-PTI The government has asked the heads of all departments and autonomous bodies to visit the onlne rti portal on daily basis, preferably as the first task of the day, to avoid any delay in replying to applications and appeals filed by citizens. The Delhi government has warned officials of strict action for “inappropriate handling” of online rti applications, after it received several complaints about departments not responding to pleas seeking information....
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CIC backlog grows as vacancies remain unfilled -Vidya Venkat
-The Hindu Of the 18,518 cases registered as appeals, 13,796 were returned to appellants There are a whopping 24,302 cases related to information appeals pending with the Central Information Commission as on Thursday, according to the CIC website. This backlog is in spite of the fact that the Commission is returning a majority of appeals coming to it, citing lack of documentation, premature appeals or forwarding of cases to the relevant State...
More »Privatising district hospitals: Health ministry, states, experts had little say in Niti Aayog plan -Menaka Rao
-Scroll.in rti documents show that Niti Aayog largely worked with World Bank and top private healthcare industry. The Niti Aayog’s blueprint to increase the role of private hospitals in treating non-communicable diseases in urban India by handing district hospitals over to the private sector on 30-year leases was built largely on a template provided by the World Bank. The template was fine-tuned in close coordination with top private healthcare industry representatives. State...
More »It's lonely on the ground -Christophe Jaffrelot & Basim U Nissa
-The Indian Express rti Act needs to be protected against attempts to dilute it. rti activists must be made less vulnerable In April, the government of India proposed amendments to the rti Act, one of the most empowering pieces of legislation inherited from the UPA era. The most controversial amendment pertained to Rule 12. It would allow the withdrawal of an application in case of the applicant’s death, making the job of...
More »rti activist says Aadhaar contract gave foreign firms access to unencrypted data -Chethan Kumar
-The Times of India BENGALURU: Contrary to the Centre's claims, contracts signed with foreign firms by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), custodian of Aadhaar data, show that they got "full access" to classified data including fingerprints, iris scan info, and personal information like date of birth, address and mobile number of the applicants. They were also allowed to store the data for seven years. This was revealed through an rti...
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