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If so the date on which the first request and subsequent requests were made and to whom be furnished?<\/li>\n<li>Whether the Ministry proposed a ban on incoming Chinese citizens to India?<\/li>\n<li>Whether the ICMR received any reports\/communications\/internal warnings\/memos\/internal reports during the period of November 2019 to March 2020 about the possibility of a pandemic like situation in India due to the virus: <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><strong>To this ICMR responded that all the information pertaining to circulars, notifications, etc, is available on the ICMR website.<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Whether the Government of India\/this Ministry or its various departments was monitoring the situation in China and its possible effects on India?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To almost all the above queries, ICMR responded with a standard response &#8212; Not pertains to ICMR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Complainant remained dissatisfied with the respondent&#8217;s response.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">RTI Act<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commission observed that a voluntary disclosure of all information that ought to be displayed in the public domain <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">should be the rule and members of public who having to seek information should be an exception.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another significant observation was that, <em><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">an open government, which is the cherished objective of the RTI Act, can be realised only if all public offices comply with proactive disclosure norms.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Accountability<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several decisions are being made by the Governments involving huge interventions in the healthcare impacting daily lives of billions of people, hence it is essential that the decisions are thoroughly documented in order for the Government to remain accountable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Information pertaining to COVID-19<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Complainant sought very pertinent information with regard to COVID-19 situation, which could not be made available by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commission held that authentic, verified and cogent reply based on factual information needs to be furnished to the complainant as also disclose on the Public Authority website for the benefit of public at large.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 13\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secretary, Health &amp; Family Welfare was advised to have this matter examined at an appropriate level and the Nodal Authority so notified should furnish all the details sought by the Complainant in a clear, cogent and precise manner within a period of 30 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view of the above complaints were disposed of. 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