RTI Museum Foundation Stone Layed in Rajasthan: A Journey Through the Struggle for Social Security

18 hours, 13 minutes ago

Rajasthan | Running tussle over Galta

Two Vaishnavite sects claiming ownership over a venerated temple and math, a beleaguered mahant, decades-long litigation and charges of mismanagement of temple property—Rajasthan’s famous Galta Peeth temple is caught in a vicious temporal tangle. Just 12 km from Jaipur and nestled in the lap of the lush Aravalis, the complex of institutions known as Galta Peeth evolved as a revered …

Galta Peeth

1 week, 3 days ago

Kerala honoured for excellence in transparency and public accountability

The Hindu

Kerala has been recognised as a leader in transparency, public accountability, and the dissemination of information, Chief Information Commissioner Hiralal Samariya said. Speaking at the National RTI Award ceremony, where Kerala’s State Information Commissioner A.A. Hakkim was presented with the award, Mr. Samariya lauded Kerala as a model State for its “exemplary performance in resolving RTI petitions efficiently and effectively.” …

Kerala State Information Samariya

2 weeks ago

Ecostani: Why the landmark RTI act is moribund and who is to blame

Hindustan Times

The only law in India that authorises people to question those in power, the Right To Information Act, has been weakened in several states including those ruled by the Congress, the party that introduced the landmark transparency law in 2005. In many states, state information commissions have been defunct for several years as the information commissioners, who hear the RTI …

Court Information Congress Jharkhand Telangana State Commission

1 month, 1 week ago

Jeevan Pramaan Patra: Should 78 lakh EPS pensioners submit annual digital life certificate before November 30

Live Mint

India’s Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare has launched Digital Life Certificate Campaign 3.0. The initiative, known as “Jeevan Pramaan,” aims to make it easier for over 78 lakh Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation pensioners to submit life certificates online, removing the need for physical visits to banks. According to a June 8, 2024 Press Information Bureau release, the digital submission …

Pensioners App Jeevan Pramaan Certificate Face Submit Life Pramaan

1 month, 1 week ago

INTERVIEW | Public can seek info even about TN information commission under RTI: SIC commissioner

New Indian Express

MADURAI: The general public can seek information even about the State Information Commission under the RTI Act, said State Information Commissioner S Selvaraj, while speaking to TNIE on Saturday. The state information commission organised an awareness meeting with Public Information Officers at the collectorate, which is when Selvaraj spoke to TNIE. As per the RTI act, each PIOs need to …

Information Public Act Info Rti Sic Commission Pios

1 month, 2 weeks ago

What the impetus to corruption probes in Rajasthan signals

India Today

November 5 was a day of setbacks for the Congress. The Supreme Court quashed a Rajasthan High Court order that had upheld the closure of a corruption case against Shanti Dhariwal, a prominent minister in the previous Congress government in Rajasthan, led by Ashok Gehlot, and three former officials. The case against Joshi and 21 others, including top officials of …

Rajasthan Development Court Congress Case Bjp Joshi

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Despite the 30-day rule, RTI requests pending for a year

Hindustan Times

Despite the Right to Information Act of 2005 mandating that public information officers should give a response within 30 days, professors in the higher education domain claim they have waited for over a year without any reply to their RTI applications submitted through the Connect Punjab portal. Educator Deepanshu Sharma, said he filed an RTI on August 15 last year, …

Information College Goel Rti Response Portal No Response

1 month, 2 weeks ago

6,845 RTI applications and appeals pending with State Information Commission

New Indian Express

THRISSUR : Introduced in 2005 to ensure transparency in governance, the Right to Information Act is considered a powerful tool against corruption, empowering ordinary citizens to question those in power about their actions. According to data, as of August 9, a total of 6,845 RTI applications, including newly filed applications and appeals, are pending in the office of the State …

Appeal Information Commission Rti Sic Filed Applications

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Redefining the Idea of a Museum in Kerala with JANAL Digital Archive

The Hindu

The Kerala Museum is redefining the concept of a museum by launching its JANAL digital archive. The archive offers a glimpse into the contemporary history of Kerala through compelling storytelling and engaging exhibits. It also provides a platform for public engagement and learning, with events and discussions that connect history with themes of climate change, gender, caste, and class.

