Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- The Haryana State Information Commission (HSIC) on Tuesday announced to launch a statewide programme to train 25,000 state public information officers (SPIOs) and first appellate authorities (FAAs), including 6,300 sarpanches functioning as SPIOs at the village level.

The year-long programme starting on August 12 is aimed at transforming the delivery of the Right to Information (RTI) regime in Haryana. It forms the centrepiece of a comprehensive package of administrative, technological and institutional reforms being undertaken by the commission to make the RTI mechanism faster, more transparent, accessible and citizen-centric.

Announcing the initiatives, Haryana's chief information commissioner TVSN Prasad said t...