RIGHT TO INFORMATION


IANS 03 August 2015
Mumbai's public bus service, popularly known by its acronym BEST, is running into losses of Rs.2.26 crore per day mainly due to declining patronage and high operating costs, an RTI query revealed on Monday.   Considered the lifeline of Mumbai, BEST - with a fleet of around 2,600 buses...

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Vinita Deshmukh  and   Vijay Kumbhar 31 July 2015
Maharashtra CM Fadnavis announced a three-member committee to investigate the Chikki scam; hope it includes biscuits’ procurements too. RTI activists have made documents of the biscuit scam public even as the CM and CIC are mum on the issue of putting them up in the public domain – mandatory...

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Activists have been demanding transparency regarding the Rs200 crore scam pertaining to purchases ordered by minister Pankaja Munde but even the State Chief Information Commissioner, who has received a complaint is keeping mum   Can a six-month-old be given chikki – a hard nut based...

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The onus of organising the documents meticulously before calling applicants for file inspection would be on the PIOs   Often, Public Information Officers (PIOs) have been asking citizens to visit the office for inspection of files, at very short notice. Even for information that may...

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to all the national political parties seeking their response as to why they should not be treated as public authority for the purpose of bringing them in the ambit of the Right to Information Act.   The apex court bench headed by Chief...

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Commodore Lokesh K Batra (Retd) 09 June 2015
With number of pending cases going over 40,000 at the Central Information Commission-CIC and 15,704 Cases pending in the Chief CIC bench, the Commission requires drastic reforms. Plus, the CCIC and ICs must have a tenure of at least three years to justify their appointment    After...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 June 2015
There are 22,483 hutments in 327 hilly areas in Mumbai's 25 assembly constituencies that are located precariously and are vulnerable to landslides, especially during monsoon, reveals an RTI   About 327 hilly areas in Mumbai spread across 25 constituencies, accommodating over one...

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After nine months of creating a high drama to select the CIC, the apparent choice seems to be an anti-climax. As for the CVC, questions are being raised over his alleged involvement in corruption   Senior most Information Commissioner, Vijai Sharma is tippled to be the new Chief...

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There has been an agreement on the names to fill the vacant posts of the chief information commissioner (CIC) and central vigilance commissioner (CVC) at meetings held on Monday, official sources said.   They said that the agreement came after two meetings between Prime Minister...

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There are clear guidelines from the CIC for the PIO. So, the next time a PIO dilly-dallies over the information you have sought use this   While the RTI Act does empower the citizen to procure information from public authorities, it is sometimes intimidating for him, when the...

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Meanwhile, leading RTI activists have demanded making public, the names of the selected candidates; making the selection process time bound and appointing the senior most Information Commissioner, as the CIC, in the interim   In the continuing procrastination in the appointment of the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 May 2015
BMC should refund the Rs60 lakh it collected, while supplying information on the Mumbai DP, which was scrapped by the state government, demands RTI activist Anil Galgali   The Mumbai Development Plan (DP) 2015-2034 that was scrapped by the Maharashtra government following a hue and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 May 2015
PM Modi was seen as receiving Rs100 crore from Army as donation towards PM's Relief Fund. However, a reply received from Army HQ under RTI says no such money was donated    15 January 2015: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (was seen in a photo published by Press Information Bureau -PIB)...

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Signature campaigns, protests in the Parliament, polite letters to the PM, court petitions – RTI activists have tried it all to appeal to the government to fill up the vital Chief Central Information Commissioner’s post. The Modi government ignores it all. Why? Experts speak out   We...

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We need to put pressure on various institutions, in the implementation of the RTI Act, so that they restrain from constricting our right, ensure a transparent process of selection for Commissioners and work for the adequate disposal of cases at the Commissions   The RTI Act has caught...

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The ministry of external affairs has rejected a Right To Information (RTI) query seeking details of the expenses incurred during US President Barack Obama's three-day recent visit to India, an activist said here on Monday.   The information was denied as "it could affect India's...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 April 2015
BrihanMumbai Municipal Corp spent the amount by appointing officers as OSDs and consultants after their retirement. Some were even given extension without permission from the government, reveals reply received by Anil Galgali, under the RTI Act   The Municipal Corp of Greater Mumbai...

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An RTI application to the forest department about land under it in Bandewadi and Tara villages had the Khaap Panchayat penalise Laxman Thakur but he successfully fought it. Here’s how   When it comes to the unreasonable diktats of Khaap Panchayats across the country, the village...

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the central government to inform it on the status of appointment of the chief information commissioner and three information commissioners, the posts lying vacant for nearly a year.   A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S....

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Pune-based Phadke fought against banks’ refusal to credit back wrongly debited amount from ATM, running into crores of rupees, till his last breath. His task remains unfinished   Seventy-three-year-old Sharad Phadke has been filing applications under the Right to Information (RTI)...

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