-The Business Standard Bodies established under the Constitution fall under RTI and hence do co-operatives, but more clarity is needed Bangalore: The recent news about co-operatives coming under the Right To Information (RTI) Act saw many excited activist and individuals. Till now, Maharashtra is the only state to have ratified the 97th Constitutional Amendment that came about in March 2012. Orissa is learnt to have notified the amendment while Gujarat has rejected...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 1156
Jairam writes to Nitish Kumar on murder of RTI activists
-The Hindu I am sure all efforts are being made, but no arrests have yet been made, said Jairam Patna: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has written to Bihar Chief Minister raising concerns over the recent murders of RTI activists in Bihar. Mr. Ramesh said in the letter that his ministry was working on a protocol - that would be applicable for the entire country - for such cases. In two recent incidents,...
More »'Ensure speedy trial of tribals accused of being Naxals'
-The Business Standard Eminent personalities and activists, including Justice V R Krishna Iyer and historian Ramachandra Guha, today appealed to the government to ensure a speedy trial of tribals, who are accused of being Naxals or helping them. In an open letter, they said the failure to ensure justice for adivasis is a grave blot on India's human rights record. "Not only are we as a nation committed to democracy and...
More »RTI activist fights social boycott in Himachal
-IANS TISSA, Himachal Pradesh: When a right to information (RTI) activist in Himachal Pradesh exposed misuse of public funds some years back, he did not expect that his fight for truth would expose him and his family to threats and social boycott. Manjur Mohammed, 26, who hails from remote Naila village in the Muslim-dominated Kalhel panchayat of Tissa block of Chamba district, has been facing the wrath of his fellow villagers....
More »'RTI Act cannot be applied to co-operative societies' -Linah Baliga
-The Times of India MUMBAI: "After the Constitutional Amendment and the status granted to the co-operative societies of self-governance, the RTI Act would be applicable to the Co-operative Society. More particularly after it being self-governed by Maharashtra State Ordinance of 2013 laying down the by-laws, rule, regulations, procedure and modalities," says the legal opinion of Senior Advocate Firoze Andhyarujina, which was released on Friday by Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society (BCAS), at...
More »