Law Culture Education History

3 months, 3 weeks ago

When our sense of history fails monuments

New Indian Express

Karnataka has the second highest number of protected monuments in the country. Encroachment, a lack of historical sense and shortage of experts to preserve monuments are some of the reasons for their pathetic state. Social media users have thrown a fresh focus on monuments, sharing thousands of photographs featuring heritage structures, often with misleading details and facts. “One of the …

Monuments

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Khedkar case: Activist files petition to dist collector seeking criminal case against YCMH doctors

Hindustan Times

Pune: RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar has petitioned the district collector seeking criminal action against staff at Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital for issuing fake disability certificate to IAS officer Puja Khedkar. RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar has petitioned the district collector seeking criminal action against staff at YCMH for issuing fake disability certificate to Puja. She had given the Aadhaar card address …

Disability Application Hospital Certificate Ias Petition Khedkar

4 months, 4 weeks ago

[RTI Act] Delhi HC Denies Son's Plea For Details Of Deceased Father's Bank Locker, Says 'Larger Public Interest' Doesn't Include Individual Interests

Live Law

The Delhi High Court recently dismissed an appeal against a single-judge bench's order upholding the Central Information Commission's refusal to grant information to a man pertaining to a bank locker of his deceased father under the Right To Information Act, 2005. The bench further said that Soni appeared to be seeking some information relating to the bank locker held by …

Information Public Interest Bench Rti Father His Son Single

5 months, 1 week ago

‘Activists have better knowledge of RTI Act than government officials’

The Hindu

Expressing discontentment over the poor knowledge of the Right To Information Act among government officials, Ravindra Gurunath Dhakappa, the State Information Commissioner, said that some RTI activists had better knowledge of the RTI Act than them. “Poor knowledge of the RTI Act in government officials results in annoyance for applicants who rightfully seek information from public offices. Speaking on the …

Information Application Public Information Officials Public Officers Act

5 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP government in Rajasthan takes over Gandhi Vatika Museum’s management

The Hindu

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Rajasthan has taken over the management of the Gandhi Vatika Museum constructed by the previous Congress regime, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel said here on Friday that the decision to repeal the Gandhi Vatika Trust Act, 2023, was taken in view of some “inconsistencies and flaws” in …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

MP High Court Imposes Rs 2 Lakh Cost On Revenue Officer, RTI Activist For Harassing Senior Citizen With Bogus 'False Domicile' Complaint

Live Law

Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed Rs 2 lakhs cost on SDO, Sendhwa and an RTI activist to be paid jointly for harassing an elderly couple through proceedings beyond the scope of the law. According to the court, such harassment was done on the pretext that the petitioner, a retired college principal, issued a false domicile certificate in his wife's …

Court Admission Revenue Respondent Complaint His Wife Certificate

1 year, 1 month ago

Right To Information Act will become a dead letter if...: Supreme Court to Centre

India Today

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre and state governments to fill vacancies in Information Commissions across the country, saying that if the posts were not filled then the whole purpose of the Right To Information Act would be defeated and the Act would become a "dead letter". "The failure of the state governments to fill the posts of …

Information Vacancies State Rti Act Information Commissions Dead Letter

1 year, 2 months ago

RTI queries reveal several irregularities in MGNREGA scheme in West Bengal

The Hindu

The allegation of corruption in the implementation of the MGNREGA in West Bengal remains vague since the communication between the State government and Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj remains out of public domain. The RTI response obtained by activist Biswanath Goswami, earlier this year points out “works relating to earth work have many serious shortcomings”. “Existing works fraudulently …

