Right To Information Act

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Only 2,056 complaints have been forwarded for a further report and only 164 reports have been received. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

State receives 92,369 plaints on grievance portal

According to a query based on the Right to Information Act, “Out of 92,369 complaints, 9 per cent are pending.

18 Nov 2017 2:38 AM

Name CIC in 2 months, says Bombay HC

The petitioner also sought that appropriate infrastructure to the judicial officers should be provided and strength of the judges should be increased.

22 Oct 2017 6:18 AM

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari (Photo: File)

Congress hits out at government over RTI proposal

The new draft rules, which have been put out in the public space, have elicited a sharp response from the grand old party.

04 Apr 2017 3:58 AM

The applicant will have to provide the details of the information sought under the RTI plea with the mandatory details.

Soon, file RTI pleas at the click of a mouse

Govt completes modalities for project with help of some external agencies.

21 Feb 2017 3:08 AM

Citizens have a right to access inquiry reports

Another ploy used by past governments is delaying the publication of a report and even suppressing the dissenting note.

29 Jan 2017 4:32 AM

The police will also examine how the restaurant owner procured the student’s residential address.

Girl files RTI on restaurant’s safety measures, receives threats

She had shared her address only with BMC authorities while seeking details under the RTI Act.

20 Jan 2017 4:10 AM

It found that 439,153 children were enrolled in 2011-2012 but the number fell to 383,485 in 2015-16. Reason being Marathi medium students had a dropout rate of 15 per every 100 in the academic year 2015-2016. (Representational Image)

49 per cent drop in Marathi-medium enrolments

The NGO gathered information from the civic education department through the Right to Information Act.

08 Dec 2016 7:17 AM

As per the rules, within two years, the bureaucrats must also tell how their foreign tour helped the state.

Bureaucrats tour world, but no accountability

Most bureaucrats didn’t submit mandatory report on tours, state has no account of cash spent.

27 Nov 2016 2:15 AM

People stand in a queue to deposit and exchange discontinued currency notes, outside a bank on the outskirts of New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

A noble objective, but the execution is faulty

The banks are inaccessible for exchanging currency and ATMs are by and large not operative.

19 Nov 2016 3:57 AM

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