-The Economic Times The government has decided to conduct a study on the implementation of the Right to Information (rti) Act to know the cost to the government in providing information to citizens under the UPA's showpiece initiative and whether it has helped improve its "public perception about the extent of reduction in corruption". As per the rti Act of 2005, only Rs 10 fee is required to seek information from any...
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Rs 37L spent on room President used for an hour -Ravi Uppar
-The Times of India BELGAUM: Rs 198 lakh of the taxpayers money was spent when the President was in Belgaum to inaugurate the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in October. The government renovated the Circuit House (CH) ahead of President Pranab Mukherjee's visit. It spent over Rs 161 lakh on renovation and around Rs 37 lakh on furnishing the room, where Mukherjee spent just an hour on October 11. rti activist Bhimappa Gadad from...
More »Is CIC trying to limit rti with order on attorney general?-Jasleen Kaur
-Governance Now Experts criticise CIC’s declaration that the attorney general is not a public authority, and thus cannot be under the ambit of rti Act The chief information commission (CIC) might have struck another blow on the momentous Right to Information Act with its recent ruling that the attorney general (AG) is not bound to answer rti queries. The declaration has drawn flak from rti activists, experts and former information commissioners. According to the...
More »Commissioner assures rti activist Abraham of police protection
-The Hindu Bangalore: Police Commissioner B.G. Jyothi Prakash Mirji, who was summoned by the Lokayukta Court on Tuesday for failing to provide police protection to rti activist T.J. Abraham, assured the court that he would immediately provide him with security cover. Mr. Abraham, who has filed cases in the Lokayukta Court against several powerful politicians, bureaucrats as well as businessmen, had recently filed a memo to the court stating he apprehended threat...
More »CBI: Startling findings in Pune rti activist murder-Chaitraly Deshmukh
-DNA The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials involved with the probe in the murder of rti activist Satish Shetty, have said that the scrutiny of call records of the people they are examining and the analysis of data retrieved from the hard disks of their computers, has revealed information that could lead to the fresh arrests. Shetty, who hails from Talegaon Dabhade, in Pune district, was stabbed and killed on his...
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