SC seeks response of 11 states on plea seeking setting up of RTI portalsThe Supreme Court has asked 11 states, including Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, to respond to a plea alleging they have not set up RTI porta...
Activists angry as Bangalore Development Authority, BBMP shut down RTI cellsOn November 23, the BBMP Commissioner had issued an order for the closure of the RTI Cell situated on its premises.
BBMP departments use its RTI cell to keep applicants at bayAccording to the RTI Act, PIOs or assistant public informa- tion officers of govt departments are required to accept RTI applications from ...
Pinarayi Vijayan Denies move to dilute RTI Act, says CPI charges baselessIn an indirect reference to the CPI, he said the attempt to show the government in poor light by comparing it with the previous UDF governm...
Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma to sponsor 1000 RTI requests for onlineRTI.comVijay Shekhar Sharma has agreed to sponsor 1,000 Right to Information requests for onlineRTI.com that helps people file these applications ...
Law students to assess government departments suo motu disclosuresLaw students will be roped in by the Centre to study suo motu disclosure of governance-related information by its various ministries under ...
Political parties can't be under RTI Act: Centre tells Supreme CourtWhen the RTI Act was enacted, it was never visualised that politicial parties would be brought within the ambit of the transparency law, Do...
Government to rope in interns to study RTI Act's implementationThe three-month fellowship will also help government in assessing the success of RTI in improving transparency and accountability.
- Government mulling extension of e-IPO to state governments
The facility which helped Indians living abroad to file RTI applications during e-IPO was extended to citizens residing in India on Februar...
A set of new entrepreneurs launch business ventures to help RTI applicantsOnlineRTI, which claims to have received about 33,450 RTI applications since its formation last year, is run by a team of 14 professionals.
Govt to launch website for e-postal order by March endThe facility, which is likely to be made online by this month end, will also be extended for citizens living across the country, the source...
Sunday ET: RTI: Challenges so far and the changes neededWhile the UPA likes to package the RTI as its big-ticket achievement, the non-serious attitude of many public authorities towards RTI is a ...
- Government to review implementation of RTI
The Centre will review implementation of the Right to Information Act in all its departments in order for effective functioning of the tran...
- Central Information Commission shield to protect RTI crusaders
Central Information Commission has come out with a landmark resolution to combat unending assaults on right to information activists.
- Need to file an RTI, expert help is now at hand
A new breed of professionals is on the rise that owes its existence to the RTI Act. The sunshine act has proved to be effective in empoweri...
- RTI Act: In place, but not quite
The right to information is guaranteed by the Constitution, but the institutional framework for delivering it has been weak.
- Railways to introduce IT-enabled system for RTI applications
In an effort to bring transparency and better monitoring in handling RTI cases, the Railways have undertaken steps to introduce an IT-enabl...