Though the methodology for determining the poor would be based on the socio-economic caste census being undertaken by the Rural Development Ministry, the (Suresh) Tendulkar poverty line would remain a relevant reference point “to see how development is helping to take more and more individuals above a fixed line over time and across States,” Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia told a news conference here on Monday. As per the...

Central Information Commission (CIC) has come out with a landmark resolution to combat unending assaults on right to information (rti) activists. According to the resolution, if the commission receives a complaint regarding an assault on or murder of an information-seeker, it will examine pending rti applications of the victim and order the departments to publish the requested information suo motu on their websites. The resolution was mooted by information commissioner Shailesh...

-The Times of India   Delhi high court on Friday interpreted a key provision of the Right To Information Act and said the affected party's objections must be sought in case an rti applicant seeks information relating to a third party. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna upheld Section 11 of the rti Act and said information relating to or issued by a third party should...

-PTI   Almost a month after CBI took over investigations into the murder Madhya Pradesh rti activist Shehla Masood, her killing is still shrouded in mystery as the probe agency continues to look for answers, remaining tight-lipped about the progress in the case. "We are not in a position to share any details about the case looking at the sensitivity associated with the murder of the rti activist," CBI's Bhopal Unit Deputy Inspector...

-IBN   Fresh controversy is set to erupt over Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai's loss estimates on the 2G spectrum sale. CAG documents accessed through Right to Information Act (rti) by accused show that CAG overruled its own auditor on 2G loss calculation. According to Director General Audit (Post & Telecommunications) RP Singh the issue of Unified Access Service (UAS) licences and allotment of 2G spectrum caused a loss of Rs...