The CBI should be taken out of the purview of the Right to Information Act (rti) to block information requests that could put lives of investigators at risk, solicitor general, Gopal Subramanium has advised the government. Subramanium has recommended that the CBI be exempted in light of the "complex and dangerous situations in which the Central Bureau of Investigation has to work". "Its officers need to be protected from dangers which...
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Police to oversee rti activists' safety by Asseem Shaikh
The Pune police are in the process of setting up a three-member committee to supervise protection provided to Right to Information Act (rti) activists as per a recent direction of the home department. Following the brutal murder of rti activist Satish Shetty in Talegaon Dabhade on January 13, 2010, the issue of protection of rti activists had come to the fore. The state government had issued a government resolution (GR) on...
More »rti changes on NAC agenda by Vandita Mishra
The Right to Information Act 2005 is likely to figure prominently on the agenda of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council when it meets on March 24. Discussion will centre on the two amendments to its rules that have been proposed by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). One, to restrict each application to 250 words. And two, to confine one application to one subject. The Right to Information Rules,...
More »Vaccine-related kids' deaths trebled by Arun Ram
The number of children dying due to immunization-related complications has more than tripled after the government closed down three public sector vaccine labs in January 2008. The government has no clue about the causes while children continue to die, the latest being that of five infants in Gujarat on Wednesday. Details given by the Union ministry of health and family welfare in reply to an rti query filed by Dr K...
More »Transparency law to free India from poverty, graft: Aruna Roy
Social activist Aruna Roy Thursday said India's second war of independence has to be fought with the right to information (rti) law, to free the nation from poverty and corruption. 'The next battle is ready with information and understanding of issues through the rti and it is the ideal tool to help eradicate poverty and corruption,' the Magsaysay awardee said. Roy is in Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya, to attend a...
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