Editorial: Open government laws need enforcement
“Every public agency and municipality needs to understand that complying with our...
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The CIC warned that calls made to the personal staff of the state information commissioners in pursuance of appeals or complaints would be tantamount to harassing, badgering and pressurising the Commission.
Large backlogs, tardy disposal rate and lack of diversity in the composition of information commissions are some of the shortcomings highlighted on Thursday by a citizens’ group in the functioning of Information Commissions across India.
A planned amendment says that all information that can be related to a person may be denied.
Although the Right to Information (RTI) Act empowers information commissioners (ICs) to impose penalties of up to Rs25,000 on erring public information officers (PIOs),