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22 Information Commissioners from across the country will retire in the next few months. Out of them, 11 are Chief Information Commissioners. So many posts will fall vacant. What should be the process of their appointment? The law is silent on that. Barring prescribing the composition of a selection committee (consisting of PM, Leader of Opposition ... Read More
UP Information Commission sells its orders at the rate of Rs 10 per order. If you want copy of any order passed by UP Information Commission, it charges Rs 10 for each order. UP commission is the only commission in the country to do that. All commissions not only send copies of their orders to the ... Read More
Jharkhand Information Commission’s response to several RTI applications filed with them to know details about their own functioning has been abysmal. Section 4(1)(b)(iv) of RTI Act says that every public authority shall suo moto publish “the norms set by it for the discharge of its functions” within 120 days of enactment of RTI Act. When asked ... Read More
UP Information Commission tops the chart in terms of public dissatisfaction. UP Governor received 107 complaints and UP Chief Minister received 140 complaints against its Information Commissioners, most of the complainants demanding their removal. An RTI query was filed with all Chief Ministers, state governors, PMO, DOPT and President’s Secretariat asking for copies of all complaints ... Read More
This year onwards, an RTI Awards Committee (RAC) consisting of 65 activists from almost all the states has been formed. RAC would be responsible for monitoring the RTI Awards process and take all important decisions related to the Awards. In its meeting held on 30th and 31st January, the committee laid down the process and criteria ... Read More
Nominations are invited for RTI Awards 2010. Instituted in 2009 by Public Cause Research Foundation, the awards seek to honor those who kept the flag of RTI high. “It is an honor and an inspiration for those officers who are working for transparency within the system,” said Dr Lalit Narayan Mishra, winner of last year’s Best ... Read More
A meeting of more than 80 RTI activists from 23 states took place in Mewar Law College, Ghaziabad on 30th and 31st January, 2010 to discuss the issues surrounding RTI Awards. Some activists like Col Kurup and Major Ravindran from Kerala and Mr Arasu from Tamil Nadu could not attend the meeting but had sent their ... Read More
Prof. Ansari has posted a comment in response to the recent RTI Awards. The comment is included here in its entirety along with our responses.
A Critique of PCRF’s RTI Awards
M.M. Ansari
In spite of our detailed comments on the PCRF Report on RTI Awards, in which we pointed ... Read MoreAkhil Gogoi, winner of the RTI Award in the Citizen category has donated his prize money of Rs. 2 lakhs for the peasant struggle of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), in Assam. Akhil Gogoi was chosen for his outstanding contribution to the RTI movement. In particular his work in using RTI to expose corruption ... Read More
New Delhi: Setting an example for others, the Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission – the RTI Awards 2009 winner in the Best Information Commission Category – issued the first arrest warrant against an erring Public Information Officer (PIO). This is one of the best practices followed by the state information commission that led to their winning ... Read More
