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Tamil Nadu to introduce online application for RTI

Tamil Nadu to introduce an online application for RTI Part of: GS-II- Governance (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Applications seeking documents under the Right to Information (RTI) Act can now be filed online in Tamil Nadu. A Government Order issued by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms said the facility of online filing of petitions under Section 6(1) and First Appeals under Section 19(1) of RTI Act will be rolled out. This will be done using the software available with th

Transparency during a crisis (RTI amidst COVID19)

Transparency during a crisis By, Anjali Bhardwaj is associated with the National Campaign for Peoples’ Right to Information Context # Right to Information (RTI) applications seeking information pertaining to the PM CARES Fund have been stonewalled. # No information exists on the official website of the Fund regarding the amount collected, names of donors, expenditures incurred, or details of beneficiaries. # The trust deed of the fund chaired by the Prime Ministe

23 June, 2020
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Resurrecting the right to know

Resurrecting the right to know By, Justice (retd.) Madan B. Lokur is a former Supreme Court judge Context A High-Level Committee (HLC) chaired by a retired judge of the Gauhati High Court and including, among others, the Advocates General of two Northeast States was constituted by the Home Ministry through a gazette notification of July 15, 2019, to recommend measures to implement Clause 6 of the Assam Accord and define “Assamese People”. Releasing the Report A

Need for transparency: On PM CARES Fund

Need for transparency: On PM CARES Fund Context The Supreme Court has rejected a writ petition calling for a funds diversion from this PM CARES to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and also denied the petitioners’ demand that the “public charitable trust” be audited by the CAG, questions remain about its need, operation and its persisting lack of transparency. Supreme Court’s decision A three-judge Bench asserted that no exception could be ta

Rising pending cases Under RTI

Rising pending cases Under RTI Nearly 3.15 lakh complaints or appeals have been filed with 26 Information Commissions across India regarding the transparency system established by the Right to Information (RTI) Act. RTI Backlog in India Pendency and delays: According to statistics gathered from a number of Information Commissions (ICs), the backlog of appeals or complaints with them is rapidly growing every year (reference period 2019–2022), leading to a protracted wai

CERT-in may be exempted from RTI

CERT-in may be exempted from RTI According to information provided to Parliament by the government, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) may soon be immune from having to reply to requests made under the Right to Information Act. About The Second Schedule to the RTI Act, which deals with exempted organisations like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Border Security Force, has been reviewed by the Department of Personnel and Training in relat

Information Commission – critical analysis

RTI Act 2005 Section 2(j) of the RTI Act defines “right to information,” as the right to information accessible under this Act which is held by or under the control of any public authority. Fundamental right- RTI is a part of the fundamental right of Article 19(1)- Freedom of speech and expression Article 21- Right to life and Personal liberty Nodal agency- Department of Personnel an

CERT-In

The Central government recently exempted the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) from the ambit of the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005. CERT-In, established in 2004, is the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur. It functions under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. According to RTI Act, organisations listed under Schedule II of RTI Act are exempted. With this, there are 27 other int