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RTI section implementation
by JD Joshi- 1 follower
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RTI Act: Court officials told to give out document:
by colnrkurup- 2 followers
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Hurray!!! The SIC, Kerala rose to the occasion for the first time!! The Keala State Information Commission has in a unique decision, asked the Kerala High Court to provide the document an information-seeker has asked for under the RTI Act. In a recent decision the Kerala SIC asked the court's PIO to provide the copy of a writ peition for free to the applicant within 15 days. The Commsion also dubbed invalid Rule 12 of the Kerala High Court (RTI Rules 2006). It said Rule 12 was a total negation of the right of a cityzen and the declaration of the Act that "All citizens shall have the right to information " Rule 12 says 'No application for information or document…
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Never mind RTI; UPSC marks need not be disclosed
by Prasad GLN- 1 follower
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Never mind RTI; UPSC marks need not be disclosed Vinita Deshmukh 03 May 2018 Justice AK Goel and Justice UU Lalit directed that: “Weighing the need for transparency and accountability on the one hand andrequirement of optimum use of fiscal resources and confidentiality of sensitive information on the other, we are of the view that information sought with regard to marks in Civil Services Exam cannot be directed to be furnished mechanically. Situation of exams of other academic bodies may stand on a different footing. Furnishing raw marks will cause problems as pleaded by the UPSC…which will not be in the public interest.” However, the Supre…
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RIGHT TO INFORMATION Public Interest - Accused in sexual harassment denied information under RTI by Postal Department Vinita Deshmukh 04 July 2018 1 In an interesting case, the alleged accused in a sexual harassment case invoked Right to Information (RTI) to find out details of investigations against him. The Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) denied information citing it to be a ‘trade secret’, ‘intellectual property’ and ‘commercial confidence’ under Section 8 of the RTI Act. Last week, the Central Information Commission (CIC) trashed it by ordering the PIO to supply the information. While slamming a penalty of Rs25,000 on the PIO, the CIC wondered …
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Everything not smooth under nose of CIC
by garg0505- 1 follower
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A decision making sure that everything is not smooth working in even CIC office Read this decision of IC http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/cic-pio-has-grossly-violated-provisions-rti-act-no#.Wzh1jnrhU0P
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Since I filled 4 complaints with CIC and are registered/admitted as well , but as per calendar of CIC website it is likely to take minimum period 15 to 18 months for decisions. Since the information asked for and not provided by PIO concerned/FAA of New Delhi Municipal Council,New Delhi. Is there any provision or ruling to get the information/decision by listing my complaints out of turn .
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Who will be actual pio in case of transfer of application u/S 6(3) of rti.
by harindersinghrawat- 1 follower
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Sir, my application was transfered from local self department to other department which in turn further transfered to other department. Then in this case who will be pio against whom i can file second appeal. I only received sms from one department while from other I queries telephonically then only I came to know that it has further transfered to other department. Where as no written letter came to me. Kindly guide me what to do as my application was of 20 may 18.
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Amendments to RTI Act
by Prasad GLN- 2 followers
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As per the proposed amendments, salaries and allowances of information commissioners will no longer be equivalent to those of a Supreme Court judge. The amendments seek to empower the Central government and the state governments to decide salaries of information commissioners through rules. The rationale provided is that treating information commissioners on par with functionaries of the election commission is incorrect, as the latter is a constitutional body while information commissions are statutory bodies. Link https://thewire.in/rights/rti-law-dilution-information-commission Should ordinary citizens be bothered by this proposed amendment really ? Ho…
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Even basic info under RTI is being denied, right, left and center! Vinita Deshmukh 21 June 2018 1 It is now 12 years since the Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force, to make transparency an essential element of public discourse. However, instead of growing stronger and more citizen friendly due to the powerful provisions of Section 4 disclosures, transparency in increasingly coming under a threat. Accessing even basic information that should be ideally and pro-actively be uploaded in the public domain by the public authorities under the Act, is getting tougher by the day. It seems as if the public information officers (PIOs) and appellat…
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About vast and Suspicious information
by sayyed salim- 1 follower
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I submitted an application to municipal corporation under rti. In that application i demanded information related to progressive work done by corporation through various funds since 1 jan 2014 to 31 march 2018. Pio told me that my demanded information is very vast, Suspicious. On that point he Deny . Now what I do? Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using RTI INDIA mobile app
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Changes in RTI application procedures
by SureshT- 1 follower
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Nearly a year ago I filed for an RTI in relation to a personal matter. Having followed the advice of the members of this forum, I got a reply and it helped my cause in a reasonably satisfactory manner. Going forward, I will need to file an RTI once again. My query is, have there been any significant changes in the manner in which an RTI is filed? I am aware that the fee structure has changed - INR 50 instead of INR 10, and INR 5 per photocopy instead of INR 2. In addition to this, have there been any other changes, such as to word limit, application format, etc.? I am visiting after a while, so I'm not sure if there is a 'Sticky' thread/post that refers to chang…
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I had applied for 5 queries under RTI Act, but none of my query has answered to the point.
by Dilip_Ray- 1 follower
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1st query not given and said will give you latter. Is there any provision for such type of reply under RTI? 3rd query reply not to the point, I asked for 2005 seniority list, they have given 2006 to 2010. But not 2005. What should I do? 4th query was from 2011 to 2018, they have given 2012, 2015 and 2018 only. What to do now? 5th query was about necessity, necessity reply not given. Funny thing is when the AWS cadre was in working condition that time sanction strength of SSE was only 12. Now showing 16, where as cadre was closed before 2010. Therefore I request you all to help me for my first appeal. 1528907440780 Sent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using RTI INDIA m…
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The RTI Story.
