nformation commissioner Satyanand Mishra has been appointed the new chief information commissioner to succeed A N Tiwari. The decision was taken by a high-level committee headed by PM Manmohan Singh that included Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and law minister Veerappa Moily on Monday. The appointment has been sent for presidential approval as required under law. Mishra, who earlier held charge as secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT),...
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National Advisory Council to examine new RTI draft rules by Nidhi Sharma
National Advisory Council (NAC) will examine threadbare the new draft rules framed for Right to Information Act , which make it mandatory for applicants to file questions in 250 words and pay for hiring photocopy machine used to provide information. NAC’s sub-group on transparency and accountability, headed by social activist Aruna Roy, would discuss the draft rules in its meeting on Monday. The draft rules for RTI Act have been framed...
More »‘Undo injustice to visually impaired persons denied IAS'
They have not been inducted despite clearing civil services exam.Seeking to draw the attention of the government to the case of two visually impaired persons, Ajit Kumar and Ashish Singh Thakur, who have not been inducted into the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) even after clearing the civil services examination, Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Brinda Karat sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Urges sympathyIn her letter to Dr....
More »Legal action on personal data misuse by Surabhi Agarwal
In what may change the way banks and cellphone companies as well as official agencies collect and process information about individuals, the government is proposing legislation that will empower citizens with sweeping rights to legal recourse against any misuse of personal data. The first draft of the proposed legislation has been released for public debate by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). The main aim of the umbrella legislation will be...
More »Prez secy: Amend RTI to avoid 'embarrassment'
Unhappy with law ministry's disclosure of then chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami's "confidential" complaint against his colleague Navin Chawla, the President's secretary had asked the personnel department to frame procedural guidelines and make requisite changes in the law to avoid such "embarrassing" situations. The Department of Personnel and Training, after receiving a three-page communication from President's secretary Christy Fernandez in March, issued directions to all government departments to make public records...
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