-Live Mint Central Information Commission is unclear on the key issue of funding by Central and state governments  A decision on including political parties under the Right to Information (RTI) Act may get delayed by more than a month as the Central Information Commission (CIC), which is hearing the case, is unclear on the key issue of funding by Central and state governments. At the heart of the argument is whether parties receive...

-Outlook The Supreme Court today said the CBI is free to proceed with its investigation against Anil Kumar, Secretary of an NGO, Telecom Watchdog, for allegedly interfering with the probe in the 2G spectrum case by giving a "virtual clean chit" to former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran. The apex court termed as "highly improper" the conduct of Kumar whose NGO filed a joint petition with others against Maran and subsequently writing a...

-The Indian Express Cutting across party lines, the BJP, NCP, CPI(M), CPI and BSP have told the Central Information Commission (CIC) that they should not be covered under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The Congress, however, has not made its views known as it skipped the hearing before the full bench on Thursday. The representatives of the political parties argued that since they already provide details to the Election Commission and...

-The Economic Times A full bench of the Central Information Commission, the final appellate authority on Right to Information (RTI) Act, will on Thursday decide whetherpolitical outfits should come under the purview of the Act. Political parties are yet to show any inclination towards adopting the transparency legislation. Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra and Information Commissioners ML Sharma and Annapurna Dixit would give their verdict on separate appeals by RTI activist...

-Pratirodh.com The fanfare with which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched a service delivery scheme in Rajasthan based on the Aadhaar (foundation) unique identity (UID), and celebrated the issue of the first Aadhaar number topping the 200-million mark, should make the Indian National Congress a very worried party indeed—assuming it has a good survival instinct and basic grasp of practical politics.    To put it starkly, the Congress and...