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Protestors raise slogans against the amendments to the Right to Information Act, in New Delhi in 2019.(PTI File)

Dilip Cherian | CIC sans chief, only 10 of 28 panels worked during lockdown

Fifteen years after the Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force, does the nation have more transparency or less?

22 Oct 2020 10:58 AM

M Venkaiah Naidu said members could seek a debate or raise it under different rules. (Photo: File)

Cong, Oppn raise electoral bonds issue in Rajya Sabha

The issue of electoral bonds has snowballed into a political flash point following reports based on a RTI response.

22 Nov 2019 2:09 PM

Checks and balances are the very foundation of a democracy, and bringing public institutions, including the Supreme Court, under the RTI is a major check.

Primacy of RTI upheld

The law can only lay down the broad principle that transparency be seen as a desirable quality in the running of the administration.

15 Nov 2019 5:21 AM

The observation by the high court came while setting aside a Central Information Commission (CIC) direction to the Centre to revise the present policy for selection of meritorious students under the 'Bal Shree scheme'. (Photo: Representational)

Giving judgement on policy of organisations not envisaged under RTI: Delhi HC

The order came on the ministry's appeal, filed through advocates Rahul Sharma and C K Bhatt.

21 Oct 2019 8:04 PM

The state transparency report published by TII states that while Chhattisgarh has strictly complied with the provisions of the law, Uttar Pradesh is the only state which has not published even a single report in the last 14 years. (Photo: File)

Not one RTI report published from UP since law came into force in 2005: Study

The report analyses the functioning of 28 state information commissions in the country.

12 Oct 2019 1:30 PM

Shah, who was the chief guest at the event, said when the law was being drafted, there were apprehensions of its misuse, but during the last 15 years, the benefits have outdone the misuse. (Photo: FIle | ANI)

Govt putting information in public domain, reducing need for filing RTI: Shah

Shah -- chief guest at the 14th annual CIC, said when the law was being drafted, there were apprehensions of its misuse.

12 Oct 2019 12:40 PM

The ministry further said the beneficiaries under the Anganwadi Services Scheme are identified on the basis of Aadhaar which is used as identity document for delivery of services or benefits in a bid to bring transparency and efficiency. (Photo: Representational)

19.96 lakh ghost beneficiaries identified at Assam Anganwadi centres: RTI reply

The Centre has asked all states to conduct headcount of all beneficiaries of Anganwadi centres.

22 Sep 2019 11:25 AM

Last-minute travellers have helped railways earn a whopping Rs 25,392 crore in the last four years, an RTI has found. (Representational Image)

In last 4 yrs, Tatkal tickets of last-minute travellers earned railways Rs 25,000 crore: RTI

In 2016-2017, the revenue from such tickets touched Rs 6,672 crore, going up to Rs 6,915 crore the following year.

01 Sep 2019 4:20 PM

CMO of Shamli district was fined Rs 25000 for not providing information under the RTI Act. (Photo: File)

Chief Medical Officer in UP fined for not providing information under RTI

A man named Ismael had filed an RTI application in 2014 but the CMO did not respond.

04 Aug 2019 12:36 PM

Rahul said: 'Strange that the normally vociferous anti-corruption crowd has suddenly disappeared.' (Photo: File)

PM Modi-led BJP helping corrupt by diluting RTI: Rahul Gandhi

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Bill after an acrimonious debate.

27 Jul 2019 8:27 PM

According to Jairam Ramesh, in 2003 the Chief Minister of Gujarat, now the Prime Minister had come to Planning Commission (now Niti Aayog) and faced uncomfortable questions on the state of health, education and social development in the state. (Photo: RSTV)

PM 'taking revenge' for his embarrassments by amending RTI: Jairam Ramesh

RBI had rejected because of two of its key justification -- elimination of black money and counterfeit notes.

26 Jul 2019 11:00 AM

The Congress is aware that with the support of the BJP and the TRS, the government has numbers to push the bill. (Photo: File)

Government secures RTI bill in Rajya Sabha; gets support of BJD, TRS, YSRCP

The government has garnered the support of 129 members to get the bill passed in the Upper House.

25 Jul 2019 3:09 PM

The minister said the Chief Information Commissioner's status is regarded at par with that of Chief Election Commissioner. (Photo: File)

Lok Sabha takes up discussion on RTI amendment bill

The bill seeks to give the central government power to fix the tenure and salaries of information commissioners.

22 Jul 2019 7:57 PM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the decision to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act is not a correct move as it will end the independence of Central and State Information Commissions. (Photo: File)

Decision to amend RTI Act is a bad move: Arvind Kejriwal

During the voting on the introduction of the amended Bill, 224 members voted in favour while nine in against.

22 Jul 2019 1:15 PM

Centre introduced a bill in Lok Sabha to amend the RTI Act, seeking to give the government powers to fix salaries, tenures and other terms and conditions of employment of information commissioners. (Photo: File I PTI)

Decision to amend RTI 'bad move': Kejriwal

Kejriwal had actively worked for implementation of the Right to Information Act (RTI) before coming into politics.

22 Jul 2019 12:32 PM

During the voting on the introduction of the amended Bill, 224 members voted in favour and nine against. (Photo: Representational | File)

RTI amendment bill introduced in Lok Sabha after division

Opposition parties staged a walkout protesting against its introduction.

19 Jul 2019 4:02 PM

Chaturvedi, a 2002-batch officer of the Indian Forest Service, had in August 2017 filed an RTI application with the PMO seeking details of corruption complaints against Union ministers received from June 2014 till the date of filling of the application. (Photo: File)

New order paves way for disclosure of corruption cases against ministers

The Commission had directed the Central Public Information Officer of the PMO to provide information on this within 15 days.

04 Jul 2019 4:06 PM

The EC's refusal to disclose Lavasa's dissent notes comes just weeks after the poll body rejected by a 2-1 majority Lavasa's demand that dissenting views on model code violations during elections should be made part of orders and decided it will be only included in internal files. (Photo: File)

On RTI, EC refuses to share dissent notes on Modi's election speeches

The EC stated that disclosing the notes would endanger the life or physical safety of the individual.

25 Jun 2019 1:44 PM

In April, the Home Ministry served a notice to Gandhi, asking him to clarify within a fortnight his 'factual position' on a complaint by BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy questioning his citizenship status. (Photo: File)

Home Ministry refuses to share details on notice to Rahul Gandhi over citizenship

In an RTI application, the ministry was asked to provide a copy of the notice to Rahul Gandhi and details of the response received from him.

04 Jun 2019 4:31 PM

'Rs 100 was deducted instead of Rs 65 against cancellation of a wait listed ticket. I have been following up the case since 2017 and was given only assurances that the amount would be refunded,' Swami said. (Photo: Facebook I Sujeet Swamy)

Kota man struggles for 2 years to get Rs 33 refund from IRCTC

The extra amount of Rs 35 was charged to him as service tax, even though he cancelled the ticket prior to the implementation of GST.

09 May 2019 11:02 AM

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