17-05-21 Daily-Himachal Pradesh-HPPSC Current Affairs

The Higher Education Department has asked the deputy directors of the department and public information officers/principals of the government colleges, as well as colleges, to compile data for submission of the annual report of RTI to the state Information Commissioner and Education Secretary, and send it to the directorate of education and RTI cell through mail by May 31. The data to be submitted includes application received, appeals received and disposed off, RTI fee, additional fee received in respect of institutions, offices and institutions and other details.

The NSUI has written a letter to the Chief Minister, in which it demanded that college and university students should be vaccinated on priority. The NSUI also sought special assistance for the children, who lost their parents or the breadwinner to Covid, on the lines of the J&K administration. The students’ body also demanded that Rs 5,000 each should be transferred to the account of BPL families, small-time shopkeepers and traders. The NSUI also urged the