-The Times of India   Some Union ministers have expressed concern that the Right to Information (RTI) Act is affecting government's functioning, according to the government.  Minister of personnel, public grievances and pensions V Narayanasamy replied in the affirmative on a query in the Rajya Sabha regarding concerns raised by ministers on theRTI Act affecting the government's functioning.  When asked about bureaucrats expressing apprehension about putting their views on controversial issues because of the...

The Goa government has moved the Supreme Court challenging an order of Bombay High Court's Goa bench bringing governor's report to the Centre about the political situation in a state under the ambit of Right to Information Act, a decision that created major legal discomfort in the corridors of power. The appeal by Goa government, which has also sought a stay on the November 14 HC verdict, is listed for mentioning...

THE FIRST CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER (CIC) OF STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION (SIC) G R SOFI, TALKS ABOUT THE RTI ACT AND HOW THE COMMISSION IS WORKING TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS IN A CONVERSATION WITH GREATER KASHMIR TEAM. HERE ARE THE EXCERPTS. Rajeev Sharma: Do you think the present legislation is enough to achieve the objectives that it is supposed to? G R Sofi: Last month I was in Delhi to attend an annual...

Five days after writing to Sena working president Uddhav Thackeray, RTI activists denounced the private member bill introduced by a Sena MP to make amendments to the RTI Act. They also pledged to initiate a mass campaign against any amendment that would dilute the RTI Act at a public meeting. On Monday, activists wrote to Sena president and e-mailed his son Aditya, asking both to ensure that their party MP, Bhausaheb Wakchaure,...

-Live Mint   It has cost me followers on Twitter, forced the government’s auditor to take the extreme step of sending an official (he misrepresented himself as an Election Commission official) to a Mint reporter’s residence, and attracted criticism about Mint being the government’s lapdog. So, why have we been writing about irregularities in the way the Comptroller and Auditor General of India conducted its audit of the so-called 2G scam? After all,...