Corruption High Court West Bengal Work Audit State Central

1 year, 3 months ago

T.N. developing software to enable individuals to submit appeals directly under Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam

The Hindu

The Tamil Nadu government is developing a software that will enable individuals to submit their appeals directly under the Kalaignar Mahalir Urimai Thittam in the event of rejection instead of going to e-sevai centres, which is the present arrangement. Responding to concerns over the necessity of visiting e-sevai centres, the official indicated that certain decisions had been taken for the …

Official

1 year, 3 months ago

Formulate Right to Social Security Act: CM Gehlot Urges PM Modi

News 18

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring Right to Social Security Act and implement it in the entire country. “I would like to demand that the prime minister formulate Right to Social Security Act as the Manmohan Singh government brought four Acts – Right to Information Act, Right to Education Act, Food Security …

Rajasthan Social Security Right State Act Gehlot Right To Social Security Act

1 year, 3 months ago

Rajasthan: ED Seizes 2.5 Crore Cash, 1 Kg Gold Bars from One Serving, Another Retired State Govt Officers

News 18

In one of the biggest raids in Rajasthan, the Enforcement Directorate on Friday seized Rs 2.5 crore cash and 1 kg of gold bars from the homes of a serving state government officer as well as a retired one. Two senior Rajasthan BJP leaders, including Alwar MP Mahant Balaknath, wrote letters to the concerned ministries alleging irregularities in the tendering …

State Bjp Fir Officer Gold Bars Jal Jeevan Mission Rajasthan Ed

1 year, 3 months ago

Explained | Has the Right to Information been weakened over the years?

The Hindu

For 13 years, the Right to Information Act, 2005, helped citizens obtain information and data from the Government and State institutions that are not readily available in public domain. Amending the RTI Act Apart from allowing certain information to be kept secret for national security and sovereignty reasons, the RTI Act makes one exemption: it prohibits personal data disclosure of …

Data Information States Public Officials State Public Act

1 year, 4 months ago

Years of data goes missing from Union government’s RTI portal

The Hindu

Right to Information activists on Wednesday noticed that the records of their previous applications have disappeared in the hundreds from the RTIOnline portal, which allows citizens to file for access to public information from the Union government. Heavy usage till 2022 The RTIOnline portal allows citizens to pay ₹10 through many digital payment options to file an RTI application, a …

Applications Hindu Account Union Government File Application Rtionline Portal

1 year, 4 months ago

Decoding Rajasthan’s Right to Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023 | In Focus podcast

The Hindu

The Rajasthan government on July 21 passed the Right to Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023, a legislation that has been hailed as a ‘historic’ step towards the fulfilment of a state’s social security obligations towards citizens. The Bill has three key elements: a right to guaranteed employment, right to a minimum guaranteed income – which is not to be confused …

Rajasthan Right Bill

1 year, 5 months ago

Rajasthan assembly approves bill to deal with organised crime

Hindustan Times

The Rajasthan assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to ensure strict action against organised crime, with provisions for life imprisonment or even capital punishment on the death of a victim and a minimum five-year prison term for sheltering gang members. The Rajasthan Control of Organized Crime Bill, 2023, which was passed by a voice vote, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat already …

Crime Rajasthan Prison Organised Crime Bill 2023

1 year, 5 months ago

Jharkhand: Social activist pays ₹1.49 lakh for 74,500-page document under RTI

Live Mint

Binu Kumar Mahto, a social rights activist in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district has paid ₹1.49 lakh as photocopy charges for a 74,500-page document. However, a stalemate ensued as the Jharkhand government has asked him to collect the bags from Gola block office, to which he refused and demanded that either the documents be sent by post to him or his entire …

