Schools in Delhi are openly flouting the Right to Education norms. The RTE has mandated 25 per cent seats in private schools for economically backward students. But more than 70 per cent schools in the capital couldn't care less. But with the Supreme Court upholding the Act, they may not have a choice any more. The Supreme Court had mandated that all private unaided schools across the country should reserve 25...
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Did officials pocket Rs2.83 cr paid to buy bhoodan land from tribals?
-The Times of India YAVATMAL: Information released under right to information (rti) has revealed that the state government has paid Rs 2.83 crore to acquire land distributed to tribals and landless labourers under the Bhoodan movement to rehabilitate Pahur villagers displaced due to Bembla River Irrigation Project. Concerns are now being expressed that some government officials pocketed this compensation along with five land owners by forging documents and sale deeds. Sarpanch Ainuddin...
More »rti activists say politicians using rti queries to spy on them
-Mid-Day.com Politicians are not known to be fans of the Right to Information Act, but now they seem to have discovered that they can use the same law to obtain details on rti activists' work, allegedly in order to know which activist they need to harass to prevent the next big expose. rti activists claim that political leaders are making their proxies use the sunshine law to know what information the activists...
More »CJI’s remark to adversely affect rti drive: CIC
-The Times of India Days after Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia said that irrelevant rti queries were impeding the working of judges in courts, Central Information Commission said the remarks would have a significant negative impact on rti. Information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, in a letter to the CJI, said that his comments could "dampen the rti journey of India". Gandhi admitted that rti was being used in a trivial...
More »rti activist’s murder: CBI searches house of witness
-Express News Service A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at the house of an eyewitness in the murder of rti activist Satish Shetty. The team conducted seaches the house of Vandana Murhe in Talegaon Dabhade and seized some documents on Monday. Shetty was murdered near a newspaper stall operated by Murhe on January 13, 2010. “Our teams spoke to Murhe and seized some documents from her residence today for...
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