-MoneyLife.in While Nandan Nilekani, former chairman of UIDAI, is busy fighting his election, he has left behind a dubious record of keeping the Aadhaar holders in the dark regarding access to their biometrics and other personal details by any private or public agency Now, it is from the horse's mouth. The office of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has admitted that information regarding biometrics and other personal details of...
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PM-headed panels hardly ever met, says RTI query -Sandeep Pai
-The Hindustan Times Several important councils and committees formed and headed by Prime Minister (PM) Manmohan Singh have either not met even once or only rarely, according to a Right to Information (RTI) reply procured by HT from the Prime Minister's office (PMO). Important committees on nutrition, skill development, climate change, and micro, small, medium enterprises (MSME) - all under the PM's stewardship - haven't met for years, says the RTI query. Interestingly,...
More »Used or misused, the MPs’ funds -Shyamlal Yadav
-The Indian Express Starting today, The Indian Express tracks how MP Local Area Development funds have been spent in various districts, based on third-party audits. Last month, Rahul Gandhi said in Sevagram, Maharashtra, that half the country's MPs want their local area development (MPLAD) scheme to end. "If you ask MPs, at least 50 per cent of them will tell you put an end to this scheme because... the scheme does not...
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-PTI People can now buy postal orders online to file RTI Applications after payment of fee through a postal department website. Earlier this facility was only available to Indian citizens living abroad. "This facility has been provided for Indian citizens to facilitate them to seek information from the Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) under the RTI Act, 2005. "Debit or Credit Cards of any Bank powered by Visa or Master can be used to...
More »RTI hero Arvind Kejriwal won’t share information
-The Hindustan Times Arvind Kejriwal may have been a champion of the Right to Information Act but his government seems bent on stonewalling requests for information on several key decisions taken by it. It's been more than a month since Dev Ashish Bhattacharya of Noida filed two applications under the transparency law. These have made the rounds of 22 departments - most of them with no connection to the subject matter -...
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