-The Times of India CHENNAI: The Right to Information (RTI) is turning into an increasingly opaque idea as more posts of the information commissioner are falling vacant. Vacancies for the post in the country increased from 14% in 2014 to 20% in 2015, reveals a nation-wide study conducted by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), an NGO. According to the report, the number of information commissioners in the country has been reduced from 120...
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After Sonia and Rahul, former CIC lashes out at Modi govt for 'crippling' RTI Act
-FirstPost.com Former Central Information Commissioner (CIC) Shailesh Gandhi on Monday lashed out at the Centre for allegedly rendering the Right to Information (RTI) Act "dysfunctional" by taking retrogressive steps. In an open letter written to a section of the media, Gandhi said, "the present Prime Minister has taken preemptive action by not appointing a Chief Information Commissioner at all to render it dysfunctional." Gandhi, a noted RTI activist from Mumbai, was appointed to...
More »Unlike Salman Khan, 60% of undertrials spend 3 months in jail before bail -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: While superstar Salman Khan secured bail in barely three hours after his conviction in a hit-and-run case, for majority of ordinary undertrials in the country it takes a minimum of over three months to get bail. According to government data, over 60% of undertrials spend more than three months in jail before they can secure release. The prolonged incarceration is due to the inability of...
More »Pending Cases of National Commission for Scheduled Castes
-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment During 2014 & 2015, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) received 29034 cases. Out of these, 7152 cases have been disposed off and 21882 cases are still pending as on 01.03.2015. The disposal of these cases depends on the nature and gravity of complaints and also on the response of public authorities who are entrusted with ensuring that the rights as guaranteed in...
More »CIC delayed is spirit of RTI denied -Shyamlal Yadav
-The Indian Express Files already piled up on the Chief Information Commissioner’s desk could take up to 2020 to clear. Delay in appointing the CIC hurts the objectives of both the RTI Act and the PM’s pledge of good governance. The RTI Act, 2005 provided for a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions to deal with appeals and complaints against public authorities. Section 12 of the RTI Act states, “The Central...
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