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Information Commission Claims It Doesn't Have Time to Answer RTI Requests -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

-TheWire.in The government body meant to uphold the RTI has said they are too understaffed and overworked to collect and collate all the information sought by applicants. New Delhi: The pressure of dealing with numerous court cases is taking a toll on the functioning of the office of the Chief Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the Central Information Commission (CIC). Due to the lack of time and the effort needed, it is...

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Right to skip information meet -Anita Joshua

-The Telegraph New Delhi: Last year, the invitation card was printed thrice - first with the Prime Minister's name, next without his name and finally with his name. This time, the organisers have been spared the agony of uncertainty: the card has been printed without the Prime Minister's name. Narendra Modi will be skipping the Central Information Commission's annual convention for the first time since the Right to Information Act was enacted in...

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Report on environmental clearance for real estate projects 'not traceable' says ministry -Jayashree Nandi

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The environment ministry has said that a report reviewing the requirement of environment clearance for real estate projects and buildings is now "not traceable." This reply was given on an RTI enquiry filed in July that had asked for a copy of a committee report headed by K Kasturirangan, member, Planning Commission in 2013. The RTI had also asked for a report submitted by an expert...

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Hunger and hard facts -TK Rajalakshmi

-Frontline.in In the latest Global Hunger Index, India is bracketed in the category of countries where hunger levels are “serious”. But the policy responses on hunger and malnutrition in the country have been inadequate and faulty. In the second week of October, a few media reports in India highlighted significant data pertaining to global hunger. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) had released its Global Hunger Index (GHI), rating 118...

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Make default list public: SC

-The Telegraph/ PTI New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and the RBI to disclose the names of borrowers who had each defaulted on public-sector bank loans of Rs 500 crore and above but the apex bank raised objections. The top court, after going through the defaulters' list submitted by the RBI in a sealed cover on March 29, said 57 people had defaulted on loans worth Rs 85,000 crore...

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