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AN ANALYSIS OF THE REPORT OF PCRF
(AUTHORS OF RTI AWARDS) - FLAWED LOGIC AND SPECIOUS CONCLUSIONS
Lately, the Media was flooded with stories about the functioning of Information Commissioners all over the country based upon analysis done by a group going by the name ... Read MorePress Statement RTI Awards Secretariat denies it has “congratulated” some information commissioners for being “best” or “topping the rankings” of information commissions … and clarifies that rankings, released by the Secretariat to the media on October 21, 2009, are interim rankings, subject to change in the coming days; final rankings will be decided by the ... Read More
Express News Service Posted online: Friday , Oct 30, 2009 at 0647 hrs Kolkata : Till date, activists in Bengal had been complaining about the poor implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. But today, Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) also admitted that the state is “quantitatively lagging behind many states”. “I must admit that throughout the ... Read More
PRESS RELEASE: for immediate publication Government alleges RTI is being misused and used frivolously, but where is the evidence? Not more than 50 decisions of information commissions in 2008 involved grounds of misuse or frivolousness, shows nationwide study New Delhi, Oct. 31: Can RTI be misused? What should be considered as the misuse of RTI? Amid allegations ... Read More
Dear Madam, Appreciated for your quick reaction and response through e-mail on our telephonic discussion. I am sorry for not sending the appallent/complainants phone/cell nos as the staff were on leave and I myself was out of station for a few days. However, I had instructed the Dy. Registrar to find out the contact nos but ... Read More
PRESS RELEASE: for immediate publication Making use of an ‘overlap’ in RTI Act, information commissioners remand large number of cases back to public authorities, leaving aggrieved applicants high and dry Or is this their way of addressing mounting arrears? Should aggrieved applicants be ‘shuttled’ back to public authorities? New Delhi, Oct30: When Maharashtra Information Commission came ... Read More
Information commissioners reject large number of appeals by quibbling about definition of ‘information’ under RTI Act ‘Why no action has been taken on my file’ – isn’t that a legitimate question under RTI? ICs also question ‘intentions’ of applicants even though law says intentions are immaterial New Delhi, Oct. 29: ‘Information sought does not fall ... Read More
Col NR Kurup wrote from Kerala: I am surprised to read that one Sri Fazaluddin, Information Commissioner of Kerala is graded as No.1 and my friend Sri Palat Mohandas, SIC, Kerala also graded quite high. Sri Fazaluddin was an IC for short period from 24-5-2006 to 16-12-2008. I am not aware of any case decided by ... Read More
Dear Shri Kejriwal: Uttarakhand Information Commission welcomes the release of the Draft Report on the Functioning of Information Commissions across the Country by the Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF). While this Commission has no comments to offer on the (i) Overall Public Satisfaction, (ii) Effectiveness and (ii) Deterrent Impact metrics, it would like to submit its ... Read More
Dear Sir, We are extremely grateful to your response. We completely agree with you that there is an overlap in the law. Section 19(1) of RTI Act and section 18(1)(c) and 18(1)(e) talk of exactly similar situations i.e. if a person does not receive any response or receives an unsatisfactory response within prescribed time period, he can ... Read More
