Petitioners move SC seeking urgent hearing of plea on pending vacancies in Right to Information body

The petitioners noted that six posts are lying vacant in the Central Information Commission which has a backlog of 36,600 cases.

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· Oct 20, 2020 · 02:59 pm

How RTI activists are using the internet to sustain pressure for transparency amid Covid-19 lockdown

However, 22 Information Commissions that are supposed safeguard the right to information have suspended operations.

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· Sep 02, 2020 · 07:30 am

We don’t have information about ‘tukde-tukde gang’, home ministry says in reply to RTI query

Activist Saket Gokhale, who had filed the application, said he would ask the poll panel to take note of Amit Shah’s repeated use of the term in speeches.

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· Jan 20, 2020 · 07:16 pm

Over 13,000 RTI cases pending with the Central Information Commission in last one year, says Centre

Union minister Jitendra Singh gave the number in a written response to a question asked in the Rajya Sabha.

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· Nov 28, 2019 · 03:22 pm

Sonia Gandhi accuses Centre of ‘final assault’ on RTI Act, a week after amendments come into force

The interim Congress chief alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government sees the RTI Act as an obstacle to enforcing its majoritarian agenda.

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· Oct 31, 2019 · 10:04 pm

‘RTI Act amendments are regressive, will have negative impact,’ says former SC judge Madan Lokur

He said the Centre had not framed the rules about the salary and tenure of information commissioners in the two months since president approved the changes.

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· Oct 16, 2019 · 10:39 pm

Fewer RTI queries proof of a transparent system of governance, says Amit Shah

The home minister praised the dashboard system, adding that it ensured everyone got information about ongoing schemes online without filing RTI applications.

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· Oct 13, 2019 · 09:34 am

President Kovind should send back RTI Amendment Bill – the changes undo his own work of 2005

Ram Nath Kovind was among the BJP MPs on the panel that suggested the provision about the salaries and tenure of officials that is now being undermined.

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· Aug 02, 2019 · 07:30 am

Activists protesting against RTI Amendment Bill released after being detained at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Activist Anjali Bhardwaj said only three people were later allowed to submit the petition to the president.

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· Aug 01, 2019 · 04:51 pm

‘Government murders RTI’: Rahul Gandhi alleges Centre diluted law to help corrupt people steal

The former Congress president said it was ‘strange that the normally vociferous anti-corruption crowd has suddenly disappeared’.

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· Jul 28, 2019 · 09:17 am

RTI amendment doesn’t just hurt transparency – it could undermine other statutory bodies

The government has amended the RTI Act to bring the terms and salaries of information commissioners under its control.

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· Jul 26, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Amendments to RTI Act passed in Rajya Sabha, Opposition alleges intimidation by government

The Lok Sabha had already passed the amendment bill last week.

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· Jul 25, 2019 · 09:19 pm