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Renewable Energy Ministry Seeks Changes in Electricity Act

-Outlook Mumbai: To ensure that both private and state-run power distributors abide by the renewable purchase obligations (RPOs), the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has called for Amendments to the Electricity Act. "We have realised that some private companies and state discoms are not complying with the RPO. To make it mandatory, we have proposed an amendment to the Electricity Act," joint secretary Tarun Kapoor told reporters on the sidelines...

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The power of RTI

-The Hindu The Right to Information Act was a marvel in a country that boasted unbreachable barriers between the ruler and the ruled. It was outside the imagination of the ordinary folk raised in a cloistered environment of fear and secrecy that they could actually call for and obtain records of decisions that critically impacted their lives. Yet in only seven years, the RTI law has not just penetrated the fortress...

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Union Cabinet clears Amendments to benefit 88 lakh construction workers

-The Hindu The Union Cabinet has cleared major Amendments in the law relating to construction workers that would benefit over 88.10 lakh of them. Talking to The Hindu here after the meeting, Union Labour & Welfare Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said the salient features of the Amendments include removing the clause that construction workers should have worked a minimum of 90 days to register with the labour welfare boards set up in various...

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Cabinet withdraws draft Amendments to RTI-Liz Mathew and Anuja

-Live Mint All file notings can be made public now except those explicitly exempted  The Union cabinet on Thursday decided to withdraw controversial draft Amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act that sought to restrict disclosure of government file notings. The move allayed the concerns of rights activists. The draft Amendments would have restricted disclosure of file notings only to social and developmental issues. The government had to drop the move following...

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Cabinet set to scrap go-ahead to RTI changes

-The Indian Express More than six years after it gave the go-ahead to amend the RTI Act, 2005 to, among other things, exclude public notings on files by officials from being accessed under the transparency law, the Cabinet is expected to withdraw the move when it meets on Thursday. Sources told The Indian Express that the decision comes after UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi indicated to the government her opposition to the proposed...

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