Mumbai: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) apparently has no records of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s media interactions for over four years, an RTI query revealed here on Friday. Mumbai-based RTI activist Anil Galgali had posed the query on December 8, 2018, seeking full details of Modi’s media interactions, live interviews[Read More…]
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Censor Board banned 793 films in 16 years: RTI
Lucknow: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) banned a total of 793 films in 16 years, an RTI response has revealed. Nutan Thakur, a city-based activist, has been told that between January 1, 2000, and March 31, 2016, the censor board refused to “grant a certificate for exhibition to[Read More…]
“VK Sasikala & aides were given five rooms, personal cook,” alleges RTI activist N Murthy
RTI activist, N Murthy, on Sunday stated that allegations were levelled against Bengaluru central prison authorities for providing VIP treatment to jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala. VK Sasikala, who is serving a four-year jail term after being convicted in disproportionate assets case, had managed to get many of the privileges she[Read More…]
Rajasthan: RTI applicants receive used condom as reply
RTI applicants Vikas Choudhary and Manohar Lal were left shell-shocked when in reply to their query the two received used condoms. The duo, residents of Chani Badi, Bhadra tehsil, Hanumangarh had last year filled two applications with the gram panchayat. The query was regarding projects undertaken for the development since[Read More…]
Jharkhand: BJP government spends Rs 304 crore on advertisements between 2014-2018
In an RTI(Right To Information Act, 2005) filed asking the expenditure of Jharkhand’s governments on advertisements, it was found that the BJP government of Jharkhand has spent around Rs 304 crore over it in the four years of their governance(2014-2018). The breakdown of the government expenditure on advertisements over the year[Read More…]
Bhopal: RTI activist who brought several corruption cases to light, dies in suspicious circumstances
A 37-year-old Right to Information activist Manoj Tripathi, who had filed complaints against many influential persons, succumbed to the injuries on Sunday November 18 at Bansal Hospital, Bhopal. Tripathi, a resident of Dwarka Heights building in Kolar area of Bhopal, was on life support system after he fell from the terrace of the[Read More…]
PMO denies to share information against RTI on e-tendering scam
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has declined to share action taken on a letter written by Congress leader Ajay Singh to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging large-scale corruption through e-tendering in Madhya Pradesh citing a provision of RTI Act that bars disclosure of “third party” information. The Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh had in July written the[Read More…]
65 Lok Sabha members, 29 Rajya Sabha members yet to declare assets
Sixty-five members of the Lok Sabha and 29 of the Rajya Sabha are yet to declare their assets and liabilities, a reply to a query under the RTI Act has revealed. Out of the MPs belonging to the lower house, 61 have not furnished their details since 2014, while four[Read More…]
Delhi University collects Rs 3 cr in revaluation fees, CIC asks to bring answer-sheets under RTI
The Delhi University earned over Rs 3 crore in fees paid by students for either revaluation or rechecking their answer-sheets and for providing photocopies of answer-sheets to them between 2015-16 and 2017-18, an RTI has revealed. According to the information provided by the university, it earned Rs 2,89,12,310 for revaluation alone between[Read More…]
No hearing in the DU’s case on disclosure of 1978 batch result; Delhi HC puts on hold
The Delhi High Court has yet again put the hearing of the Delhi University case related to the disclosure of the result of the batch of 1978 on hold. The hearing was scheduled to be done on Thursday after Delhi University (DU) opposed a plea by Right To Information (RTI)[Read More…]
India sells Petrol at Rs 34 litre to 15 countries, but double price to Indians: RTI Report
Through an RTI report, RTI activist from Punjab, Rohit Sabrawal revealed that India is selling Rs 34 per litre Petrol to 15 countries and Rs 37 per litre diesel to 29 countries while Indian citizens have been availing the same Petrol and diesel for more than double the price. In[Read More…]
Delhi High Court to hear DU’s case on disclosure of 1978 batch result
Delhi High Court to hear the Delhi University case related to the disclosure of the result of the batch of 1978, the same year when Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims to have graduated. The hearing will be done today after Delhi University (DU) opposed a plea of Right To Information[Read More…]
Why the Right to Information Act must be protected
In fact, this legislation has been so successful in exposing various scams and holding authorities accountable that a lot of RTI activists have been unfortunate victims of attacks.
