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Prime Minister's Office Admits Can’t Declassify Subhash Chandra Bose’s Files 2015-08-28 09:03:33
The Central Information Commission (CIC) was told by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) that it can’t declassify files related to Subhash Chandra Bose citing Section 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act. The reason shown was ‘the relations with foreign countries will...
Keywords: CIC, Subhash Chandra Bose files, Subhash Chandra Bose, Subhash Chandra Bose files
Read MorePIO delays attract penalty 2013-09-30 05:03:27
The Public Information Officers’ delay in providing details that people seek under the Right to Information Act seems to be costing the officials dear for more and more applicants are now approaching the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forums (DCDRF), seeking...
Keywords: penalty, PIO, RTI act., PIO delays penalty
Read MoreGovernment: NRIs Cannot File RTI Applications 2018-08-09 05:46:03
The government proclaimed on Wednesday that Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) cannot file applications to Right to Information (RTI) in order to seek governance-related information from the Central government departments. "Only citizens of India have the right to seek information under the provisions...
Keywords: Non-Resident Indians, RTI act for NRIs, RTI act for NRIs, NRIs
Read MoreIT demands PAN details in return for RTI info 2013-09-30 04:23:16
Strange but true. The Bangalore Income Tax department has sought the Permanent Account Number (PAN) of an applicant for replying to a Right to Information (RTI) query seeking details of an online monitoring system initiated early this year to track...
Keywords: IT dept demands PAN details in return for RTI info., IT department demand PAN details, information technology department, india
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