Information Jharkhand Rti Bdo Gola Gola Block

1 year, 6 months ago

UNESCO should designate Jodhpur as world heritage city, says Ashok Gehlot

Hindustan Times

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has appealed to UNESCO to designate Jodhpur as a world heritage city. Speaking at a public function on Sunday, Gehlot praised Jodhpur’s rich cultural heritage, unique traditions, local cuisine, among others. Gehlot said that Rajasthan is emerging as a model state in the country and called upon the central government to enact the Social Security …

Rajasthan Unesco World Heritage Jodhpur City Gehlot

1 year, 6 months ago

RTI activist arrested for derogatory remarks on PM Modi, Amit Shah

India Today

The Mumbai Police on Saturday arrested an RTI activist from Maharashtra's Chanderai village in Ratnagiri district for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya through social media. àäàåàä¹àä®àäàääàåàä°àå, àäàä¾àäàäªàä¾ àä àäçàåàäïàäàåàä· àäÆàä£àä¿ àä®àä²àä¾ àä¶àä¿àäµàåàäàä¾àä³ àäàåàä²àå, àäàåàäµàå àä®àä¾àä°àä£àåàäïàä¾àäàå àäçàä®àäàå àäæàä¿àä²àåàäïàä¾ àä¬àä¾àä¬àää àä¸àä¾àäàåàäèàä¾àäàä¾ àäªàåàä²àåàä¸ àä àä¾àä£àå FIR 570/2023 IPC àäàä¾àäæàäàäµàä¿ 509,500,506,504 …

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2 years ago

Is the RTI Act fulfilling its purpose?

The Hindu

The Right to Information Act was passed by Parliament in 2005, aiming to give people access to the records of the Central and State governments. Anjali Bhardwaj: What is remarkable about the RTI Act is that it came as a result of a very strong grassroots movement, where people from all walks of life came together to say that there …

Law Data Rights Information Das Act Rti

2 years ago

Letters to the editor

The Hindu

Published : Dec 15, 2022 12:00 IST Governors vs States THE Cover Story articles were a candid analysis of the gradual degeneration of the office of Governor, which was once held in high esteem. Venugopalan Kochi, Kerala Reservation IT is true, as the article “Revenge of the ruling classes?” said, that reservation “allows members of victim community to enter spaces …

India Climate States Congress Indian Party Power

2 years ago

India is losing its cherished right to know

The Hindu

The most vital mandate of the Central Information Commission, the apex body under India’s transparency regime, is to decide whether certain information sought by a citizen ought to be disclosed or not. Until the 2019 amendment to the RTI Act, Information Commissioners appointed to the CIC were equal in status to the Chief Election Commissioner, and that of a Supreme …

India Transparency Information Cases State Public Rti

2 years, 1 month ago

RTI filing will be paperless, completely online soon, says SC

India Today

The much-awaited online portal for filing Right To Information applications to help people access information about the Supreme Court is totally paperless and is ready to be launched soon. According to officials, the portal will be completely paperless and information pertaining to requests as well as responding to requests will be carried out online. Another feature which was added to …

Online Paperless Completely Rti Filing

2 years, 1 month ago

SPOTLIGHT | RTI Act losing its sheen with weakened machinery for its implementation

The Hindu

Published : Nov 17, 2022 10:35 IST When the Right to Information Act came into force on October 12, 2005, it was hailed as the “sunshine law” which would make governments transparent and accountable besides empowering citizens through their enhanced participation in democratic processes. “Of all the risks and assaults what is most painful is the misnomer that RTI activists …

Law India Odisha Information Cases Kashmir Report

2 years, 2 months ago

Data | Unfilled vacancies, stagnant workforce delay RTI replies and appeals

The Hindu

Data show that the number of information officers and first appellate authorities in the Central government has remained stagnant in the last few years. A report released in October by the Satark Nagrik Sangathan, titled ‘Report Card on the Performance of Information Commissions in India, 2021-22’, states that the number of appeals and complaints pending before the Central and State …

