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PTI 04:14 PM | November 03,2009
The CIC directed the hospital to provide information in all the cases except one where the patient had objected to disclosure of information
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12:15 AM | November 03,2009
RTI petitions fail due to a combination of bureaucratic stonewalling (firewalling is a better description) and “sympathy” of information commissioners towards officialdom
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11:47 AM | October 22,2009
Watch a video and listen to a podcast analysing the report criticizing the Right to Information Act, listen to a podcast on why reality tv has become so popular in India and see how the Supreme Court may have added a new twist to the Ambani gas dispute
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Ruhi Tewari and Liz Mathew 12:42 AM | October 22,2009
The study, based on orders passed in 51,128 cases by information commissioners and benches during 2008, shows that at a national level, orders have been passed in favour of disclosure in 70% of the cases
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12:33 AM | October 22,2009
The statistics associated with India’s own sunshine movement are heartening: almost one in four RTI applications met with complete success
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Ruhi Tewari 12:52 AM | August 08,2009
It emerges that the wealth of elected representatives is also termed as ‘confidential’ according to the law
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Santosh K. Joy and Ruhi Tewari 09:53 PM | August 03,2009
The controversial Bill seeks declaration of judges’ assets without making them public and keeping the information out of the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act
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PTI 12:14 AM | July 09,2009
The government has received representations expressing doubts about the proposed amendments
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UPA Legacy | N Vittal 10:26 PM | March 02,2009
The RTI Act has the potential to increase transparency in governance, check corruption and empower the citizen to make our democracy more meaningful
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PTI 03:27 PM | February 26,2009
According to Section 4 of the RTI Act, public authorities shall maintain all its records duly catalogued and indexed in a manner and form which facilitate the RTI Act
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Between The Lines | Jyoti Malhotra 11:13 PM | November 12,2008
Chief information commissioner Wajahat Habibullah is pondering over appeals under the RTI Act that would allow citizens the right to access the sources of funds of anyone seeking ‘public office’
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K.P. Narayana Kumar and Malathi Nayak 12:50 AM | November 05,2008
Information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi agreed with Bhushan and said that “any information held by the government could be sought by RTI applicants”
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Premchand Palety 10:54 PM | September 11,2008
Researchers collected data over the last five months, using a combination of surveys, interviews and the Right to Information Act
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K.P. Narayana Kumar 11:35 PM | September 10,2008
Shailesh Gandhi is the first RTI activist to be appointed information commissioner
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Development Economics | Andy Mukherjee 12:51 AM | August 08,2008
The IIT entrance test has now become an estimated $2 billion (Rs8,380 crore today) industry.
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