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RTI: It's time citizens demand accountability and the government delivers itAs India completed 16 years of the RTI Act this month, the law continues to grapple with basic issues.17 Oct, 2021, 11.05 PM IST- Info commissions have a waiting time of over one year for an applicant seeking information under RTI Act: ReportSatark Nagrik Sangathan assessed the time taken by an appeal or complaint for hearing before the Commission. According to findings, Odisha ...11 Oct, 2021, 11.16 PM IST
- Hunger crisis forces even middle-class Indians to line up for rationsWhile few statistics are available, migrants and workers at food distribution centers in major Indian cities say they can’t remember seeing...15 Jul, 2021, 09.51 AM IST
- Indian social activist Anjali Bharadwaj among 12 anti-corruption champions announced by Biden adminThe 48-year-old activist is also the founder of the Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS), a citizens' group with a mandate to promote transparency...24 Feb, 2021, 08.17 AM IST
- 8 information panels function at reduced capacity: StudyAn applicant would have to wait for 18 years before he is heard in the state. West Bengal, which finishes second on the list, has improved ...12 Oct, 2019, 09.12 AM IST
- 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...11 Oct, 2018, 09.48 PM IST
- Government may cut pay of information commissioners; activists slam bidThe government is considering downgrading the status of the chief information commissioner and information commissioners in terms of salari...13 Apr, 2018, 10.31 AM IST
- Bengal to take 43 years to address wrongful denial under RTI ActThe study has found that if an RTI appeal were to be filed in West Bengal state information commission on November 1, 2017, it would be dis...09 Mar, 2018, 11.45 PM IST
- RTI may now face privacy hurdleWhether a person's right to information can overrule the right to privacy is a question that has been at the heart of the RTI Act 2005.26 Aug, 2017, 11.59 AM IST
- Activists see a plot as CIC returns more and more RTI appeals for lack of proper papersData collated from CIC’s website reveals that the registry returned 58% of the cases in April. Doubts are being raised by activists about t...03 May, 2017, 12.05 AM IST
- Over 60 per cent of Info Commissions' orders not giving facts: StudyThe findings came up for discussion at a public meeting organised by the National Campaign for People's Right to Information here today.08 Nov, 2016, 05.52 PM IST
- 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.05 Nov, 2016, 12.08 AM IST
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