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In U-turn, Centre denies existence of panel to oversee supply of medical oxygen -Priscilla Jebaraj

-The Hindu

Statement comes after it recently argued against disclosing info related to committee

The Centre has denied the very existence of a committee set up to oversee medical oxygen supply during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

The statement comes just two weeks after it argued strenuously before the Central Information Commission (CIC) against disclosing information about this committee on the grounds of strategic interests, commercial confidences, intellectual property and Cabinet papers.

Last week, the CIC slammed the government’s rationale for a blanket denial of information as “far-fetched” and “unjustified”, and directed a response within 10 days.

Now, the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) says the committee does not even exist. On Friday, he claimed an “inadvertent error” due to an earlier “misreading” of the RTI application.

However, The Hindu has seen the DPIIT’s order dated April 4, 2020, which indicates the committee, chaired by its then Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra, did exist.

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