--The Indian Express Government has introduced amendments giving itself powers to set salaries and service conditions for Information Commissioners. How does it change the existing Act, and why is the Opposition protesting? New Delhi: ON FRIDAY, the government introduced in Lok Sabha the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which proposes to give the Centre the powers to set the salaries and service conditions of Information Commissioners at central as well...
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CBI court convicts former Gujarat BJP MP in rti activist's murder
-IANS Former Gujarat BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki has been convicted in the murder of rti activist Amit Jethva. The CBI judge had to twice seek security for self and family while hearing the case A Special Court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here on Saturday convicted former Gujarat BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki in the murder of rti activist Amit Jethva. The court also convicted six others in the...
More »Budget 2019: Over 38% Cut In Funds For rti Propagation
-PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an allocation of Rs 5.5 crore for the 'CIC and rti' as compared to Rs 9 crore allocated in the Budget for 2018-19, a dip of Rs 3.5 crore or about 38.8 per cent. Funds for propagation of the right to information have been slashed by over 38 per cent in the Union Budget 2019-20 as compared to last fiscal's allocation. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an...
More »NPAs Under Modi's Mudra Scheme Doubled in Just a Year, Reveals rti -Dheeraj Mishra
-TheWire.in Public sector NPAs of loans issued under the scheme have increased by Rs 9,204.14 crore in just one year – from Rs 7,277.31 crore in March 2018 to Rs 16,481.45 crore in March 2019. New Delhi: The non-performing assets (NPAs) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) doubled within one year. This information was obtained through an rti petition filed by The Wire. In a written reply to...
More »Several more SSC jobs disappear under Modi 2.0 -Ashlin Mathew
-National Herald There are fewer jobs in the market. Several people are crying hoarse about the reducing jobs in the government. But the government has been cutting it down even further. National Herald had reported earlier that the government was under-reporting several vacancies. Now it has come to light that several more existing vacancies are being under-reported by the Staff Selection Commission. In the latest rti responses, it has come to light that...
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