No dilution in RTI act, urgent need for review: PM
Making it clear that there will be no dilution of the RTI Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said government wishes to make Right to Information an "even more effective instrument" for ensuring transparency but wanted a critical look at it to address certain concerns.
Providing travel expenditure details of MPs not 'feasible': LS
The Lok Sabha Secretariat has refused to provide expenditure details incurred by MPs on their tours and journeys saying it would 'disproportionately divert the resources' of the House.
In response t
Use RTI effectively as safety tool to protect partymen: Karuna
In the wake of arrests of his senior colleagues in connection with landgrab complaints, DMK president M. Karunanidhi today asked his legal wing members to effectively use RTI as a 'safety tool' to pro
What happened to PM's honorary degree?
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished students to have ever studied at Panjab University. But his name seems to be curiously missing from a list of those given an
To save cost, Joshi asks UP for RTI details in digital format
With the cost of replying to her applications under RTI, seeking information on NRHM and Janani Surakhsa Yojna in Uttar Pradesh, likely to run into several lakh rupees, UPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi has now sought the details in a digital format instead of a printed version.
RS adjourns as members clash on RTI issue
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was today adjourned briefly during Question Hour after members from Congress and BJP clashed during reply to a question relating to RTI.
Trouble began when Alka Balram K
CIC denies information on Prez health under RTI
The CIC has refused to disclose information about the health status of Presidents under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, terming it as "sensitive personal data".
However, the Central Information
Case diaries of CBI not accessible under RTI: CIC
New Delhi, Jul 28: The case diaries of CBI cannot be accessed under the Right to Information Act as disclosure of the information may adversely affect the prosecution process, the Central Information
Anderson did not meet Zail Singh: Prez secretariat
Former Union Carbide Chief Warren Anderson did not meet then President Giani Zail Singh before he left for the United States after securing bail in the case of Bhopal gas disaster that claimed over 15
Make corporates answerable: Bangladesh information chief
Dhaka, July 22: Bangladesh's Chief Information Officer (CIC) wants that the Right to Information Act be amended to cover corporate offices and MNCs operating in the country to effectively combat corru