At least 10 RTI applicants have been killed over the past two years, with many others facing threats in their bid to expose corruption On a Republic Day when India celebrated 61 years of justice, equality and liberty, Amar Nath Pandey says he encountered the darkest moment of his life. In late evening on 26 January, a lone assailant leaped from the folds of darkness in the street outside his house in...
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wajahat habibullah to head minorities panel by Vidya Subrahmaniam
India's first Chief Information Commissioner wajahat habibullah is the next chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM). Mr. Habibullah, who received his orders on Tuesday, will formally take charge on Thursday. Mr. Habibullah, a 1968-batch IAS officer, will be filling a post that has been lying vacant for the past five months. His predecessor, Mohammad Shafi Quereshi, retired on September 2, 2010. A member of the NCM, who described the chairperson as...
More »Amendments proposed, RTI rules likely to be more people-friendly by Anindo Dey
The withdrawal on the limitation of number of words when asking for information, restructuring of fees, halting provisions to withdraw an appeal under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, are some of the amendments in the RTI rules that have been adopted by the Working Group on Transparency, Accountability and Governance under the National Advisory Council (NAC). These amendments are likely to be placed before a full house of the...
More »Sonia panel against RTI rule dilution
The National Advisory Council is set to oppose the Centre’s proposal to dilute the Right to Information Act through a new set of rules.A meeting of the panel’s working group on transparency, accountability and governance — headed by RTI activist Aruna Roy — objected to the move to compress applications for information to only one matter at a time and set a word limit of 250.The sub-committee that recently consulted...
More »Satyanand Mishra to be new CIC by Himanshi Dhawan
nformation commissioner Satyanand Mishra has been appointed the new chief information commissioner to succeed A N Tiwari. The decision was taken by a high-level committee headed by PM Manmohan Singh that included Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and law minister Veerappa Moily on Monday. The appointment has been sent for presidential approval as required under law. Mishra, who earlier held charge as secretary in the department of personnel and training (DoPT),...
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