Give on stamp paper you disclosed all info on electoral bonds under RTI, CIC tells ECThe case originates from an RTI query filed by activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (Retd) who had sought from the Election Commission the compl...
22 Jun, 2022, 12.32 PM IST
Cannot disclose details of PM's flights as it relates to his security apparatus: IAF plea in HCThe IAF plea has claimed that the "information so sought includes details related to the entire entourage, names of Special Protection Grou...
09 Dec, 2020, 01.30 PM IST
Centre refuses to make public records of deliberations on appointment of Information CommissionersIn response to an RTI application filed by activist Commodore (Retd) Lokesh Batra, the government has said 256 applications were received b...
02 Jun, 2019, 10.33 PM IST
PM Modi's flight records cannot be disclosed under RTI due to security reasons: Air India"As such, the Air India is advised not to disclose information relating to PM's flight to such RTI queries," it said.
25 Mar, 2018, 05.39 PM IST
Explain delay in transferring RTI applications: CIC R K Mathur to PMODuring the hearing, Batra stated he has experienced that prolonged delays in providing information by the Central Public Information Office...
12 Jan, 2018, 04.48 PM IST
SBI to redesign envelopes for dispatching tax cheques to protect PANThe move comes 16 months after activist Lokesh Batra raised the issue that the window envelopes used by SBI make it easy for someone to mis...
04 Dec, 2017, 09.42 AM IST
PMO clears Rs 119 crore bills of Air IndiaThe PMO has claimed on its website that bills for trips - Japan, Laos, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya and Uzbekistan - have n...
31 Jan, 2017, 05.57 PM IST
Does PM's foreign trip details disclosure compromise security? CIC to decideCIC to decide if expenditure on chartered flights need to be held back for security reasons.
29 Oct, 2016, 01.05 AM IST
Activist complains to DoPT citing alleged irregularity at CICAn RTI activist has alleged that the registrar of the Central Information Commission is allegedly using government vehicles and taxis in vi...
06 Feb, 2016, 06.58 PM 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
Prime Minister's Office got 70% more RTI pleas under Narendra ModiThe number of RTIs have increased from 3069 between January-May 2014 to 5208 applications between June-October this year.
19 Nov, 2014, 12.25 PM IST
70% rise in RTI applications in PMO since Narendra Modi took overPMO received 3069 RTI applications in the first five months this year till May while from June-October the number of applications received ...
18 Nov, 2014, 08.58 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
More things change, more they remain sameUnder the Right to Information Act, an RTI applicant is not required to give any reasons while seeking information.
29 Jul, 2014, 03.16 PM IST
How is our information useful to you: PMO asks RTI applicantIn an apparent violation of the RTI Act, the PIO at the PMO refuses to provide information to an applicant saying he failed to show how it ...
01 Apr, 2013, 02.27 PM IST
- RBI initiates inquiry into 21 banks' operations from residential plots in Nodia
The RBI has initiated an inquiry into how 104 branches of 21 major banks in Noida got permissions to start operations from residential plot...
04 Apr, 2012, 04.05 AM IST
Postal dept to help Indians travelling abroad and NRIs with RTI filingIndians travelling abroad and NRIs would be able to file applications online via a dedicated Department of Posts site.
06 Mar, 2012, 09.14 AM IST