RIGHT TO INFORMATION


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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A circular of 17th March 2015 issued by the Department of Personnel & Training-DoPT aims to make Public Information Officers accountable for their replies under the RTI   Most users of the Right to Information (RTI) Act invariably face the problem of Public Information Officers (PIOs)...

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is yet to take a decision on making public his cabinet members' declarations of their assets and liabilities,117 days after his government took office, an RTI activist said here on Wednesday.   "Transparency and clean governance were the...

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Once again the audacity and brazenness of six major political parties in not appearing before the CIC hearing on 16th March came to light    When the wrong doers remain stubborn about not following laws, should they get away by the concerned authority throwing up its hands although it...

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An RTI application to the Union Home Ministry was rejected by its CPIO, stating the process is not yet completed. So, then, how were the Padma awards were given?    Contrary to the claims and commitments by Narendra Modi that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will follow...

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When it comes to appointments of the crucial post of Central Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners, the Modi government, despite having followed all procedures of calling for applicants and shortlisting, has not been able to identify any one   Is Rocket Science...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 February 2015
Despite investing Rs133 crore and providing viability funding gap of Rs500 crore, the Maharashtra government owns just 26% stake in Mumbai Metro. Yet the company refuses to answer queries under the RTI Act   Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL), jointly funded by the Maharashtra...

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The recent assault on Govind Pansare in Kolhapur shows how whistleblowers are at the receiving end of brutality and hated by interested elements across the country. RTI activists of Odisha have submitted the fact-finding report on the recent murder of Krupasindhu Sahu, a 40-year-old RTI...

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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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