SC likely to hear petitions challenging sections of India’s first privacy law this monthThe petitioners are the Reporters' Collective, the Editors Guild of India, the National Campaign for People's Right to Information, Mazdoor...
Employee wins Rs 50,000 compensation from EPFO for 10-year delay in processing EPF transfer claimThe Chandigarh Consumer Commission ruled that the EPFO cannot use software issues as an excuse for a decade-long delay in transferring an e...
Three years on, Manipur remains tense amid ongoing violenceThree years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, little has changed. Daily life remains disrupted, and thousands are displaced. Violen...
Here’s how to fix errors in EPS records now to avoid PF claim rejection, pension lossIf you spot discrepancies in your EPS contributions, take immediate corrective measures or face rejection in EPF withdrawal or transfer cla...
Census 2027 to be India's first digital enumeration exerciseIndia is gearing up for Census 2027, the nation's 16th census. This massive undertaking will be the world's largest, featuring digital inte...
Centre notifies RTI rules for CIC, ICs; tenure cut to 3 yearsThe rules are quiet on pensions after retirement. Rule 22 gives discretionary powers to the Centre. It says that the Centre has discretiona...
Government shelves new RTI rules after flakThe department of personnel and training has in a recent communication asked CIC if there was the need for fresh rules.
One year on, revised RTI rules yet to be approvedThe requirement for framing fresh RTI Rules — that is the draft RTI Rules 2017 — was undertaken after a direction from the apex court.
RTI rules do not seem to be attempt to dilute the Act: Shailesh Gandhi"It has not been appreciated that the information sought in RTI belongs to all citizens since they own the government and every piece of in...
No change in word limit, fee in proposed RTI rules: Venkaiah Naidu"The proposals on the word limit and fee to be paid made in the proposed rules, to be notified and placed in public domain, are exactly the...
New rules to subvert RTI Act, says CongressCongress has vowed to oppose the changes inside and outside Parliament which it said “formalised the process of subverting the RTI Act”.
Narendra Modi led govt trying to alter RTI: Congress"By trying to alter the RTI rules what is the intention of the government? Right to Inform citizens or Right to Intimidate them ?," senior ...
Activists sulk over new UP RTI rulesRTI activists insist that UP’s version renders them vulnerable and they are particularly irked by what they see as an attempt to model Cent...
Centre to seek states' opinion on 'controversial' Uttar Pradesh RTI rulesUP's RTI rules have come under sharp criticism of the activists who termed certain provisions as against the letter and spirit of the trans...
Centre asks states, courts to harmonise RTI rules on fee chargedThe move assumes significance as various public authorities charge different fees for providing information under the transparency law.
- Draft rules to curb RTI back on agenda
A year after the Centre shelved a move of introducing norms, including a 250-word limit on RTI applications, it has resurrected the proposa...
- Govt proposed RTI rules may encourage blackmail, murder: NAC
National Advisory Council has recommended deletion of some of the RTI rules proposed by the Government, holding they are "legally wrong" wh...