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NRI can file Online RTI
To make it easy for Non Resident Indians (NRI) to file Right To Information applications, the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has asked government departments to provide a link on their websites for receiving online applications and appeals.
The ministry has written to Department of Personnel and Training, nodal department for RTI affairs and Ministry of [...]
Bar Councils comes under RTI to public scrutiny: CIC
The Bar Councils are open to public scrutiny under the Right to Information Act (RTI) and should set-up a mechanism to facilitate processing of applications directed to them under the transparency law, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has held.
The Bar Council of India and Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana had rejected several RTI applications [...]
Office of Chief Justice comes under RTI
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld its single bench order that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and details of judges assets should be revealed under that.
A bench comprising Chief Justice AP Shah and Justices S Muralidhar [...]
Indian Politicians under RTI scaner
MUMBAI: After politicians and judges of Supreme Court, now the assets of babus have been prised open to public scrutiny. In a landmark order, the Central Information Commission has said that disclosure of information such as assets of a public servant, routinely collected by the public authority, should be made available to the public under [...]
Blackmail with RTI
A restaurateur receives a call. ”You are running restaurant in a building in violation of the sanctioned building plan. I will not make it an issue if you pay me…,” says a Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) health official on the other end.
The restaurateur ignores the call. Two days later, the officer arrives at the [...]
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(AUTHORS OF RTI AWARDS) FLAWED LOGIC AND SPECIOUS CONCLUSIONS
Lately, the Media was flooded with stories about the functioning of Information Commissioners all over the country based upon analysis done by a group going by the name and style “Public Cause Research Foundation”. The chief protagonists of this group [...]
Officials denying info by giving lame excuses
Proper use of RTI Act will pave way for good governance, accountability and development
‘Kadapa officials gave irrelevant information, instead of the information sought’
KADAPA: People should gain awareness of the Right to Information Act in order to optimally utilise it for their benefit and it is in this regard that Sahachara Vedika (RTI Act Protection Committee) [...]
DVAC comes under RTI Act: info panel
CHENNAI: In a landmark ruling, the Tamil Nadu State Information Commission has held that the Right To Information (RTI) Act would apply to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), nullifying the effect of a State government order of August 26 last year exempting the DVAC and the State Vigilance Commission from the purview of [...]
Wrong answers of RTI query, Tahsildar fined Rs 25,000
CHENNAI: The state information commission has imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on a tahsildar in Vandavasi, Tiruvannamalai district, for providing incorrect information about the disbursement of old-age pension in his taluk.
As T Retna Pandian, an activist, had not got the information he sought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, he filed an appeal [...]
Government favours strengthening RTI Act, defends CAT
The union government Sunday said it is moving to amend and strengthen the country’s Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005 to bring in more transparency in the government’s functioning and to help resolve grievances of officials.
“The historic Right to Information Act, 2005, has brought great transparency in governance,” said Minister of State for [...]
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