CIC advises Income Tax Dept: Institutionalise taxpayer-friendly grievance redressalIn a recent statement, the Central Information Commission has called on the Income Tax Department to overhaul its system for taxpayers. It ...
05 Mar, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Delhi HC sets aside CIC order to disclose info on Smriti Irani's educational recordsThe Delhi High Court overturned a Central Information Commission order. The order had directed CBSE to release BJP leader Smriti Irani's Cl...
25 Aug, 2025, 08.21 PM IST
RBI looks to ensure uniformity in credit bureau data qualityThe Reserve Bank of India is reviewing credit bureau operations. This aims to improve data consistency and transparency for customers. A wo...
05 Jul, 2025, 12.14 AM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre, states to expedite steps to fill vacancies in CIC, SICsThe Supreme Court addressed vacancies in the Central and State Information Commissions, urging prompt appointments to uphold the Right to I...
26 Nov, 2024, 05.36 PM IST
SC to hear on September 1 plea seeking compliance of 2019 verdict on filling up of posts in CIC & SICsAdvocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioner and RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj who has sought implementation of the 2019 verdict, cla...
25 Aug, 2021, 08.04 PM IST
Rural masses most vulnerable to graft, spread awareness about RTI Act in rural areas: Parliamentary panelThe panel expressed concern over a large number of vacancies in the posts of Information Commissioners in state Information Commissions and...
24 Mar, 2021, 03.39 PM IST
Implement RTI Act at the earliest: CIC to Jammu & Kashmir, LadakhIn a letter sent to J&K chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam on Friday, the commission asked the administration to appoint a central public inf...
30 Apr, 2020, 08.13 AM IST
SC directs Centre, states to appoint information commissioners in CIC, SICs within 3 monthsIt is proposed to appoint the CIC in to succeed the incumbent on completion of the tenure likely on January 11, 2020, it said. Sudhir Bharg...
16 Dec, 2019, 07.13 PM IST
Narendra Modi passed MA first class from Gujarat University: Vice ChancellorThe Gujarat University on Sunday shared details of Narendra Modi's MA degree saying he scored 62.3% as an external student of the varsity.
02 May, 2016, 02.38 AM IST
Nagaland Information Commission rated as 'one of the best'With merely 0.7% of the RTI applications being rejected, the Nagaland Information Commission has been rated as "one of the best" Commission...
06 Mar, 2016, 12.30 PM IST
Supreme Court refuses to make data on pending rulings publicThe Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking to make data relating to all pending judgements public under the RTI.
15 Feb, 2016, 05.51 PM IST
RTI activists seek info on petitions filed with CICConcerned citizens, NRIs and RTI activists have submitted a petition to CIC to publish data on number of cases registered and sent back by ...
27 Oct, 2015, 04.32 AM IST
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 .
09 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Central Information Commission files on its publicity expenses not traceableThe CIC in a recent response to activist Lokesh Batra said that the files related to expenditure on publicity are not "readily traceable".
22 Jun, 2015, 09.15 PM IST
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...
06 Oct, 2014, 07.36 PM IST
Political parties join hands to reject CIC order of bringing them under the purview of RTI ActSuch adventurist approach will create a lot of harm and damage to democratic institutions,” Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi sai...
05 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Check existence of information before seeking exemption: CIC to PMO
CIC has directed the Prime Minister's Office to first ensure existence of info within the department before seeking exemption under the RTI...
15 Oct, 2012, 02.53 PM IST