appointing the Information Comm-issioner's without any delay as soon as the term of Chief Information commissioner (CIC) or Information Commissioner (IC) ends. Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr Shah Faisal spoke on use and misuse of social media. He urged upon people especially youth to make better and positive use of social media. PDP youth leader and Political Analyst to Chief Minister Waheed ur Rehman Parra said that youth have been the biggest casualty in J&K right from 1947 onwards. He said Government is trying to ensure good governance by making people especially youth part of it. Arjimand Hussain Talib columnist and international development expert responded to queries from the audience vis a vis youth and development. He laid emphasis on building a strong civil society movement in J&K. The workshop was organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung India (FES India ) a German foundation based in India in association with Jammu Kashmir RTI Movement (Trust) and Fallah Foundation.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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