-The Telegraph New Delhi: Forced to defer introduction of the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2018, in the face of stiff opposition in Parliament and outside, the Narendra Modi government appears to have brought it into effect without parliamentary approval through an advertisement. On July 26, the department of personnel, public grievances & pensions issued an advertisement for appointment of information commissioners in the Central Information Commission (CIC) that said the "salary,...
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Muzzling information -Anjali Bhardwaj & Amrita Johri
-The Hindu The RTI Act Amendment Bill must be junked The Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, has empowered millions of Indians to question governments and hold public functionaries accountable. Of the nearly six million RTI applications filed every year in the country, a large proportion are by the poorest and the most marginalised who seek information about their basic Rights and entitlements, like rations, pensions and health facilities. The use of...
More »The People of India Have Protected Their Right to Information Once Again -M Sridhar Acharyulu
-TheWire.in The Centre's decision to defer the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill 2018 – after protests from the public and the opposition – is temporary good news. Sub-section (5) of Section 13 of the Right to Information Act provided that the salaries and allowance and other terms and conditions of service of the chief information commissioner and information commissioners shall be same as that of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners,...
More »Bureaucratic Anomalies Put Assam's 'Doubtful Voters' in a Precarious Position -Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty
-TheWire.in With the final draft NRC expected soon, there is still no visible mechanism in place for the EC to continuously update its list based on the judgements by tribunals clearing 'D voters'. Guwahati: Shah Alam Bhuyan, an assistant inspector in the Assam police, reminded me of a stark truth about policemen on election duty: “We just help others vote, most of us can’t vote because we are usually on election...
More »Delhi government to identify all street vendors, create database
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will soon undertake a drive to identify all street vendors across the city and create a database. The survey will be carried out by recently formed town vending committees (TVCs), which were elected by street vendors and hawkers themselves. TVCs, which will work for the Rights of the vendors and create permanent vending zones, also have representatives of the NGOs working for street...
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