Right To Information

Who is SEBI's 'chronic complainant' with 578 similar grievances?

Over the last few years, this person has filed more than 500 complaints on closely related topics, and was even temporarily blocked by the regulator.

Majority of RTIs genuine, but few filed in public interest: Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar

Many RTIs pertain to job promotions, or tenders, or suspension from work by public authorities. The Information Commissioner noted that there is a need to conduct advocacy programmes in order to encourage the general public to file RTIs.

RTI Amendment Bill may come up for discussion tomorrow

A Bill seeking to amend the RTI Act to shield political parties from providing information under the transparency law is scheduled to come up for discussion in Lok Sabha tomorrow.

Govt seeks Cabinet nod to keep parties out of RTI

The government has decided to keep political parties out of the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act and may seek approval of an amendment at a meeting of Union Cabinet on Thursday.

SEBI V/S CIC

Can the Right to Information or RTI Act prevail on a regulator to disclose its investigation findings pending prosecution? This month, the Chief Information Commissioner ruled it to be so. Payaswini Upadhyay asks experts if that in fact was the intent of the RTI Act.

A recent Supreme Court ruling could kill RTI

Why the recent Supreme Court ruling threatens to kill citizens' Right to Information.

Govt's proposed RTI project draws interest from IT firms

Leading IT-based companies have queued up to bid for a government's proposed state-of-the-art call centre aimed at providing greater access to host of services under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Only 40% of ministers in Maharashtra declare assets so far

A directive from chief minister Prithviraj Chavan seems to have fallen on deaf ears as only 40% of Maharashtra ministers have declared their assets so far.

BCCI under RTI Act? Larger bench of CIC may decide

The Central Information Commission may refer to a larger bench of the transparency panel to decide whether the Indian cricket board is a public authority and fell under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Right to Information Act: Are there grounds to review it?

What exactly is the government’s position on the Right to Information (RTI) Act? Are there grounds for reviewing or even amending it or are such sentiments borne out of frustration and perhaps even revenge.

No relook at RTI Act: Salman Khurshid

Amid a raging debate on RTI, union law minister Salman Khurshid has made it clear that there is no proposal for a "relook" at the Act but noted that not only the government but the judiciary too had experienced "difficulties" because of it. "We are proud of RTI. We are pleased that we gave RTI to this country.