-The Economic Times A year after the Centre shelved a move of introducing norms, including a 250-word limit on rti applications, it has resurrected the proposal. The file pertaining to draft rti rules has been sent to Prime Minister's Office, putting the proposal back on the agenda of UPA-II. The Centre had in November, 2010, sought to introduce amendment to rti rules for filing applications. The rules framed by the Department...

-PTI Leading IT-based companies have queued up to bid for a government's proposed state-of-the-art call centre aimed at providing greater access to host of services under the Right to Information (rti) Act. Officials in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said many private firms have expressed interest in the proposal. Encouraged by the usage of the transparency law, the DoPT has proposed a 'rti Call Centre and Portal Project' to make the...

-The Times of India COIMBATORE: Coming down heavily on the Coimbatore Corporation, the State Information Commission has levied a penalty of Rs 25,000 on a Public Information Officer of assistant commissioner rank, in connection with the delay and inconsistency in a reply furnished to an rti query filed by a city resident. The assistant commissioner of the corporation's east zone has also been asked to furnish the details sought in the...

A cure for India’s health care ills is within reach provided there is political will In most developed — and many developing — countries today, a 12-year school education and universal health coverage (UHC) are the two primary responsibilities of the state. India has failed miserably on both counts. Let us look at some of the problems of medical and health care: • Fifty years ago, when there was no commercialisation of...

-PTI Private news channel scribe Gaurav Jyoti Neog, blamed by rti activist Akhil Gogoi for allegedly instigating the molestation of a girl in Guwahati, on Sunday requested the management of the channel to relieve him of his duties till he was cleared of the charges. "There are allegations levelled against me that I orchestrated the molestation on the girl on GS Road on the night on July 9. I strongly deny and...