More men than women exercise their right to informationThe annual study, which has concentrated on the functioning and orders passed by the final appellate authority Central Information Commissi...
PSBs rejecting information requests under RTI Act: StudyA study reveals that while the banks account for 9% of the total applications received, they account for 33% of the rejections of requests.
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 ...
92 per cent Information Commission led by retired civil servantsHaryana information commission has a woman as an acting chief and not a formally appointed one. There is only one woman information commiss...
Waiting period at RTI commissions ranges between two months and 30 yearsThe findings reveal that if an appeal is filed in Assam on January 1, 2016, it would be heard after 30 years.
1.75 crore RTI applications filed since 2005: StudyThe state information commissions, the final appellate authorities in the states for RTI Act, also have been playing truant with their resp...
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 ...
Only 0.41 per cent of Indians seek information under RTI Act: StudyThe study, which analyses data of different states, revealed that only Chhattisgarh among states captured the urban-rural break-up of RTI a...
Indians use RTI to the hilt, but government fails to keep upA country-wide study on the functioning of the CIC and state information commissions by CHRI reveals that the number of RTIs has increased ...
Ministries still reluctant to share information on RTI applications with CIC: StudyThe study shows that the percentage of public authorities unwilling to share data with CIC, the transparency watchdog, has increased over t...
Decline in RTI applications received by PSU banks: StudyThe findings suggest that despite the reduction in the number of requests, most of the banks are rejecting more and more RTI applications t...
- Govt examining CIC order to bring political parties under RTI
The Centre is examining the order by Central Information Commission to bring political parties under the jurisdiction of RTI following whic...
Government to conduct RTI study to assess cost on providing informationThe study will help in recording the experience of public authorities at different levels in dealing with RTI applications and appeals.
Can't disclose commissioning letter for black money study: MoFUnion Finance Ministry has refused to make public the order for commissioning a study to find out quantum of black money floating in econom...
Centre to conduct study to ascertain RTI cost to government in providing information to citizensStudy to also find out whether UPA’s showpiece initiative has helped improve its ‘public perception about extent of reduction in corruption.
- DoPT sends memo after slack response of depts on RTI study
Delayed response from several ministries on a study on RTI applications has prompted the DoPT to send a reminder to all departments concern...
- 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.