Railways saw a 62 per cent jump in its earnings from 2016-2017 to 2018-2019 to Rs 1608 crore. In 2016-2017, the amount was Rs 1,263 crore and in 2017-2018, the amount was Rs 991 crore.
The group of activists from National Campaign for People's Right to Information had gathered outside gate number 38 of Rashtrapati Bhavan to give their representation to President Ram Nath Kovind, urging him not to give his assent to the controversial bill.
His remarks came two days after the government passed the RTI Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday amid strong protests from the opposition parties.
The Rajya Sabha passed the RTI Amendment Bill on Thursday. The RTI Amendment bill proposes to give the Centre the power to set the tenure and salaries of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners.
Can private information of officials held by the government be provided after 20 years as per the Right to Information statutes? The Central Information Commission (CIC) has decided to constitute a full-bench to adjudicate the crucial matter on a petition of a convict in the 2006 Mumbai train blast case.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday demanded that the RTI amendment bill be sent to a select panel and alleged that the government was passing bills in Parliament without any "scrutiny".
The RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2019 seeks to make changes to the landmark transparency law and later the salary and tenure structures of Information Commissioners (ICs) in the states and at the Centre. It now needs clearance from the Rajya Sabha.
A bill proposing to give the Centre the power to set the tenure and salaries of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday amid strong objection from the Opposition.
Arvind Kejriwal who before coming into politics, extensively worked in the implementation of the Right to Information Act, claimed that the centre's decision to amend the RTI is a "bad move".
The CIC has rebuked the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the nodal ministry of the RTI Act, for denying records related to the appointment of information commissioners and framing RTI rules and has asked the secretary to look into its "adverse findings".
Sources said that the board was optimistic that the bank will achieve all the envisaged business targets in time and would do better on all performance indicators going forward.
The Madhya Pradesh government has asked an RTI applicant to provide details like file number and date to get information on appointments of non-government officials in the chief minister's office.
The Supreme Court has taken serious view about refusal of RBI to disclose the information under Right to Information Act.
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to declare all registered and recognised political parties as "public authority" under the Right to Information Act.
Vikas Chaudhary and Manohar Lal, residents of Chani Badi in Bhadra tehsil of Hanumangarh district, had sent an RTI query to the village panchayat on April 16 last year on alleged corrupt practices in the development projects undertaken since 2001.
The large number of students filing for reevaluation each year reflects that candidates have begun to lose trust in the university’s assessment process.
The list uses a 150-point scale to indicate the strengths and weaknesses of freedom of information laws around the world.
The BCCI is covered under the RTI Act and answerable to the people of the country under its mechanism, the Central Information Commission ruled.
Out of the MPs belonging to the lower house, 61 have not furnished their details since 2014, while four recently came to the house through by-elections, the Lok Sabha secretariat said. "The requisite declaration of Assets and Liabilities is awaited from 29 members of Rajya Sabha," RTI query revealed.
On July 1, 2017, the GST was implemented. The Centre, ahead of its rollout, had gone for an intense media campaign to create awareness about the new tax regime.
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