-TheWire.in The Union government submitted before Delhi high court that PM CARES Fund is “not a fund of Government of India and the amount does not go in the Consolidated Fund of India”. While there is enough information already in the public domain to assert that PM-CARES Fund (Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation Fund) is controlled by the Government of India, the Union government still wants to maintain...
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No details on 2018 decision to collect OBC data, says Registrar General -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu MHA had announced that data on OBCs would be collected in 2021 Census The Office of the Registrar General of India (RGI) has said that deliberations and file notings regarding the Central government’s announcement in 2018 to collect data on Other Backward Classes (OBC) as part of Census 2021, is not available with its office. The RGI, in its response to an rti query filed by The Hindu, added that...
More »A fund without a care for the rti -M Sridhar Acharyulu
-The Hindu The Government’s claim that the PM CARES Fund is not a public authority is unacceptable It may not be an exaggeration to say that when it comes to seeking answers and information under the Right to Information (rti) Act, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is consistent in putting up a screen. The manner in which the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund was set...
More »Fifteen rti information commissioners write to CJI, urge action against courts staying orders of information commissioners
-Leaflet.in IN a letter dated September 9, 2021 by a group of 15 sitting and retired information commissioners addressed to the Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, the problem of high courts staying the orders of Information Commissioners has been highlighted, and the Supreme Court has been urged to take action on the same. In the letter, the information commissioners requested that directions be given to courts across the country to not...
More »SC pulls up state govts for 'choking' peoples' right to know: Info Commission vacancies -Anjali Bhardwaj, Lokesh Batra and Amrita Johri
-Counterview.net On August 18, 2021, a petition regarding delay in appointment of information commissioners under the rti Act was heard by the Supreme Court. The bench of Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari heard the matter. During the hearing, it was pointed out that despite the judgment of the SC, the Union of India and several states had failed to fill the vacancies in the information commission leading to a...
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