by siddharth khandelwal- 2 followers
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Dear Friends, Want to read the story of RTI movement? Read this book. Publisher: Rajkamal Prakashan/Saarthak Language: Hindi Paperback: 350 pages
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Dear sirs I have been to the concern circle or station of fire to get the copy of noc but they refused to take letter and asked me to apply an line I am not able to get link for the same pls send me the link Sent from my iPhone using RTI INDIA mobile app
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Empanelement of firm
by khumandhana- 1 follower
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After filling RTI i came to know that information Technology department empanelled firm who didn't fulfill eligibility criteria for empanelement. So which step will be better, shouls i lodge a complain to vigilance commision or should i go to court or anything else Sent from my SM-G7202 using RTI INDIA mobile app
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rythu bandu scheme in telangana
by Mahesh yadav avushetti- 1 follower
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I would like to fight with this telangana govt with support of you all on rythu bandu scheme in telangana.how it is useful for real farmers.this scheme is total for big landlords.i want to stop this scheme.as this burdon on the telagana govt.and it is increasing liabilities to telangana. #Jago telangana Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using RTI INDIA mobile app
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Average RTI on PSBs is Just 2 Per Year
by Prasad GLN- 1 follower
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Average RTI on PSBs is Just 2 Per Year ! Vinita Deshmukh 30 May 2018 0 As per the observations of the P J Nayak Committee on public sector banks, the Right to Information Act (RTI) is a major constraint which is affecting the governance of these banks, without providing any statistics to support this opinion. Never mind the real fact that they are grossly misgoverned in other ways, going by the statistics revealed in April 2018 by the Finance Ministry that NPAs amount to a whopping Rs.6.9 lakh crore. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) decided to examine the trend of RTI disposals by the 26 PSUs and their regulator, the …
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संकलन आणि पृथःकरण
by sayyed salim- 0 replies
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सदरची माहिती 4-5 वर्षांची व मोठ्या प्रमाणात आहे. तसेच हि माहिती संदिग्ध स्वरूपाची आहे. माहिती अधिकार कायद्यात माहितीचे संकलन,पृथःकरण करणे अभिप्रेत नाही असे उत्तर मला मिळाले आहे. याचा अर्थ काय? व याला पुढे काय करता येईल? Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using RTI INDIA mobile app
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Constantly nabour interfering in our contrction work
by ninthwave- 1 follower
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Dear sirs As we obtained bore permission and GHMC permission he is constantly back of us and not allowing us to contruct house and resently he have been to court that compound wall belongs to him it's all froud he is creating a hell for me he runs school with 5 floors building in 200 Syds I do not know how he is running I wanted to teach him a lesson Pls advise Sent from my iPhone using RTI INDIA mobile app
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ALTERATION OF DRAINAGE SYS
by Satyendra6- 1 follower
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I am requesting city nagar Nigam & the collector since long for alteration work of a blocked drainage in front of my house. After 2 /3 years some alteration was done recently but problem still alive due to some influencial personalities not allowing constr in front of their house. Pl suggest solutions. Sent from my iPhone using RTI INDIA mobile app
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Can the disclosure of name of Highly corrupt official can endanger the life of such official ?
by Prasad GLN- 1 follower
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I am reproducing the personal message received from our member Hon. Harinder Dhingra ? The issue needs definitely a thorough discussion, as every Public Authority that is having information on corrupt officials wanted to protect the identity stating that it may endanger the life of the persons. Once the case is referred to RBI, CVC and CBI, the information is publicised and they can never keep that information confidential. Even CVC is uploading the names of corrupt officials against whom charges are pending in website. Suddenly there is a CIC decision that disclosing the names of such highly corrupt officials may endanger the life of such officials by appl…
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Mumbai, March 26 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai, issued 32 rainfall predictions in 2017, of which 14 turned out to be incorrect. This means 44% of the predictions of heavy, very heavy or extremely heavy rainfall warnings issued by IMD were incorrect. The information was revealed by the weather bureau in its reply to a reply to right to information (RTI) query. The southwest monsoon is active over Mumbai between June and September Link: https://www.msn.com/en-in/weather/news/44percent-of-imds-heavy-rain-warnings-proved-to-be-incorrect-rti-reply/ar-BBKHkMg Can any one guess percentage of of RTI Applications for which inf…
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Private schools stop 25% admissions under RTE
by haimantisen- 1 follower
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Hello, I would like to gain your perspective about this particular topic. Even though the Right to education act is implemented and we assume that the government is doing its job. There are many children who are not attending school or completing their basic matric education. It is their basic right and nobody keeps a check on that. The number of children we see begging on the streets, the homeless children, orphans. Does the government keep a check on that. Education cannot be ignored or even put on the sidelines. Moreover the only schools who accept admissions under RTE are government schools. The government schools are poorly equipped. They face a shortage of tea…
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Victim of corruption.
by sunny daryani- 1 follower
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This is very sad to write under RTI I asked few questions to government for conducting illegal auction of land of farmer . After filling second appeal the matter was kept in front of sic still no prompt reply. Can anyone advice me that I should take such action these people should loose their job Sent from my ONEPLUS A5010 using RTI INDIA mobile app
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Serious Flaw in RTI Act-2005
by nk agarwal- 2 followers
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I am a RTI Act-2005 user for last about 8 years and have encountered following serious flaw in the Act : (1) No provision of any action on FAA if he/she fails to discharge his /her duties i.e. fails to issue decision on 1st Appeal
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