File RTI with TRAI to know status of phone complaints

Last Updated: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 14:34

Consumers can seek records of action taken by private telecom service providers (TSP) on their complaints from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India under the RTI Act, the CIC has held.

Cost of printing a one-rupee note is Rs 1.14

Last Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2015, 18:34

The cost of printing one rupee note, which was recently re-introduced after a gap of 20 years, is Rs 1.14, more than its value, an RTI query has revealed.

Commerce Ministry ups vigilance to stop info leak

Last Updated: Sunday, April 12, 2015, 13:16

To check leak of key information, the Commerce Ministry has asked its officers to clamp down on unauthorised persons loitering around their departments and also keep a track on personnel carrying the files from sections to officers.

No RTI on restructuring of corporate debt: CDR cell of RBI

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 18:25

Corporate Debt Restructuring cell of Reserve Bank of India, which has eased loan repayment worth Rs 3.7 lakh crore for top-end businessmen of the country, has refused to reply to an RTI query about its operations saying transparency law does not apply on it.

Sex workers` body to set up RTI centres in four metros

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 00:47

The All India Network of Sex Workers will set up RTI centres in the four metros - Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai - to enable community members get information from government officers in their fight to get their rightful place in society.

43 kg fake gold offered at Vaishno Devi temple

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 21:17

Forty-three kg of gold and 57,000 kg of silver offered by devotees at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir have been found to be fake, an RTI application has revealed.

Gujarat govt responsible for 2002 riots; I am not scared of Modi: Rahul Gandhi

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 22:26

Taking on Bharatiya Janata Party`s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Gujarat government was involved in 2002 riots.

Information which could prove innocence should be given: CIC

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 20:53

Information which could help in proving innocence of a person in a criminal case should be provided to RTI applicants unless there is a legal provision barring disclosure, CIC has held.

Wife has right to know husband`s salary: CIC

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 14:17

Wives of government servants have a "right" to know salary particulars of their husbands and these details should also be made public by their offices as mandated under suo-moto disclosure clause of the RTI Act, the Central Information Commission has held.

Over 15,000 RTI appeals, complaints pending in MP

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 11:42

Over 15,000 appeals and complaints filed by various applicants under the RTI Act are pending with Madhya Pradesh State Information Commission (MPSIC), which is without its chief and others commissioners for over a year.

Do not insist on RTI applicants to provide address: Centre

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 09:17

Government departments should not insist on seeking address of an RTI applicant if a post box number is being provided to them for communication, the Centre has said.

States need to work more on suo motu disclosures under RTI Act: Narayanasamy

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 21:29

State governments have not been "up to the mark" in sharing more information related to governance through suo motu disclosures mandated under Right to Information (RTI) Act, V Narayanasamy said.