-PTI Bhopal: As many as 11,441 appeals and complaints under Right to Information Act are pending with the Madhya Pradesh Information Commission which is currently functioning without chief and other commissioners. A total of 9,946 appeals and 1,495 complaints are pending against various state government departments for failing to give desired information sought by applicants under the transparency legislation, according to documents, updated till September 2012, accessed under RTI by an activist,...
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Centre to conduct study to ascertain RTI cost to government in providing information to citizens-Aman Sharma
-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...
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 »Sqeezing RTI out of shape -Jagdeep S Chhokar
-Governance Now While folks working with the right to information (RTI) were still reeling from the supreme court judgment on the appointment of Information Commissioners in the Namit Sharma case, came the prime minister’s speech on the seventh year celebrations of the RTI Act on October 12, again raising the sceptre of “frivolous and vexatious” use of the law. The RTI Act now seems to be suffering from what might be called a double whammy,...
More »PMO says no records to back PM’s criticisms of RTI
-First Post Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his address to the Annual Convention of Information Commissioners, in early October had warned against the use of the Right to Information Act — one of the most popular people-oriented steps that the UPA has taken so far — to ridicule public officials and infringe on people’s privacy. The PM’s statement which expressed concern over frivolous and vexatious RTI applications, infringement of personal privacy and...
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