Revenue Dept seeks RTI exemption for its big data wing on GST, tax evasionDGARM, set up in 2017, to provide taxmen intelligence inputs and data analysis to identify, track and profile tax evaders, is also key to n...
13 May, 2022, 12.32 AM IST
CIC to hear 474 pleas of J&KOver seven months after Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation in October 2019, the Union Territory (UT) has finally transferred 474 RTI cases to...
20 Jun, 2020, 08.24 AM IST
Won't share meeting agenda under RTI, says new IIT Guwahati 'resolution'Experts say this violates the RTI Act, which says that all information that is of public interest must be available to the public.
04 Mar, 2020, 04.08 PM IST
CIC divided over bringing political parties under RTIThe transparency watchdog, which had brought political parties under RTI Act with a controversial order in 2013, is now facing an internal ...
20 Aug, 2018, 11.25 PM IST
After nudge from PM Modi, CIC to hear public complaintsThere are multiple windows to accept public grievances. The grievances are sent to President, VP, PM and filed at the central portal.
22 Dec, 2016, 12.21 AM IST
Applicants are unable to pay the RTI fee of Rs 10 online as the payment gateway is non-functionalThe website, rtionline.gov.in, has been showing an alert message to applicants that the security certificate has expired.
27 Aug, 2016, 06.26 AM IST
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...
09 Mar, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
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 ...
10 Dec, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
Central Information Commission has not opened 10,000 RTI envelopes since August-endThe fact has even shocked CIC’s own information commissioners, like M Sridhar Acharyulu, have asked the problem be addressed immediately.
19 Nov, 2015, 08.36 AM IST
CIC to upload RTI filing data on website for more transparencyCIC, the final appellate authority for Right to information (RTI) Act, has finally moved to bring in more transparency in its working.
13 Nov, 2015, 04.37 AM IST
CIC to bring in transparency in its workingSpeaking to ET, Sharma said, “We are now correcting this so that people know how many appeals and complaints have been received, registered...
10 Nov, 2015, 01.09 PM IST
RTI activists seek info on petitions filed with CICConcerned citizens, NRIs and RTI activists have submitted a petition to CIC to publish data on number of cases registered and sent back by ...
27 Oct, 2015, 04.32 AM IST
Narendra Modi government takes RTI to another level: All replies to be put onlineThis basically means that anyone can now access online the replies given by each Ministry to all RTI applications it receives, rather than ...
22 Oct, 2014, 02.20 AM IST
Govt mulling changes in RTI Act to keep political parties out of ambitThe government is considering an ordinance to strike down a landmark order of the CIC that brought political parties under the ambit of RTI...
29 Jun, 2013, 04.35 AM IST
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 ...
03 Feb, 2013, 06.05 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
- 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.
31 Dec, 2009, 03.23 AM IST