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NEW DELHI, June 10 : Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, who is also Minister Incharge DoPT to which the Central Information Commission is affiliated, disclosed today that consequent to the passing of J&K Reorganisation Act 2019, the J&K Right to Information Act 2009 and the Rules there under have since been repealed and the Central Right to Information Act 2005 and the Rules there under were enforced from 31.10.2019. As a consequence to this, the difference now is that, unlike […]

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday praised the Central Information Commission for quicker disposal of RTI appeals and consistently bringing down the pendency rate. India News | MoS Jitendra Singh Lauds CIC for Quicker Disposal of RTI Appeals.

With over one lakh second appeals or complaints under Right to Information (RTI) Act, haunting the Maharashtra State Information Commission (SCIC) and the delay in filling up vacancies of information commissioners being habitual,

Last week, 7-8 April 2022, the Information Regulator (Regulator), hosted a two-day African Network of Information Commissions (ANIC) online conference aimed at creating a platform for peer learning and support among oversight bodies on access to information on the African continent. The conference was attended by oversight bodies on Access to Information (ATI) from Kenya, South Sudan, Seychelles, South Africa, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivore, Togo, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, and Ghana who ...

The ‘Report Card on the Performance of Information Commissions in India’, which was published in 2021, revealed that Maharashtra’s state information commission (SIC) registered the highest number of second appeals and complaints to the tune of 41,978, which moved up to 87,577 cases later that year and has now disastrously spiked to 1,00,43 lakh.

In this 16th year of the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005, the one thing that continues to cripple the Act’s efficacy is the pathetic performance of information commissioners,

A report released by Satark Nagrik Sangathan has revealed that defunct information commissions, huge vacancies and high pendency of cases have marked the implementation of RTI during the pandemic.

New Delhi, October 11 (PTI): Cases of harassment and murder of RTI applicants are increasing across the country, and the biggest challenge in the upcoming years is to ensure their protection, according to a new report on the status of the implementation o

The Covid-19 pandemic will be remembered for the colossal chaos it caused to governments as they grappled—and continue to do—with its catastrophic onslaught affecting lives and livelihoods across the globe.

 0 Much ink has flown on the COVID-19 related right to information (RTI) applications where several ministries and central and state public authorities have used the exemption clauses under Section 8 of the RTI Act for stonewalling the queries. Now, the Madras High Court, in its order last week has sent a sharp and incisive message to such chronic dodgers.   The Madras High Court has ordered the Central Information Commission (CIC) to set up a special bench for hearing COVID-19 related matter...