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Substance of offence of sedition snuck into UAPA with more draconian consequences: Ex-bureaucratsThe statement said that over the years, "slowly and surreptitiously", the substance of the offence of sedition has been "snuck" into the Un...
Government should set up authority to 'compel' ministries to put info on websites: Wajahat habibullahHailing the Right to Information Act (RTI) as a "great success story", Habibullah added that there were still challenges in the implementat...
Activists welcome PM Narendra Modi's move to declassify Netaji filesThe Prime Minister's move to put nearly 15,000 papers in the public domain has been lauded and is a marked departure from government policy.
CIC to upload RTI filing data on website for more transparencyCIC, the final appellate authority for Right to information (RTI) Act, has finally moved to bring in more transparency in its working.
CIC to bring in transparency in its workingSpeaking to ET, Sharma said, “We are now correcting this so that people know how many appeals and complaints have been received, registered...
Very few RTI activists invited for 10th Central Information Commission conventionDespite repeated requests and representations from Batra, Nayak and Bharadwaj, CIC has broken convention and decided to keep activists out ...
Central Information Commission appeals plunge 96% in four monthsThe number of appeals and complaints with the CIC, the final appellate authority for the Right to Information Act, plummeted 96 per cent .
CIC loses files related to first Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah's resignationIn an RTI response, CIC said the lost files related to Habibullah's resignation are not readily traceable, raising questions about its reco...
Sushma Singh takes over as new CICFormer IAS officer Sushma Singh was today appointed as Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission.
Oil-for-food scam: PMO admits to having special envoy Virendra Dayal's reports on Volcker probeThe PMO's change in stand came five years after it had claimed before the then Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah that it di...
Oil-for-food scam: CIC dismisses RTI query on sensitive reportThe CIC has dismissed an RTI appeal seeking disclosure of a report on Volcker Committee investigation in oil-for-food scam.
- CIC to issue notices to ED in oil-for-food scam
The CIC had directed the Enforcement Directorate to produce the file of the probe into the scam for its perusal to decide on its disclosure...
- Oil-for-food scam: CIC yet to take decision on its move
Even two years after the Supreme Court allowed the CIC to peruse documents related to the oil-for-food scam, the transparency panel is yet ...
- CIC's no to review its order on denying info on Sonia Gandhi
The Central Information Commission has dismissed an RTI applicant's appeal against denial of details relating to citizenship of Congress Pr...
- CIC asks PMO to make public list of 29 files on Netaji
Rejecting the PMO's refusal to provide a list of classified files relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the Central Information Commissi...
- Stock Exchanges must be answerable under RTI Act: Habibullah
Stock Exchanges must be answerable and accountable under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibul...
- Set up system to process RTI in passport offices: CIC
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Centre to set up a regular system of processing Right to Information applications...
- RTI stuck at classified files hurdle
Touted as the "people's law" to bring about transparency in government working, RTI staggered through 2007 as the Centre refused to declass...
- 'Corporates can seek info under RTI'
The CIC says that cos should be considered at par with citizens seeking information under the RTI Act.
- UPSC told to disclose ’06 candidates’ marks
In a directive that could make civil service examinations more transparent, the Central Information Commission (CIC) on Monday asked the Un...