-The Times of India The Cabinet on Thursday will consider a Bill providing for time-bound delivery of services like pensions, passports, caste certificates, ration cards and tax refunds with a penalty of Rs 250 a day subject to a maximum of Rs 50,000 for default. The right of citizens for time-bound delivery of goods and services and redressal of grievances Bill is to be enacted under the concurrent list, which means all...
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rti to go online this month, govt to launch epostal orders -Aloke Tikku
-The Hindustan Times Your right to information is taking a big leap, into cyberspace. The government will launch two web portals this month to enable citizens to file their information requests and receive responses over the web. The move will coincide with the department of posts launching an electronic version of postal orders, giving Indians abroad the option to pay for the information using postal orders. The e-postal order would initially...
More »Probe sought into CoP expenses
-The Hindu Activists allege needless spending Hyderabad: Members of United Forum for rti (UFrti) and Its Time to Make a Difference (ITMD) on Sunday demanded a high-level probe into the way the funds of Conference of Parties (CoP 11), the biodiversity meet hosted by the capital last year, were utilised. The members, while addressing presspersons, alleged that “unnecessary expenditure” was taken up by departments, including the police, GHMC, HMDA, APIIC, National Green Corps...
More »Maharashtra: rti query reveals rise in rape cases in rural areas-Shawan Sen
-CNN-IBN Mumbai: The rape and murder of the three sisters in Maharashtra's Bhandara district has led to some status check on the increasing rate of crime against women in the state. An rti inquiry shows such crimes are on the rise in Maharashtra. The distraught mother who lost her three daughters to unknown rapists - the triple rape case has brought to focus the growing number of sexual crimes against women in...
More »HC transfers Virar rti activist murder investigation to CID -Mustafa Plumber
-DNA The Bombay High Court has transferred the investigation into the killing of rti activist Premkant Jha to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) after the local police failed to make any headway in the case. Jha was shot dead in broad daylight in Virar on February 24, 2012. He was an rti activist as well as the national level public relations officer of the Bhrashtachar Atyachar Virodhi Samiti. At first a...
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