RIGHT TO INFORMATION


Information commissioner (IC) Vinod Tiwari recently directed the central public information officer (CPIO) of United India Insurance Company Ltd (UIC) to provide a photograph of a vehicle over 12 years old, which is claimed to have been involved in an accident and without corrosion, as this was...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 October 2024
When the bureaucrats decide not to understand simple things like a date and a weblink, the common citizen faces a stonewall. Upholding a reply given by the central public information officer of the department of economic affairs (DEA) under the Union ministry of finance (FinMin), the first...

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While the Indian cricket team is presently in the news for all the wrong reasons—that is, for having faced a series of defeats—and although it is the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) which selects the Indian team, there is no way Indians can seek transparency from this, the world’s...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 October 2024
On 24 October 2024, Moneylife Foundation hosted a full-day seminar at the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC) in Mumbai on how citizens can effectively use the Right to Information (RTI) Act and social media to address issues impacting public services, infrastructure and quality of life in Mumbai....

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Break-ups of young couples’ marriages have been a common phenomenon since the past decade or so and it has been reflected in the Right to Information (RTI) space, with either of the estranged spouses seeking information on their respective spouse’s personal information like income-tax returns,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 October 2024
Contrary to media reports and speculations, Tata Sons Pvt Ltd, the holding company of Tata group has never sought any exemption from the mandatory listing requirement applicable to non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in the upper layer under the scale-based regulation (SBR) framework,...

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A news report in 1996 in the Times of India (ToI) of a public agitation by social activist Aruna Roy through her Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatana (MKSS), demanding the law of Right to Information, aroused the curiosity of a village school teacher in Satara and continues to dominate his life even...

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Subhash Chandra Agrawal 12 October 2024
The RTI Act, implemented on 12 October 2005, did wonders in the initial years of its implementation not only by exposing scams and scandals, but also resulted in systematic reforms. However, RTI rules (and not the RTI Act) need important modifications mainly to prevent misuse of the Act and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 October 2024
Atal Setu, also known as the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), has become a key route for heavy vehicles. However, due to a heavy toll of Rs250 for a single journey and Rs375 for a return journey, the 21.8km longest sea bridge sees a substantially lower number of vehicles than what was...

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Since information on documents required at the time of school admission in Delhi government schools is time bound, the information too must be time bound; in fact, it should have been uploaded in the public domain by the public authority (PA), in this case, the directorate of education,...

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It may be recalled that in order to combat air pollution in Delhi, one of the flagship initiatives tom-tommed by the Delhi government was to install anti-smog guns, anti-smog towers and other such machines. In fact, the lieutenant governor of Delhi, along with the municipal commissioner, had a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 September 2024
Going one step ahead by sharing dates related to the appointment of Madhabi Puri Buch as chairperson of Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Union ministry of finance (FinMin) denied sharing information on dates when Ms Buch and her family declared their financial assets. This was...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 September 2024
Commodore (Cmde) Lokesh Batra (retd) was felicitated by Moneylife Foundation and prominent right-to-information (RTI) activists from Mumbai for his tireless dedication to promoting transparency, accountability, and good governance through the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Cmde Batra's...

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Considering that the issuance of contracts through tenders in various infrastructure projects has been mired in controversy—particularly after the recent collapse of bridges, roads and airport ceilings—the information commissioner’s directive to make all tenders transparent is a hope for better...

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Satyendra Wankhade (Bar  and   Bench) 24 September 2024
The Supreme Court has issued notice to all States and Union Territories (UTs) on a contempt of court petition alleging non-compliance with directions to set up online Right to Information (RTI) portals (Anuj Nakade v Dr Poonam Malakondaiah Govt. of Andhra Pradesh & Ors).   A Bench of Chief...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 September 2024
Except for the dates of appointment, market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) does not have any information readily available on its chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch's appointment, her application for the post, declaration of assets and cases where she had recused herself due...

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Alleging that many fake disabled employees are working in the Trivandrum central railway station, who allegedly got jobs with the help of fake writers during their written examination, an RTI applicant’s request for the list of names of disabled personnel employed in the Southern Railways, was...

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Recently, Maharashtra’s information commissioner, Makarand Ranade, disposed 2,500 complaints filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, all from one applicant, admonishing him for the overbearing number of applications.   Last week, on 6th September, central information commissioner...

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While sexual assaults in West Bengal and Maharashtra are making news, the disclosure of the Hema committee report, which was submitted to the Kerala state government way back in 2019 with investigations and recommendations for women working in the Kerala film industry facing sexual harassment...

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Anjali Bhardwaj  and   Amrita Johri (The Wire) 22 August 2024
Citing ‘whistleblower documents’, US-based short seller Hindenburg Research has levelled allegations of conflict of interest against the chairperson of India’s capital markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). SEBI has been investigating charges of stock...

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