RTI activist, friend shot dead in Bihar’s Jamui district
Patna: A Right to Information (RTI) activist and his friend were shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Bihar’s Jamui district, police said. This is third such crime in the last three months. Valmiki Yadav and his friend Karu Yadav were attacked by motorcycle-borne assailants near Bichwe village in[Read More…]
Parrikar cannot sign files fearing secondary infection, says RTI reply
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, currently undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer in a US hospital, cannot sign government files due to the risk of infection, a RTI petitioner said, citing official documents. City businessman Kenneth Silveira, who obtained the February 28 memo signed by Parrikar through the Right to Information[Read More…]
Bihar, Maharashtra among top five states to receive most complaints under RTI
Bihar is among the top three states where the response to information in the first appeal either does not come or is insufficient as per the data on the number of second appeals and complaints filed at information commissions. This shows that the bureaucracy is unwilling to act unless it[Read More…]
No centralisied data on pending RTI application, says MoS Jitendra Singh
Minister of state for personnel, Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that data regarding the number of RTI applications pending department-wise is not centrally maintained. “The data regarding the number of RTI applications pending department-wise and the number of departments having facilitation centres is not centrally maintained,” he said in a[Read More…]
Maharashtra collector confirms EVM fraud in RTI reply
An RTI response from Maharashtra’s Buldhana district collectorate has confirmed malfunctioning of electronic voting machine (EVM), despite Election Commissions of India’s claims of fair voting machines. As per reports, Buldhana collectorate’s election department has replied to an RTI query confirming that votes of an independent candidate had gone to BJP’s[Read More…]
Gujarat: RTI activist found dead in Navsari
RTI activist Rajesh Savaliya (31), who fought against the education mafia, was found dead in Navsari on Wednesday. The deceased bored multiple injuries on his head and shoulder and was found on NH-8 in Navsari. He was under treatment in a private hospital in Surat and was declared dead on[Read More…]
RTI on PM Modi, Manmohan Singh’s foreign trips denied as ‘vague’
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has denied information on various expenses incurred in foreign trips by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh, terming the query “vague”, an RTI activist informed. Nutan Thakur a social activist told IANS on Saturday that she had requested the documents from the[Read More…]
Gujarat High court orders retrial for RTI activist Amit Jethwa murder case
In the case of the murder of prominent RTI activist Amit Jethwa, the Gujarat High Court held that the trial ongoing in the CBI court is a managed trial by the key accused who happens to be a powerful political leader. The court sets aside the ongoing trial in the CBI[Read More…]
Ever paid Rs 972 for 100gm curd, Rs 1,241 for one litre of refined oil? Indian Railways did, reveals RTI
The Central Railway’s catering department has purchased certain food items to stock their warehouses at several times the maximum retail price, reveals an application filed as a second appeal under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The application was filed by an activist Ajay Bose for the second time as[Read More…]
RTI application can be filed orally, says MoS Jitendra Singh
Minister of State for personnel, public grievances and pensions Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the applications under Right to Information (RTI) Act can be filed orally. “Section 6 (1) of the Act provides that where RTI request cannot be made in writing, the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) or[Read More…]
Kerala govt planned to remit sentences of criminals including murderers, reveals RTI
Information obtained under the Rights to Information Act revealed that the Kerala government had recommended to remit sentences of noted criminals and release 1911 convicts on November 1, 2016 . The list included TP Chandrasekharan murder convicts, liquor contractor Manichan and controversial businessman Muhammed Nisham, who was sentenced to life[Read More…]