-Live Mint The deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, in an interview, spoke about the challenges of pushing public health reforms India is likely to finalize a draft Plan document next week to introduce universal health coverage in India. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, spoke in an interview about the challenges of pushing public health reforms with limited resources at hand. Edited excerpts: * Will the government be able to...
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Companies donate big to Congress, BJP-Anuja and Liz Mathew
-Live Mint/ The Wall Street Journal Contributions more than doubled between 2004 and 2009 polls; experts say published figures just tip of the iceberg Contributions, including money from top companies, to the country’s two largest political parties, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), more than doubled between the 2004 and 2009 general elections. This revelation affirms a trend of companies, most of which are listed, opting for a transparent route to...
More »Setting limits -V Venkatesan
-Frontline The Central government notifies new RTI rules, which effectively curb citizens’ right to obtain information. ON July 31, the Central government notified new rules to implement the Right to Information Act, 2005. The rules will come into force once the Central government tables the notification in Parliament and both Houses of Parliament agree to it. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has not published these rules on its website as...
More »Only one-fourth of RTI applicants get info sought: Study -Kumud Das
-The Times of India INDORE: Only one-fourth of the applicants filing RTI before the central information commission (CIC) get the information as required by them, if one goes by the study conducted by an Indore-based RTI activist,Anuradha Verma. She is currently associated with Indian Institute of Management (Indore) as an RTI consultant and runs a site www.rtifoundationofindia.com. The study reveals that nearly one-third of the applicants get only a part of the...
More »Phone tapping details can’t be disclosed under RTI: CIC
-Deccan Herald The central information commission (CIC) has said that details of the orders issued by the authorities for phone tapping or any interception of information passing through computers cannot be disclosed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act as it may jeopardise the security of the country. The Commission gave the ruling while rejecting an appeal filed by Talish Ray, a Delhi resident who challenged the denial of information on such...
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