Data Information State Central Number Rti Appeals

2 years, 3 months ago

Rajasthan to constitute India’s first social and performance audit authority

Hindustan Times

The Rajasthan government has decided to set up a specialised social and performance audit authority to conduct social audit of schemes, a first-of-its-kind in the country. Activists lauded the decision and hoped that the state government will soon bring the long pending social accountability law, which mandates social audit for all schemes and redress mechanism for beneficiaries. A senior official …

Rajasthan Social Performance Audit Schemes Authority Performance Audit

2 years, 4 months ago

Whether Govt Aided Educational Institutions Run By Societies Are Subject To RTI Act? Karnataka HC Asks State Information Commission To Decide

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Information Commission to decide whether societies and educational institutions run by the societies are subject to Right to Information Act, 2005. The Court was hearing a couple of writ petitions filed by Maland Technical Education Society, seeking to set aside the State Commission's order passed in 2014 which had brought the petitioner …

Court State Commission Kar Educational Institutions

2 years, 4 months ago

RTI Act | Information Commission Can't Turn Blind Eye To Culpable Delay In Furnishing Info By PIO: Karnataka High Court Imposes Penalty

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court recently observed that the Information Commission cannot let the undue delay caused by a Public Information Officer in furnishing information as sought for under the Right to Education Act, go unpunished.Leaving the culpable delay to go with impunity strikes at the root of law, a single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit said.The court was …

Court Information Penalty Right Delay Commission Act

2 years, 5 months ago

Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS | Mamata Banerjee Chairs Meet With TMC MPs Ahead Of Monsoon Session

ABP News

Hello and welcome to the ABP News Blog. Follow this space to get the latest developments and breaking news from India, including PM Modi's Uttar Pradesh visit to inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway, Sri Lanka crisis, Weather updates, Covid's latest update, Monkeypox, and other developing stories across the country and abroad. PM To Inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway In UP Today Prime Minister Narendra …

Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Imd Parliament Expressway Inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway

2 years, 5 months ago

RTI war escalates as TRS files 100 RTIs against BJP

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: A day after Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay announced that he had filed 100 RTI requests to expose the ruling dispensation and embarrass the Chief Minister, the ruling TRS has decided to file 100 RTI requests in an effort to combat the BJP's ‘RTI war’. Speaking to media personnel at the TRSLP office on Thursday, TRS MLA A. Jeevan …

Telangana Bjp Rti Trs 100 Rti Requests

2 years, 5 months ago

23 people held in 6 months for extorting money by misusing RTI Act

India TV News

The Maharashtra Police have arrested 23 people from Nanded and its neighbouring districts in the last six months for allegedly extorting money from government officials and private persons by misusing the Right To Information Act. Special Inspector General of Police, Nanded range, Nisar Tamboli told PTI that 23 FIRs were registered in the last six months at different police stations …

Act Rti Nanded Rti Act 23 People

2 years, 7 months ago

MP State Information Commission Serves Show-Cause Notice of Rs 25,000 To Maihar SDM on Refusal to Furnish Data Under RTI

News 18

The Madhya Pradesh State Information Commission on Wednesday served a show-cause notice of Rs 25,000 to the administrator of the Maihar temple committee after the officer had denied information under the Right to Information Act to an applicant saying the goddess there is in minor form and the district collector plays the role of the patron. The committee also doesn’t …

Information Committee Singh Act Temple Sic Sdm

2 years, 9 months ago

Social Worker Not Exempt From Exceptions U/S 8 RTI Act, Must Demonstrate Bona Fides In Larger Public Interest: Bombay High Court

Live Law

Claims of being a "social activist" are not enough to get information under the RTI Act, the application must show details sought are bona fide in larger public interest, and without causing "unwarranted invasion of privacy of the individual" under Section 8 of the RTI Act, the Bombay High Court has held. It also pulled up the State Information Commissioner, …

Social Court Information State Goyal Bench Rti

3 years ago

Over 32,000 RTI appeals pending with Central Information Commission: Govt.

