-The Telegraph New Delhi: Last year, the invitation card was printed thrice - first with the Prime Minister's name, next without his name and finally with his name. This time, the organisers have been spared the agony of uncertainty: the card has been printed without the Prime Minister's name. Narendra Modi will be skipping the Central Information Commission's annual convention for the first time since the Right to Information Act was enacted in...
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Report on environmental clearance for real estate projects 'not traceable' says ministry -Jayashree Nandi
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The environment ministry has said that a report reviewing the requirement of environment clearance for real estate projects and buildings is now "not traceable." This reply was given on an rti enquiry filed in July that had asked for a copy of a committee report headed by K Kasturirangan, member, Planning Commission in 2013. The rti had also asked for a report submitted by an expert...
More »Death toll of rti activists goes up to 56 -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With the recent murder of rti activist Bhupendra Vira's, the death toll of those using the transparency law to target corruption and malpractices has gone up to 56. In fact, there has been more than 311 instances of harassment of citizens including murder, attacks and intimidation from the time the law came into force in 2005, according to an analysis by Delhi-based advocacy group CHRI. Reports...
More »Government departments to put rti responses online except personal information
-PTI NEW DELHI: All central government departments were today asked to put copies of rti applications received and their responses on their websites except applicants' personal details "as they do not serve any public interest". As per norms, all public authorities shall proactively disclose rti applications and appeals received and their responses, on the websites maintained by them with search facility based on key words. "It is clarified that while proactively disclosing rti...
More »Unclog the rti process by making basic information public
-Hindustan Times The first decadal study conducted after the Right to Information (rti) Act has revealed that over 1.75 crore applications have been filed with one-fourth being requests to the Centre. The study, conducted by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, reveals that 27.2% (47.66 lakh) of the total rtis filed between 2005 and 2015 were to the different ministries and departments under the Centre. This is a conservative estimate because many departments...
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