State publishing information on own initiative is very low: iCOM

Monitoring conducted by iCOM and Transparency Maldives indicate only 7 out of 935 State institutions have proactively disclosed information. These 7 offices are two city councils, four independent institutions and the Drug Court.

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Information Commissioner Ahid.

Mariyath Mohamed

2024-03-03 12:23:42

Information Commissioner's Office of Maldives (iCOM) has stated that it has observed the level of the State institutions publishing information on its own initiative is significantly low.

The office said under the Right to Information Act, some categories of information are required to be disclosed proactively by State institutions.

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