THE CHHATTISGARH Assembly will now consider an applicant’s intent before giving information under rti. It might even refuse the application if it is convinced it has been made with mala fide intent. This clearly goes against the rti Act, which says that an applicant requesting information shall not be required to give any reason. But can intent be ascertained without asking the reason? The Assembly enforced this rule last month by...
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Waiting for rti replies just got longer by G Manjusainath
Seeking information under the Right To Information (rti) Act in Karnataka has just got tougher, as the State government has found a Supreme Court order a convenient tool to delay providing information under the law. Gone are the days when the Public Information Officers (PIOs) were bound to provide information within 30 days as laid down in the rti Act, 2005. Under the new scheme of things, it will take an...
More »rti activist clarifies his position before Jamia VC, offers apology
-TCN News Forum for Student Democracy Convener and rti Activist Afroz Alam Sahil on Friday was called by the administration of Jamia Millia Islamia for clarification of his stand on his own statement that he made two weeks ago on NDTV regarding alleged swindling of some funds by the varsity. Jamia had taken strong notice of his statement and sent him a legal notice worth Rs 50 lakh. In today’s meeting with...
More »Activists urge Chhattisgarh to reduce rti fees
-The Times of India The National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) expressed "dismay" over the Chhattisgarh assembly's decision to increase rti application fees by 900% from Rs 50 to Rs 500. Fees per copy has been increased to Rs 15 and the inspection of documents to Rs 50. In a statement signed by Venkatesh Nayak, Nikhil Dey, Angela Rangad and Ramakrishna Raju, NCPRI said, "A move of this nature can...
More »Government sluggish on rti implementation by Umer Maqbool
While Jammu and Kashmir government makes tall claims about the implementation of Right to Information (rti) Act, on the contrary its departments are not furnishing the mandatory information to the State Information Commission (SIC), thereby affecting monitoring and reporting of the law. Informed sources told Greater Kashmir that majority of the administrative and field departments of the state are defaulters vis-a-vis submission of the quarterly and annual information to SIC on...
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