The Hindu

More than 32,000 RTI appeals are pending with the Central Information Commission, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written reply, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said there was a pendency of 35,178 and 38,116 RTI appeals during 2019-20 and 2020-21, respectively. Mr. Singh said the government has taken several steps like capacity building through training …

Public Information Rti

3 years, 1 month ago

Bitcoin scam: RTI activist claims Karnataka cops, netas encashed 12,900 coins worth thousands of crores

India Today

A right to information activist recently made a startling allegation in connection with the multi-crore Karnataka Bitcoin scam. The RTI activist said senior police officers and leaders encashed Bitcoins that they got as bribes from hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki. A complaint was filed on April 26, 2021 by RTI activist AR Ashok Kumar Adiga with the Additional Commissioner of …

Karnataka Bitcoin Coins Usa Fbi Rti Interpol

3 years, 1 month ago

Over 1.59 lakh RTI applications filed online in eight years, 11,376 by women: Personnel Ministry

The Hindu

Of the more than 1.59 lakh applications filed under the Right to Information Act in the last eight years, 11,376 were filed by women, according to the Personnel Ministry’s data. Replying to an RTI query, the Ministry said a total of 1,59,107 applications were filed under the Act between April 22, 2013 and November 12, 2021. Commodore Lokesh K. Batra …

Women Men Applications Filed Rti Rti Applications Personnel Ministry

3 years, 1 month ago

How the Right to Information Act is being steadily scuttled

India Today

On October 12, marking the 16th anniversary of the Right to Information Act, Satark Nagrik Sangathan, a citizens’ collective, put out a revealing report on how a pathbreaking governance reform is being stalled. The Sangthan’s study shows that even as the RTI Act obligates each Information Commission to prepare an annual report on the implementation of the law, which is …

Odisha Information State Report Act Annual Rti

3 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan constitutes transgender welfare fund

Hindustan Times

The Rajasthan government has set up a welfare fund, among the first such in the country, dedicated to the upliftment of the transgender community. In August 2016, Rajasthan constituted a Transgender Welfare Board with three members from the community with the social justice department minister as its chairman. Welcoming the government’s decision, Member of Transgender Welfare Board, Pushpa Nai said, …

Community Rajasthan Welfare Financial Transgender Financial Assistance State

3 years, 9 months ago

Changes to RTI Act do not ‘hamper’ Information Commissioners: Govt

The Hindu

The government has said the amendments introduced in the Right to Information Act are for “administrative” convenience and do not “hamper” the independent functioning of Information Commissioners. Mr. Ramesh had said the amendments jeopardise the independent functioning of the Central Information Commissions and the State Information Commissions. The Rules framed under the amendments concerning the conditions of service and tenure …

Information Act Ramesh Amendments Rti Act Information Commissioners

3 years, 9 months ago

Two Officials Fined Rs 25,000 Each for Refusing Info Under RTI Act in Rajasthan

News 18

The Rajasthan Information Commission has filed two government officials of Rs 25,000 each for denying information to two people under the provisions of the Right to Information Act. The two officials who were fined are the Bikaner Municipal Corporation commissioner and an executive engineer of Jodhpur DISCOM. Information Commissioner Laxman Singh Rathore fined the Bikaner civic body commissioner on a …

Information Act

3 years, 9 months ago

All you need to know about Anjali Bhardwaj: RTI activist being honoured by US for combatting corruption

Firstpost

The 48-year-old activist, who has been involved in the RTI movement for over two decades, has helped drive several legislations, including the RTI Act 2005, and The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, among others Right to Information activist Anjali Bhardwaj is one of the 12 individuals who were named by the Joe Biden administration for a newly-instituted International Anti-Corruption Champions …

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RTI Museum Foundation Stone Layed in Rajasthan: A Journey Through the Struggle for Social Security

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