The Central Information Commission has pulled up Civil Aviation Ministry for "casual and callous approach" in handling Right to Information applications which it said "defeats the spirit" of the law for empowering citizenry.
Supreme Court clarified that Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cannot withhold information under the "guise" of confidence or trust with financial institutions and is accountable to provide information sought by general public.
Shiv Sena activists on Friday allegedly assaulted and blackened the face of a Right to information (RTI) activist from Solapur after he exposed an "illegal" construction case.
India was the 48th country in the world to enforce the right to information or freedom of information as a statute, through The Right to Information Act, 2005.
According to information procured by RTI activist, Sanjay Shirodkar, around 14 PSUs such as SAIL, Coal India, and ONGC had showed more than Rs 7,500 crore as bad debts between 2006 to March 2012.
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PM Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben, along with her advocate Sandip Modi, filed the second appeal with the State Information Commissioner in Gandhinagar on Saturday.
An RTI application from a citizen helped National Highway Authority of India to detect overcharging of toll on a Bangalore toll plaza resulting in recovery of Rs 1.87 crore.