RIGHT TO INFORMATION


The High Court has ruled that correspondence between Lt Governor of Delhi and Arvind Kejriwal, the then CM, is privileged   On 4th February the Delhi High Court ruled against the Central Information Commission (CIC) order of 31 December 2014, which had directed Delhi’s Lieutenant...

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Pune-based RTI activist Qaneez Sukhrani has been selected for the Sajag Nagarik Sangh 2014 RTI Award. Sukhrani has been using RTI since 2003 and often uses the information to file PILs, like on illegality of making Aadhaar mandatory, illegal hoarding put out by politicians and misuse of funds...

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The DoPT has invited suggestions from citizens before 7th February to develop a full proof system for using postal stamps as fees for RTI applications. This follows several suggestions and verdicts from the CIC   As users of Right to Information (RTI) Act would know, different states...

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After nearly six months of keeping the post of Central CIC’s post vacant and with 203 applicants responding to DoPT’s advertisement for this post, the screening committee is finally meeting on 16th January to decide a name   So, who will be India’s next Central Chief Information...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 January 2015
An RTI applicant cannot approach Consumer Forum seeking compensation for deficiency in services rendered by public authorities   The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has said that Right to Information (RTI) applicants seeking information from public authorities...

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CM Devendra Fadnavis' push will mean RTI applications will soon go online, the next step is for the applicant to know how to pay RTI fees online using eIPO.   In a welcome move to enhance transparency, Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has announced that citizens would...

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DoPT has again appointed a two-member committee to look into compliance of the most important transparency provision, which is the Section 4, of the RTI Act   It looks like transparency has become a pain in the neck for most public authorities. Section 4 of the Right to Information...

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Delhi HC has upheld the CIC decision on DLF subsidiary’s change of land use near Rashtrapati Bhavan. Now, all such land use changes will be available in public domain   Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law, Robert Vadra’s cosy relationship with DLF has come under scanner once again with the...

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By unanimously boycotting the CIC hearing, RTI experts say, political leaders across party lines do not want betterment and transparency for the country   Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which professed transparency and good governance if it came to power, showed its true colours,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 November 2014
Jashodaben also expressed unhappiness over current security set-up, where her guards travel in government vehicles like car, while despite being a PM's wife she has to travel in public transport   Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben has filed an application under the Right...

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In a major boost to citizens and activists, a Committee set up by DoPT has recommended that there is no provision in the RTI Act or Rules to make any standard format for applications and so it should be done away with   Many Right to Information (RTI) applicants in Maharashtra and...

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Moneylife’s sustained campaign for a year has saved Pune’s SOS Balgram from closure   It will be a happy celebration for Save Our Soul (SOS) Children’s Village (SOS Balgram) in Pune, on its anniversary day on 7th November. The Principal Secretary of the Women and Child Welfare...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 October 2014
The CIC has ordered disclosure of information on the action taken against Dikshit and Chauhan for overruling their officers for their photo-publicity and self-glorification through loan-application-forms for Dilli Swarojgar Yojna   The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed...

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According to a study, nearly 49% of  RTI applications are about information that ought to be available in the public domain as mandated under Section 4 of the RTI Act and another 18% are about information that should routinely be provided to citizens   It has been nine years since the...

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While the post of Chief Information Commissioner under RTI lies vacant, 553 applicants, including bureaucrats, government officials, retired defence personnel and citizens are eying to grab one of the three new posts of Information Commissioner   Despite the Narendra Modi-led...

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NATGRID, born after 26/11 terror attack to centralise databases of several intelligence agencies, is out of the ambit of the RTI Act. Now that it will execute contracts and acquire property with taxpayer’s money, shouldn’t it come under RTI?    National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID)...

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Girish Mittal 26 September 2014
The HC dismissed the CPIO's petition at the admission stage itself against CIC's decision to impose a penalty of Rs25,000. This ruling is important because several times, public authorities have been found approaching courts at the drop of hat and at the cost of the tax payer   In a...

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The portal of Central Information Commission which ought to be full of information, is dull, irrelevant and useless! Find out why   Honestly, the worst part of the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 is not the misuse of the Act, as most public information officers (PIOs) would have...

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A copy of the CBI closure report in the Satish Shetty murder case reveals scandalous information on officials of IRB offering money and threatening with dire sequences the RTI activist over the company’s land deals in Lonavala. Presently, the CBI has let all the accused off the...

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Frivolous RTI applications help nobody, but they aren't as big a problem as they are made out to be   Last week, Congress spokesperson Tehsin Poonawala, asked under the RTI, “whether Achche Din have indeed arrived?” The reply he promptly got from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) was,...

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